1. Joined
    31 May '06
    Moves
    1795
    20 Aug '11 17:01
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    The point is you jump to conclusions without making any attempt to
    study what the Holy Bible is saying. The writers of the Holy Bible
    were inspired to write what they did according to the Holy Bible. Who
    has ever said translators are inspired by God? If coney is the correct
    translation, then the Bible writer may not have meant the rabbit or
    hare. Yo ...[text shortened]... say it is not true without knowing all the facts.
    That is the way we lose a lot of chess games.
    You are right that you can't say what is or is not true without knowing the facts.

    The problem is that you apply this to everyone but you, and your religion.

    The burden of proof is on you to prove your god exists.

    To do this you need solid 'irrefutable' testable evidence.

    You don't have any, the way I know this is you bring up the bible as proof.

    the bible is written by people a long time ago.

    I can't go and ask them questions.

    And even if I could, they are humans and are therefore fallible.

    There are plenty of people today who claim that god has spoken to them
    and given them his divine wisdom (which contradicts all the other people
    claiming the same thing) at most only one of them can be right, and most
    likely all are wrong.

    I have no way of telling, (apart from the fact that a lot of what they claim is
    manifestly ridiculously evidently not true) if they have had a real experience
    or have imagined it, and that's even assuming I trust that they are not simply
    lying.

    There is no way of evaluating if one 'holy book' is more or less divinely inspired
    than any of the others.
    You would not claim that the Koran, or the Torah, or the works of Ron Hubbard
    were divinely inspired, you might even claim that other denominations of Christianity
    have got it wrong.

    How can you possibly judge that those books are not valid proof, but yours is?

    Answer is you can't.

    The bible is proof of nothing.

    Have you read every other religious text before jumping to your conclusions about
    their legitimacy?


    Your rebuttal to me says 'if coney is the correct translation' ...

    you yourself are placing doubt on the translation of the bible you yourself were
    pointing to, to prove its 'truth'.

    You are admitting it can't be relied upon to even mean what it says.
    You are admitting it might be wrong.

    I don't have to prove that it is wrong, you have to prove it's right.

    I am not using the bible to make my claim, I am saying you can't rely on it to make
    yours.

    Apparently you agree.

    You can not claim knowledge without facts and verifiable evidence.

    You are the one claiming the facts, you are the one claiming the knowledge.

    Show us the indisputable verifiable evidence.
  2. Standard memberRJHinds
    The Near Genius
    Fort Gordon
    Joined
    24 Jan '11
    Moves
    13644
    20 Aug '11 17:18
    Originally posted by googlefudge
    You are right that you can't say what is or is not true without knowing the facts.

    The problem is that you apply this to everyone but you, and your religion.

    The burden of proof is on you to prove your god exists.

    To do this you need solid 'irrefutable' testable evidence.

    You don't have any, the way I know this is you bring up the bible as pr ...[text shortened]... he one claiming the knowledge.

    Show us the indisputable verifiable evidence.
    I am sure you would like to prove the Holy Bible false but nobody has
    been able to do it. Claiming it is a bunch of fairy tales or that it has
    many errors does not prove anything. As is pointed out by one of the
    links is that not everything can be proved scientifically, somethings
    must be proved in a legal manner. So I will say reread the links I
    provided with an open mind and then we may be able to discuss this
    rationally.
  3. Joined
    31 May '06
    Moves
    1795
    20 Aug '11 17:24
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    I am sure you would like to prove the Holy Bible false but nobody has
    been able to do it. Claiming it is a bunch of fairy tales or that it has
    many errors does not prove anything. As is pointed out by one of the
    links is that not everything can be proved scientifically, somethings
    must be proved in a legal manner. So I will say reread the links I
    provided with an open mind and then we may be able to discuss this
    rationally.
    I don't have to Prove it false!
    I am not trying to prove it false!

    You are trying to Prove it true.
    You have the burden of proof.

    And thus far you have not met it.

    However if you want me to go through those sites and produce a detailed
    rigorous analysis of them, sure I can do that, but it will take a little while.

    I will analyse them with more of an open mind that that which you have to
    evolution.
  4. Cape Town
    Joined
    14 Apr '05
    Moves
    52945
    20 Aug '11 18:25
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    I believe one of the references I gave for the proofs states that although
    the Holy Bible is known to be written over hundreds of years by many
    writers it contains the same theme from Genesis to Revelation. Reread
    carefully the referenced links if you wish to learn the truth.
    Yet this "Holy Bible" you refer to, does not exist. If I asked you for a copy of it, you could not present it. You have already disputed the meaning of one word, and announced that its meaning is unknown. How can I know that you will not do that for every word in the Bible?

    A sentence containing a word whose meaning is unknown cannot be known to hold a truth value. So unless you know the meaning of the word, your assertion that it is true, must be based solely on faith.
  5. Standard memberRJHinds
    The Near Genius
    Fort Gordon
    Joined
    24 Jan '11
    Moves
    13644
    20 Aug '11 18:51
    Originally posted by twhitehead
    Yet this "Holy Bible" you refer to, does not exist. If I asked you for a copy of it, you could not present it. You have already disputed the meaning of one word, and announced that its meaning is unknown. How can I know that you will not do that for every word in the Bible?

    A sentence containing a word whose meaning is unknown cannot be known to hold a ...[text shortened]... u know the meaning of the word, your assertion that it is true, must be based solely on faith.
    The Holy Bible does exist and attempted translations have been done in
    nearly all commomly spoken languages today. You should be able to
    go to any Bible Book store and buy one. Many times Christian groups
    give them out for free.
  6. Cape Town
    Joined
    14 Apr '05
    Moves
    52945
    20 Aug '11 19:32
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    The Holy Bible does exist and attempted translations have been done in
    nearly all commomly spoken languages today. You should be able to
    go to any Bible Book store and buy one. Many times Christian groups
    give them out for free.
    So all you can give me are "attempted translations". As I said, "The Holy Bible" does not exist.
  7. Standard memberRJHinds
    The Near Genius
    Fort Gordon
    Joined
    24 Jan '11
    Moves
    13644
    21 Aug '11 17:01
    Originally posted by googlefudge
    Proving the bible says things that are true does not make everything in the bible true.

    Also claiming you had an idea or made a discovery first, while potentially laudable does
    not mean that other claims you make are true.

    The problem for theologian as opposed to a historian, is that you have to prove the existence
    of the divine, of the supernat ...[text shortened]... ually true.

    basically what's the point of your post?
    What do you think it demonstrates?
    Since we have things in the Holy Bible that we know is true; then that
    should give us more faith that the rest of it is also true and that the rest
    of the prophecies in the Holy Bible will come true. Nothing in the Holy
    Bible has been proven false regardless of the claims. There is no other
    religious book that predicts the future with 100% accuracy like the Holy
    Bible.
  8. Standard memberavalanchethecat
    Not actually a cat
    The Flat Earth
    Joined
    09 Apr '10
    Moves
    14988
    21 Aug '11 17:05
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    Since we have things in the Holy Bible that we know is true; then that
    should give us more faith that the rest of it is also true and that the rest
    of the prophecies in the Holy Bible will come true. Nothing in the Holy
    Bible has been proven false regardless of the claims. There is no other
    religious book that predicts the future with 100% accuracy like the Holy
    Bible.
    ... predicts the future with 100% accuracy...


    Sure it does. Cures baldness too.
  9. Standard memberRJHinds
    The Near Genius
    Fort Gordon
    Joined
    24 Jan '11
    Moves
    13644
    21 Aug '11 17:06
    Originally posted by twhitehead
    So all you can give me are "attempted translations". As I said, "The Holy Bible" does not exist.
    We also have copies of the Holy Books of the Holy Bible in the
    original language, which you seem unaware of. You sir, then,
    show yourself as an ignorant and very arrogant idiot.
  10. Cape Town
    Joined
    14 Apr '05
    Moves
    52945
    21 Aug '11 18:32
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    We also have copies of the Holy Books of the Holy Bible in the
    original language, which you seem unaware of. You sir, then,
    show yourself as an ignorant and very arrogant idiot.
    Resorting to insults only shows that you have no leg left to stand on. "The Holy Bible" does not exist, therefore it cannot be said to be true.
  11. Standard memberRJHinds
    The Near Genius
    Fort Gordon
    Joined
    24 Jan '11
    Moves
    13644
    21 Aug '11 19:00
    Originally posted by twhitehead
    Resorting to insults only shows that you have no leg left to stand on. "The Holy Bible" does not exist, therefore it cannot be said to be true.
    Your continued denial that the Holy Bible exists shows that the insults
    (or truths) I stated about you is well deserved.
  12. Cape Town
    Joined
    14 Apr '05
    Moves
    52945
    21 Aug '11 19:35
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    Your continued denial that the Holy Bible exists shows that the insults
    (or truths) I stated about you is well deserved.
    Present to me a copy of this "Holy Bible" and I will concede the point. However, if I then point out an error or untruth in the copy you have provided, then you will not be able to resort to claims of mistranslation or copying error as the copy you present will be "The Holy Bible" and not some prior unattainable source document.
  13. Standard memberDasa
    Dasa
    Account suspended
    Joined
    20 May '10
    Moves
    8042
    21 Aug '11 19:37
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    http://allanturner.com/bibleproofs.html

    http://agards-bible-timeline.com/q9_historical_proof_bible.html

    http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Scientific-Proof-of-Bible.php

    http://www.askelm.com/doctrine/d740101.htm
    The Bible was compiled by the animal killers for the animal killers.

    The compilers were poets, academics, politicians, pseudo clergy and meat eaters..

    They were not enlightened persons but ignorant speculators.

    Their motivation was to create one religion to control the people through fear.

    Fear of burning at the stake.

    Fear of hell.

    Fear of God.

    The Bible is devoid of true spiritual knowledge but is full of speculation, fabrication and superstition.
  14. Standard memberusmc7257
    semper fi
    Joined
    02 Oct '03
    Moves
    112520
    21 Aug '11 20:111 edit
    Originally posted by RJHinds
    We also have copies of the Holy Books of the Holy Bible in the
    original language, which you seem unaware of. You sir, then,
    show yourself as an ignorant and very arrogant idiot.
    Very christian like.
  15. Jo'Burg South Africa
    Joined
    20 Mar '06
    Moves
    69918
    21 Aug '11 21:07
    Originally posted by googlefudge
    I don't have to Prove it false!
    I am not trying to prove it false!

    You are trying to Prove it true.
    You have the burden of proof.

    And thus far you have not met it.

    However if you want me to go through those sites and produce a detailed
    rigorous analysis of them, sure I can do that, but it will take a little while.

    I will analyse them with more of an open mind that that which you have to
    evolution.
    There is no reason to prove the Bible true as nothing can be proved false, hence it must be true. Right? Like he said in a previous post that there were many times people tried proving the Bible false but could not find any real evidence to backup their case.

    After reading all this sites listed (left out some paragraphs here and there) it made me feel good and the reason why I say so is that once a person like yourself will now make time to read through all of it with an open mind you may come to find the truth about the Bible. Now some things I still don't understand but it is only because I have not got the wisdom to understand some stuff, and I often ask myself the question - do I really need to - and the answer is yes even if I have to force it upon me.

    It is because of the lack of wisdom that people do not understand Spirituality. I am not saying anyone that does not belief in Christianity does not have wisdom 🙂, they just don't have enough yet 😉

    I hope you find the truth in your analysis.
Back to Top

Cookies help us deliver our Services. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn More.I Agree