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On Jun 29, 2:04 pm, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > On Jun 27, 7:02�pm, BuddyThunder <nos...@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >> Chris Shore wrote:
> >>> "rbwinn" <rbwi...@juno.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:621f5b5c-8511-45b7-ae9f-03c8a9914fd5@s50g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> >>>> Well, they do now that I have brought up the subject of Hezekiah's
> >>>> tunnel and the earthen ramp, which can both be seen today. �Before
> >>>> that, they were saying there was nothing in the Bible that was not
> >>>> mythology and nothing in the Bible that could be proven. �Atheists say
> >>>> whatever they think will fly. �It just so happened that I knew about
> >>>> Hezekiah's tunnel, so what they usually say was not sufficient for
> >>>> this conversation. �So now they are saying that the Bible has some
> >>>> history in it, but they are not happy about having to say that. �They
> >>>> would rather be saying what they said when this conversation started,
> >>>> that the Bible is nothing but mythology.
> >>> Of course the Bibel has some history in it. And of course some of it
> >>> is verifiable. So are various parts of various other ancient texts from
> >>> other
> >>> ancient historical/religious cultures. This prove absolutely nothing.
> >> How is this difficult to understand? Three thousand posts suggest that
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> > Well, there you go again denying the existence of Hezekiah's tunnel.
> > The existence of Hezekiah's tunnel proves that the Bible is accurate
> > aboput there being a conduit for water between Gihon Spring and the
> > Pool of Siloam.
> > Robert B. Winn
>
> With respect. so what?
>
> No one denies that along with many other ancient texts, there is a great
> deal of historical fact, semi fact as well as lots of other stuff.
>
> There is, for example, a very accurate description of pyroclastic flow -
> something no one in modern times had really seen and understood - by a
> Roman historian describing Pompeii. (Pliny. writing probably around the
> time of the crucifixion: AD 35 or so)
>
> Does this menathat everything Pliny wrote is total historical fact? No.
> Though much of it eems to be.,
>
> Does this mean we should base a religion on what he wrote? No.- Hide quoted text -
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Well, that would be up to you.  Atheists have all manner of false
idols.  Their main one is money.
Robert B. Winn