Just like there is only one number in the first 6,000 numbers that is divisible by 6,000, I don’t see a reason why there can’t be one true religion and 5,999 false ones, especially when many of the 5,999 make contradictory claims in comparison to the 6,000th one.
So how do you choose the one that is divisible by 6000.I know how to do that with numbers but how do you choose the right god. I it’s obviously the ones your parents told you about.
I think my definition is irrelevant. I am the blind man being asked to define color without using wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. I will give it a shot a supernatural being who is not bound by science.
I have never heard that. Can you sight a source? I am always interested in learning something new. If this is true I wonder if an earthquake could explain the walls coming down.
In many cases like these, they are atheists or agnostics. Most likely mental issues coupled with drug use. No way to generalize since we don't know them or their history.
The definition is not irrelevant. It matters a lot actually. Angels and demons would be gods by your definition. I believe in the existence of supernatural beings other than God. I would call them angels and demons, while pagans might call them gods.
I don’t believe in any supernatural beings. So why would my definition of vacuum be important. To me there is little difference between your beliefs and a pagans.
I watched your YouTube video. There was a lot of supposition and the only source material they used was the Bible. The women who headed the original expedition didn’t believe the account was right and I think her assistant (nobody in this in search of quality documentary is well identified) said it was from the wrong time period. Are there any papers not YouTube videos where the main talkers say they work from the assumption that the Bible is the literal word of god? Basically I was hoping for a cited peer reviewed paper. What I got was a YouTube video that would have been better if Leonard Nimoy would have narrated it. I am not going to spend any more time watching crap. I am going to do a google search read some real papers and learn from those. as promised I did a little research it confirms there was no city of Jericho to have fallen when it was purported to have happened.
You could interpret what I mean by reading the context or you could be intentionally obtuse. Your choice.
I guess you do not know what obtuse means either. Here's a fun fact. there are more numbers between 0-1 then are "numbers" as you define them. &, it is easy to demonstrate (not prove).
You said earlier that you have contempt for religion, but especially Christianity. You have not refuted the main argumentation in the video. Particularly the fallen bricks recovered at the site, and the dating method of the site based on contemporary pottery that existed in other known parts of the world at the same time that the Bible says this event happened. The archaeologist being interviewed in the video has a Ph.D in the field, and he explains very clearly why his predecessor missed the evidence. FWIW, your opening argument about 5,999 gods and the 6,000th was not peer reviewed either. So, you obviously are able to accept a lower standard of evidence if it agrees with your position vs. points that disagree with your position.
Well one is a statement the other is history. So what are the credentials of anybody in that video. I have never heard of any of them. I have given you the credentials of two well respected historians that I think represent the mainstream. They didn’t get their phds from biblical colleges that start with the Bible is the literal and complete truth. I am done with this thread we are far off the original point and when you debate an idiot first they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience and no I don’t think you beat me however idiotic your research is.
The archaeologist in the video has a Ph.D in Syro-Palestinian archaeology from the University of Toronto. His Ph.D work focused on pottery in that area. So, it is definitely within his field of expertise to critique someone else's analysis of the pottery evidence at the Jericho site.
So he dissents from the consensus. Doesn’t mean he is wrong but it is something intriguing. Do you have his name? I will look for his papers.
His name is Bryant Wood. Also featured in the video was Peter Parr who was on the excavation team of the woman who claimed the findings contradict the biblical account. He's not a Christian, and he thinks his boss was wrong. Peter Parr has been a lecturer in archaeology at University of Chicago and the University of London.
