Walk a mile for a Camel?

[kallend 2,146]

Not in the time of the patriarchs.

www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/science/camels-had-no-business-in-genesis.html

Another biblical myth explodes.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[DiverMike 5]

They are talking about at time frame of 1000 BC and they are saying it is inaccurate by 'decades' for King David and centuries for the patriarchs. Not that I don't like a good bible-bashing, but this doesn't really prove/disproved anything. Saying it is the earliest known domestication does not indicate earlier domestication did not exist.

Nothing to see here.

For the same reason I jump off a perfectly good diving board.

[Southern_Man 0]

These anachronisms are telling evidence that the Bible was written or edited long after the events it narrates and is not always reliable as verifiable history.

This is in no way new or surprising.

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[Boogers 0]

On a related note:
"50 People in the Bible Confirmed by Archaeology"
http://thebiblicalworld.blogspot.com/2014/02/50-people-in-bible-confirmed-by.html

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[funjumper101 15]

How DARE you question the word of God!!!

[RonD1120 62]

kallend

Not in the time of the patriarchs.

www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/science/camels-had-no-business-in-genesis.html

Another biblical myth explodes.

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“One should be careful not to rush to the conclusion that the new archaeological findings automatically deny any historical value from the biblical stories,” Dr. Mizrahi said in an email. “Rather, they established that these traditions were indeed reformulated in relatively late periods after camels had been integrated into the Near Eastern economic system. But this does not mean that these very traditions cannot capture other details that have an older historical background.”

I fail to see your point, other than unnecessarily argumentative. What does this article have to do with your and other's salvation and eternal security through the atoning death of Jesus Christ? Everything in the Bible leads to the crucifixion. That is the real story.

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

[kallend 2,146]

RonD1120

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Not in the time of the patriarchs.

www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/science/camels-had-no-business-in-genesis.html

Another biblical myth explodes.

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“One should be careful not to rush to the conclusion that the new archaeological findings automatically deny any historical value from the biblical stories,” Dr. Mizrahi said in an email. “Rather, they established that these traditions were indeed reformulated in relatively late periods after camels had been integrated into the Near Eastern economic system. But this does not mean that these very traditions cannot capture other details that have an older historical background.”

I fail to see your point, other than unnecessarily argumentative. What does this article have to do with your and other's salvation and eternal security through the atoning death of Jesus Christ? Everything in the Bible leads to the crucifixion. That is the real story.

Do you believe the universe was created (approximately) 6,000 years ago?

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[RonD1120 62]

kallend

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Not in the time of the patriarchs.

www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/science/camels-had-no-business-in-genesis.html

Another biblical myth explodes.

Quote

“One should be careful not to rush to the conclusion that the new archaeological findings automatically deny any historical value from the biblical stories,” Dr. Mizrahi said in an email. “Rather, they established that these traditions were indeed reformulated in relatively late periods after camels had been integrated into the Near Eastern economic system. But this does not mean that these very traditions cannot capture other details that have an older historical background.”

I fail to see your point, other than unnecessarily argumentative. What does this article have to do with your and other's salvation and eternal security through the atoning death of Jesus Christ? Everything in the Bible leads to the crucifixion. That is the real story.

Do you believe the universe was created (approximately) 6,000 years ago?

I do not know and I do not care. Such exploration or investigation has little to do with my work as a counselor. The exception would be if a client suffers some emotional maladjustment as a result of trying to determine how old the earth is. In that case, my approach would be to deal with the feeling not the theoretical science.

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

[RonD1120 62]

kallend

Not in the time of the patriarchs.

www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/science/camels-had-no-business-in-genesis.html

Another biblical myth explodes.

And the counterpoint...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/17/does-the-camel-study-really-prove-that-the-bible-is-inaccurate/

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

[bakerjan 0]

RonD1120

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Not in the time of the patriarchs.

www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/science/camels-had-no-business-in-genesis.html

Another biblical myth explodes.

And the counterpoint...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/17/does-the-camel-study-really-prove-that-the-bible-is-inaccurate/

The "professor" gets his straw man head handed to him again, LOL, besides the camel part is like saying the 2012 USA election was totally illegitimate because some vote totals in Philladelphia were suspect, dumb on its face and arguable anyway, surely a "professor" can do better, LOL.

Jan

[kallend 2,146]

RonD1120

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Not in the time of the patriarchs.

www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/science/camels-had-no-business-in-genesis.html

Another biblical myth explodes.

And the counterpoint...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/02/17/does-the-camel-study-really-prove-that-the-bible-is-inaccurate/

I'd expect nothing less from a a professor of theology and Hebrew at Concordia University-Chicago (a Lutheran college).

Just another example of "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

I wonder what his credentials are in archeology.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.