I’ve had people tell me the Bible is a book full of fairy tales.
I’ve been told everything in the Bible is fiction.
Then archeologists dig up some bauble that bears the name of a Bible character.
I’ve been told that Mother Goose is a book of fairy tales.
I’ve been told everything in Mother Goose is fiction.
If archeologists ever dig up a shoe the size of a house, I’ll be suspicious.
If ancient scrolls speak of a king who put his wife in a pumpkin, I’ll be suspicious.
If anyone digs up an ancient plaque commemorating Rip Van Winkle’s 100th straight year of unconsciousness, I’ll be suspicious.
I have certain standards that must be met before I declare something to be “fictional”.
One of those standards is this:
Fictional things can’t have any archeological evidence.
I’m a stickler for this one.
I’m not going to accept that the Bible is “totally made-up” when we keep pulling stuff out of the sand that proves it’s historicity.
I’m skeptical that the Bible is pure fiction.
Evidence contradicts the claim that scripture is a “book of fairy tales”.
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Bravo, John!
Silly John… You must find archaeological evidence for EVERY VERSE.
Jacob wrestled with a man and dislocated his hip? I need evidence. A boy brought two fish and five loaves for lunch? I want to see bones next to crumbs. A woman had been hemorrhaging for years and was healed with a touch? I’ll believe it when the Archaeologists dig up a blood trail that is roughly three decades long. 😂
Just kidding. I wouldn’t believe it then, either. 😉
A single bit of archeological/historical proof is enough to render the statement, “The Bible is just a book of fairy tales” untrue.
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Well, America sucks.
True. And everyone in the world laughs at us while they clamor to immigrate.
Exactly.
They are laughing.
It’s a little forced, perhaps… A little too loud, like a middle school girl trying to attract the attention of the football star: “HAHA! I’m having so much fun over here! Please notice!”
But, yes, they’re laughing. 😂
Only those from the developing nations — or Trump’s “s***holes”– are emigrating en masse, and not just to America. First Worlders are pretty much happy to stay where they are, for the most part. But yes: we’re the ones laughing at the shenanigans of the dysfunctional Land of Opportunity. Nice to see my criticism has struck a nerve, and Moneypenny feels compelled to fly the flag for a crumbling empire. Very touching.
It’s funny to see JB stagger so clumsily into the simplest of follies re the Bible. So some biblical personages — probably from later chapters of the OT, such as Chronicles or Judges — turn out to be quasi-historical figures; and some ancient sites get excavated, therefore that somehow gives indubitable credence to the supernatural embroidery that ancient scribes used to spice up the stories for uneducated peasants. It’s akin to unearthing the city of Troy, and then claiming: “See! The Iliad is all based on historical events.”
Fortunately, archaeologists have cooler heads than apologists, and take a more grounded, commonsense approach to embellished “history.”
Good morning, Sweetheart!
I’ve personally experienced multiplication of food and blessed oil. Saw a dead person brought back to life, with a prayer and gentle touch. (Knocked my socks off, figuratively speaking.)
The past shows the way, shows what is possible.
The past informs the present.
Archeological finds and current day miracles attest to God’s loving intervention and justice.
I’m sad that atheists won’t open their hearts and minds, so they can allow the miracle of faith to grow, for them to know the love and glory of God.
May God greatly bless you and your loved ones!
Keeping you, and your family in prayers each day…
❤️😊🙏❤️
Good morning, Katy from Middle Earth!
Don’t be sad! Be happy-happy-happy! Yours is a beautiful country, full of natural wonders. Atheists love opening their minds and hearts — figuratively speaking, natch — just not to unverified supernatural claims and unremarkable anecdotes about “miracles.”
Well, I hope someday you will experience a miracle that is proof enough for you. When you do, you will need to be prepared to be dismissed with ridicule.
Your experience that transforms your life, will be dismissed as anecdotal – but you will know the Truth.
I’d rather be ridiculed by you then reject the One Who has shown His love and care for me, far greater than any human can love. I am a scientist who not contradictorily, believes in God – because He was gracious enough to rescue me from grave error. I appreciate your position, but I won’t fall backward when you sneer in order to have your approval.
Miracles open you to an awareness that eludes those who don’t want to know.
I wish you the best…
Well said Katy. We are the ones with supposedly closed minds but I guess since I don’t believe I am a random act of cosmic chance I will be ridiculed as well. Count it all joy my brothers and sisters.
Katy:
The dead person “brought back to life”: did you get that on video, where we can examine and hopefully verify it? That would overturn all known laws of biology, and what we understand about basic human physiology; and which would — among other things — make anyone wonder why there are such laws, when, presumably at the beck and call of prayer and “a gentle touch” those laws can be so easily dismissed.
Otherwise, it’s still just an anecdote, or your own subjective “experience” and of not much use to anyone else.
I’m always up for “miracles”, as long as they contain something not otherwise explicable by purely natural causes –i.e. something genuinely “supernatural” — and I remain open to the possibility, despite the continuing failure of believers to provide empirical support for their claims.
Cheers.
Katy, feel free to post your prayers here. I’ve begun to do that (pray “out loud”) when I encounter someone who is obviously wrestling with the Holy Spirit… I just type something like, “Father, thank you that your Truth is so inviting and addictive. Please continue to use my words to accomplish your goals. All glory is yours.”
Thanks for always responding with kindness! Your Spirit is showing, and it’s encouraging.