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Does the Bible record myth, fiction and superstition or actual historical events? | Dr Amy Orr-Ewing
40~ minutes
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40~ minutes
YouTube
@kellyjay saidAll of the above.
Does the Bible record myth, fiction and superstition or actual historical events?
@kellyjay saidAre you going to give your “opinion”?
Does the Bible record myth, fiction and superstition or actual historical events? | Dr Amy Orr-Ewing
40~ minutes
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@divegeester saidI am almost certain you will dodge this question but I’ll ask it anyway.
Are you going to give your “opinion”?
@dj2becker saidTake Noah's Great Flood, for example. To even know what a flood was, one would have to experience one. So the question regarding the story is not if a flood occurred, rather, the question is on what scale was the Great Flood which obviously occurred.
I am almost certain you will dodge this question but I’ll ask it anyway.
Is there any part of the Bible that you find to be trustworthy and if so why?
And if you don’t find any part of it trustworthy why believe anything that it says?
@whodey saidThe point is if you don’t decide to trust all of the Bible how do you decide which parts to trust and which parts to ignore. Doubt Dive will answer for obvious reasons.
Take Noah's Great Flood, for example. To even know what a flood was, one would have to experience one. So the question regarding the story is not if a flood occurred, rather, the question is on what scale was the Great Flood which obviously occurred.
@whodey saidI disagree. The question is not on what scale did some flood or other occur ~ there are literally thousands of floods every year, from large scale to small scale, and no doubt have been since time immemorial; the question is why should anyone believe that a particular flood was an act of divine retribution?
So the question regarding the story is not if a flood occurred, rather, the question is on what scale was the Great Flood which obviously occurred.
@fmf saidNo one is forced to believe so. Those that believe so do so because they are convinced that the Bible is trustworthy because it is divinely inspired.
I disagree. The question is not on what scale did some flood or other occur ~ there are literally thousands of floods every year, from large scale to small scale, and no doubt have been since time immemorial; the question is why should anyone believe that a particular flood was an act of divine retribution?
@whodey saidIs there any reason to believe the gospels are eye witness accounts aside from the fact that believers assert that they are?
If approached from another Christian viewpoint, what are the 4 gospels? Are they not all eye witness accounts?
@fmf saidYes.
Is there any reason to believe the gospels are eye witness accounts aside from the fact that believers assert that they are?
@whodey said"To even know what a flood was, one would have to experience one."
Take Noah's Great Flood, for example. To even know what a flood was, one would have to experience one. So the question regarding the story is not if a flood occurred, rather, the question is on what scale was the Great Flood which obviously occurred.
@fmf saidYou are more or less agreeing that there was a large flood.
I disagree. The question is not on what scale did some flood or other occur ~ there are literally thousands of floods every year, from large scale to small scale, and no doubt have been since time immemorial; the question is why should anyone believe that a particular flood was an act of divine retribution?
@suzianne saidPerhaps I should talk about a guppagone occurring.
"To even know what a flood was, one would have to experience one."
Come on, this is demonstrably untrue. This leaves the rest of your argument "afloat".