13 Feb '14 11:56>
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/camels-in-the-bible-182042100.html
"Biblical authors," Baden writes, "simply transplanted the nomadic standards of their time into the distant past. There is nothing deceptive about this. They weren’t trying to trick anyone. They imagined, quite reasonably, that the past was, fundamentally, like their present."
This guy has a bad case of redundancy.
The problem with his reasoning is that he assumes the record of the past didn't come from the past. He is merely projecting his own present day bias into the historical record.
And what is even more idiotic is the suggestion that camels weren't domesticated prior to the 10th century b.c. No evidence was provided that proves positive any claim or comment made in the article.
"Biblical authors," Baden writes, "simply transplanted the nomadic standards of their time into the distant past. There is nothing deceptive about this. They weren’t trying to trick anyone. They imagined, quite reasonably, that the past was, fundamentally, like their present."
This guy has a bad case of redundancy.
The problem with his reasoning is that he assumes the record of the past didn't come from the past. He is merely projecting his own present day bias into the historical record.
And what is even more idiotic is the suggestion that camels weren't domesticated prior to the 10th century b.c. No evidence was provided that proves positive any claim or comment made in the article.