Paul Lake's Left Knee
Well-Known Member
Ducado said:But you will follow the word of a so called expert on the TV? Because this is what it comes down to
Can you tell me of the Historical Inaccuracies in the Bible? Or is this just another off the cuff off topic remark that passes into fact, because some one said it, bit like "Religion has caused more wars than anything else" ignoring the countless millions murdered by Atheist Communists in the 20th Century (in fact it the irony is it usually said by left wingers)
I tend not to believe anything that is said to me, especially on tele, i make up my own mind on the facts - if there isnt any evidence to conclude from, i usually come to the conclusion the person on the telly is talking utter crap...
There are so many innacuraces in the bible it is impossible to list them all, but some examples there was no Roman censous, Herod didnt kill the first born of every couple, there is no way Jews would carry out a crucifixation on the sabbath, why did a healthy Jesus die so quickly after being crucified when it takes many days to die, why did Vinger (used as smelling salts in roman times) kill him not revive him, Pilate was known as a cruel person with countless tales of murder and toruture why does the bible paint him as innocent... i could go on but one of my favourites is: Mark 10:46 places the healing of the blind man after Jesus left Jericho, while Luke 18:35; 19:1 places it before Jesus entered Jericho... they cant even get their stories straight between themselves...
Also as for the war comment it was wars not the number of people killed, there are a huge number of wars that are religious and only a handful of modern wars that arent... However still you havent really got much of an arguement, the crusades for example killed far more proportion of the people in Iraq than both the recent wars combined, just like the English civil war killed more of the nation (as a percentage) than both the world wars combined... it isnt scientific to suggest the population differentials shouldnt be taken into consideration, or are you like some religious people that any sort of maths or science doesnt come into it... Then taking into consideration there were elements of the communist kull that were religious, even Stalin knew he needed the church to help control the masses during the second world war, he activily used the orthodox church, just like every human uses it to control others, he then ordered a purge just before his death of many of the unorthodox religions in the USSR - so many of the millions you talk of were religous purges of people who were thought of or were different, so religion came into that thinking as well.