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Greatest find in 100 years confirms the book of Jeremiah

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

The geneaology of Christ makes bold claims about human history. So too, do the other books of the Bible:

Tiny tablet provides proof for Old Testament

The sound of unbridled joy seldom breaks the quiet of the British Museum’s great Arched Room, which holds its collection of 130,000 Assyrian cuneiform tablets, dating back 5,000 years.

But Michael Jursa, a visiting professor from Vienna, let out such a cry last Thursday. He had made what has been called the most important find in Biblical archaeology for 100 years, a discovery that supports the view that the historical books of the Old Testament are based on fact.
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The relative poverty of the most important creationist and ID organizations

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Jim Lippard (who is no friend of ID) made an analysis of creationist and ID organization finances here: Creationist finances: some conclusions.

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Discussion of Genesis and other scriptures

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

I’m opening this thread to discuss the meaning of Genesis 1.  We, being human and fallible, have various choices in what to do with Genesis 1:

1. accept that the words of Genesis  came from God, and should be interpreted to mean the Cosmos is young (several thousand years old)

2. accept that the words of Genesis  came from God, but should be interpreted to allow the Cosmos to be old

3. reject the Genesis account as coming from God 

I am of the opinion study of the physical evidence versus debating theology will help resolve the problem.  The scientific method (which incidentally was inspired by verses like Romans 1:20 and other scriptures) is premised on the belief that nature is structured such that the scientific method will be able to lead us to important truths. 

I am of the opinion God delights to make bold statements about human history which can be corroborated by physical evidence.  He even said ”If Christ is not raised, your faith is in vain”.  If certain historical truths are not true, the Christian faith is in vain.  I believe God has invited sincere seekers to examine the phyiscal evidence, and follow the evidence where it leads. 

That said, I’d like to begin the discussion with something Janice of Uncommon Descent asked here:

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