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In Reply to: The Bible is fiction... posted by RGA on May 26, 2006 at 05:11:24:
Exactly what points to that brilliant conclusion?One can perfectly be a non-religious person and yet see the archeological and historical evidence of certain events.
Perhaps the word you are searning for is "interpretation"...
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But when you apply it to the bible stories it is amazing how little is actually supported by other sources. I mean just because Jeruselum existed doesn't varify the stories told in the NT. One can look at the well kept records of the ancient Egyptians and find no colaberation with Exodus. No archeological evidence to support any of the Genesis stories. The bible really does have an amazing lack of outside support for it's stories.
Its about the the First Century AD and later. There's a rich written history of the era. No one's been shy about correcting the record when new evidence is found. The differences in social sophistication between the time of Exodus and Jesus' time were even more profound than between Jesus' time and now. Bundling it all together as "biblical fiction" is a convenient way to religion-proof one's self, but ignores the historical record.
No it's not "about that era" at all. It is about a make believe story derived from that era. Just because it uses historical information to help dress the story doesn't make it an attempt at revisionist history. Did anyone call it a documentary? If people of faith ar so worked up about this *story* then I think the real problem lies in their faith. The whole "contraversy" smells of profound insecurity.
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