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Archeologists find David's palace.

Beantown

Beantown

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Pretty interesting stuff. Just out of curiosity do atheists or non believers deny that the Bible has historical accuracies in it? Since they are all about the facts and evidence I'm assuming that can't deny all the archeologist evidence for the Bible.

Its not that they have to be Christian or believe in it spiritually but I always here atheists saying "The Bible is a bunch of made up stories". Just seems very hypocritical.


https://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/Archeologists-uncover-palace-from-Kingdom-of-David-320226
 
Just out of curiosity do atheists or non believers deny that the Bible has historical accuracies in it?
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No.

Since they are all about the facts and evidence I'm assuming that can't deny all the archeologist evidence for the Bible.
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I don't speak for atheists, but I think most will admit that Jerusalem was a real place. Jews exist. And Persians dominated for a bit.

Its not that they have to be Christian or believe in it spiritually but I always here atheists saying "The Bible is a bunch of made up stories".
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Stories ≠ archaeology.

Just seems very hypocritical.
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Huh?
 
Until evidence for the exodus is found atheists still have a leg to be skeptical. Keep in mind people didn't find evidence for the entire city of Troy until the late 19th century so historical evidence is hard to come by.

Beantown said:
So the places existed but all the people in it didn't?
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Well me and you probably believe in Cleopatra, Xerxes, and Julius Caesar but we don't believe they are descendants of the Gods. This is probably how an atheist views the Bible or the Qur'an.
 
I'm guessing that they believe that the people existed too but the mythology behind them did not indeed happen.

Like... I doubt any atheist would deny that Augustus existed. However, did an eagle drop a snake in his lap and that's how Julius decided that he should be his heir?

David existed. But was he strengthened by god or did he just get a lucky shot by slinging that rock and nailing Goliath in the head?
 
When I see posts from Beanclown regarding religion, I often think of a 17 LDS boy that has never stepped foot outside of Bountiful and has never heard opened a book or seen a television show his parents didnt want him to see.
 
Personally, I think this type of stuff is awesome. Like the finding of Herod the Great's tomb. But I don't think it validates the authenticity of the Bible. The Bibe obvious does have some historic value to it. The question is the religious part. And if you want to dig deeper, which religion? And even deeper, which Bible and which translation and language? And "what" is the Bible anyway? The way it came together leaves some room for skepticism. Isn't that one of the main points LDS Missionaries try to make when talking about the BOM vs Bibe?
 
Beantown said:
Pretty interesting stuff. Just out of curiosity do atheists or non believers deny that the Bible has historical accuracies in it? Since they are all about the facts and evidence I'm assuming that can't deny all the archeologist evidence for the Bible.
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I'm pretty sure some of my son's old Sesame Street books have some historical accuracies in them.

Does that mean Oscar the Grouch is real? How about Big Bird?

How about Snuffleupagus? Now that's an interesting question because in Sesame Street Big Bird claims Snuffleupagus is real and yet no one has actually seen him except Big Bird.

I think Snuffleupagus is Jesus.
 
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