Is the Bible Inerrant?

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Re: Is the Bible Inerrant?

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LittleNipper wrote:
mikegriffith1 wrote:The doctrine of biblical inerrancy is one of the biggest weaknesses of evangelical Christianity because there are documented errors in the Bible, some of the serious. If you press them, fundamentalists will usually resort to the argument that inerrancy only applies to the original manuscripts, which of course cannot be proven or disproven since we don't have any of the original manuscripts.
It would seem that the Bible is full of errors until one asks, "OK, so point out at least one real obvious one!" Then suddenly, you find ---- they head it somewhere but never read the Bible for themselves --- so they don't know exactly....


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Nipper's back with his Bible worship. Tell us again about Noah's ark, Nipper. It was totally twoo! :razz:
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Re: Is the Bible Inerrant?

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LittleNipper wrote:
mikegriffith1 wrote:The doctrine of biblical inerrancy is one of the biggest weaknesses of evangelical Christianity because there are documented errors in the Bible, some of the serious. If you press them, fundamentalists will usually resort to the argument that inerrancy only applies to the original manuscripts, which of course cannot be proven or disproven since we don't have any of the original manuscripts.
It would seem that the Bible is full of errors until one asks, "OK, so point out at least one real obvious one!" Then suddenly, you find ---- they head it somewhere but never read the Bible for themselves --- so they don't know exactly....


The whole account of the Exodus is an error. Never happened. 0 in the ground archeological evidence.
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Re: Is the Bible Inerrant?

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LittleNipper wrote: It would seem that the Bible is full of errors until one asks, "OK, so point out at least one real obvious one!" Then suddenly, you find ---- they head it somewhere but never read the Bible for themselves --- so they don't know exactly....


The whole account of the Exodus is an error. Never happened. 0 in the ground archeological evidence.


There is plenty of evidence. https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog ... found.html
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Find a confirmed archeological journal source, not a Christian blog site and try again.

But from your site:
"We have not proved that these camps are from the period of the early Israelites, but it is possible," noted Ben-Shlomo.
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SteelHead wrote:Find a confirmed archeological journal source, not a Christian blog site and try again.

But from your site:
"We have not proved that these camps are from the period of the early Israelites, but it is possible," noted Ben-Shlomo.
They are still investigating the sites.
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Textual evidence recorded 600 years later, is not archeological evidence. Try again.
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Re: Is the Bible Inerrant?

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Doctor Steuss wrote:Also, this particular use of Hebrew letters for numerals didn't exist until the 2nd century BCE.

So those Rabbis were demonstrating the powers of seers and revelators by knowing the future, just like the engravers of the Golden Plates. It is also worth noting that William Russell Frisbie was granted this ancient knowledge when he came up with his company's pie tins.
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Re: Is the Bible Inerrant?

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moksha wrote:
Doctor Steuss wrote:Also, this particular use of Hebrew letters for numerals didn't exist until the 2nd century BCE.

So those Rabbis were demonstrating the powers of seers and revelators by knowing the future, just like the engravers of the Golden Plates. It is also worth noting that William Russell Frisbie was granted this ancient knowledge when he came up with his company's pie tins.
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They were demonstrating the power of Almighty God. I'm sure since Moses was raised as an Egyptian prince and wrote the 1st 5 books of the Bible. I'm sure he was educated in numbers and the right person for the job...
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LittleNipper wrote: They were demonstrating the power of Almighty God. I'm sure since Moses was raised as an Egyptian prince and wrote the 1st 5 books of the Bible. I'm sure he was educated in numbers and the right person for the job...


Easy to claim......

You have any documents contemporary to "Moses" that evidence that he actually wrote the first 5 books of the Bible? Something outside of a source 600 years after the fact or later, claiming that he did so? How about a source external to the Bible that actually substantiates Moses as a real person?
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