[Mr. Mohler tells us how archeology has no bearing on the authenticity of the Christian religion.]
Authentic Christianity is based upon the inscripturated revelation of God -- the Bible -- as our authority. In the end, archaeology cannot prove or disprove the biblical text. Nothing can be found, or not found, that should shake our faith in the total truthfulness and trustworthiness of the Word of God. Archaeology can expand our knowledge and understanding, but cannot establish the authority for our faith.
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Yes, it can. That's why you and your ilk are so deathly afraid of any scientific discipline.
In the end, if you had any functioning brain cells left, you'd realize that all you have are myths and fantasies.
Oh, you wish.
See, it's exactly the other way around. Archeology can't prove the bible, but it can disprove it.
Say they find some long-lost biblical city. Is that proof for the bible's truth? No of course not.
Say they find absolutely no evidence of the Exodus. Is that proof that the bible is false? Yes, yes it is.
unfortunately, both statements are true.
Archaeology may not be able to do it in yoiur eyes, but biology can.
We just have to look at bats, who are not birds,
Authentic Christianity (TM). Based on Teh R33l Babble. Accept no substitutes.
"Nothing can be found, or not found, that should shake our faith in the total truthfulness and trustworthiness of the Word of God. "
So, basically you meant to say: "Screw reality! Teh Bibble iz teh truth!!1!eleven!"
Bollocks. If we found archaeological evidence that proved Jesus existed you'd be all over it. You wouldn't shrug and say, "Well, that's nice, but it's irrelevant. Christianity doesn't need archaeology to support it."
Excuse me, but that has been my job for the last 52 years.
"Archaeology can expand our knowledge and understanding, but cannot establish the authority for our faith. "
IOW, archeology does not prove your fairy tale false, your fairy tale proves archeology false.
In the words of Indiana Jones:
Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall.
No one would question the word of God, if we had it. It's the word of the bronze age Arab goat-herders who wrote the Bible that's a little harder to accept. Harder yet is the word of the fundamentalist cherry-pickers who comb through the Bible until they find something that agrees with them (or can be twisted to agree).
Eden: I hate to be such a pedant, but actually there are a number of butterfly species with four legs. Of course their physiology suggests that they descended from six-legged ancestors, but there really are a few four-legged, four-winged insects.
"Archaeology can expand our knowledge and understanding, but cannot establish the authority for our faith. "
Abnormal psychology, on the other hand ....
"Inscripturated" is not a word. It's always funny when idiots misuse "big words," or even worse, make up impressive-sounding words in a vain attempt to seem smart.
So in other words, your mind (if you have one) is permanently made up and you're unwilling to consider any evidence which might point in another direction. Since you're supposedly such a word maven, what's your definition of "brainwashed?"
Man, you people lead really screwed up lives, don't you. All in the name of your god. I'm sure if your god existed he'd be pretty pissed that you waste so much of the life he gave you reading and basing your life on a 2,000 year old piece of fiction.
Authentic Christianity is based upon the inscripturated revelation of God -- the Bible -- as our authority.
If your religion is based on the revelation of god. What do you need a bible for? Can't you just pray to god and let him tell you?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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