Did you know archaeology supports the Bible?

The New and Old Testaments were written around known historic events.

Think of it as a docudrama.

There are enough historical references to make the stories credible. But there still is no proof of the actual characters, and that they lived in the times that they are said to have lived in.

We know of Solomon's Temple, and we are aware of David. There is some historical evidence to support their existence. But, that does not necessarily prove everything written about them.

Much of what you read in the scriptures is written long after the fact. Its usually based on hymns and myths. There's a lot of mystery there.

Other than that, we know that archeology can show that things existed, but whether people existed is a different story. And even if they are proven to exist, there isn't always proof that they were in the places where its said they were, doing the things in those places, its said they did; or that these things occurred at the times that they are said to have occurred.

So there are true facts being used as a backdrop. But the details are not necessarily true. Just added in to make up a story.

fool question. bible is full of stories. some true some not.

There is also a lot of evidence that a lot of stuff in the Bible just doesn't make any sense. How can a man live in the belly of a whale for 3 days and 3 nights? A christian friend tried to convince me that Jesus is God. When I asked him why did Jesus refer to God as his father, he had no answer that made any sense. The Bible is either one of the greatest story ever told or one of the greatest lie ever told.

I believe that the bible was most likely written by some cult leader, if what you're saying is true, that cult leader most likely knew geography well.

Hi,

I think Alsion in Wonderland has a point - don't you?

Why not edit your question and explain that?

EVEN if Gluek was correct - all it does it establish some credibility for the OLD Testament.

If you are a Christian it provides no validity for the New Testament - maybe you should convert to Judaism!!!

I would be most surprised if you come back with an answer and besides there are quite a few contradictions in the Old Testament and did you know that they have found the Flood story was circulating before the Pentateuch was written? Maybe Moses (supposed author of the first 5 books of the OT) should be sued for plagiarism.

regards and have a happy new year.

Mike D

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Would you like to give examples of this "archaeological evidence"? Fragments of the tower of Babel? Did someone find the Garden of Eden? Is there evidence of a global flood within the last few thousand years? Have we found Jehovah on a cloud in the sky? Are satellites taking pictures of a flat Earth resting on 4 pillars? Did the sun start revolving around the Earth? Video footage of Moses parting the Red Sea?

No. My guess is that you're taking the uncovering of locations mentioned in the Bible as evidence for the whole book. By that logic, New Zealand (filming location) is evidence that the Lord of The Rings is a true story.

Dr. Nelson Glueck (archaeologist)

"No archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. Scores of archaeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or in exact detail historical statements in the Bible. And, by the same token, proper evaluation of Biblical descriptions has often led to amazing discoveries."

This (the above quote) may well hold true - but what does that prove?

The fact that the writers of Bible stories based their writings on fact where locations of towns etc were concerned, does NOT mean that they did not exaggerate (or invent) the rest of the details in their stories.

Using the same lines of thinking, the archaeology of New York can be used to prove Spiderman in the future, and archaeology in London can be used to prove Harry Potter is the truth.

Yes. You are correct it does. The following are more examples:

The Moabite Stone mentions numerous places referred to in the Bible: Ataroth and Nebo (Nu 32:34, 38); the Arnon, Aroer, Medeba, and Dibon (Jos 13:9); Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon, Jahaz, and Kiriathaim (Jos 13:17-19); Bezer (Jos 20:8); Horonaim (Isa 15:5); Beth-diblathaim and Kerioth. (Jer 48:22, 24) It thus supports the historicity of all these places.

Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit), on the N Syrian coast opposite the island of Cyprus, has provided information about worship quite similar to Canaan’s, including its gods and goddesses, temples, “sacred” prostitutes, rites, sacrifices, and prayers. A room was found between a temple to Baal and another temple devoted to Dagon that contained a library of hundreds of religious texts considered to date from the 15th and early 14th centuries B.C.E. The mythological poetical texts reveal much about the Canaanite divinities El, Baal, and Asherah and the degrading form of idolatry that accompanied their worship. Merrill F. Unger in his book Archaeology and the Old Testament (1964, p. 175) comments: “The Ugaritic epic literature has helped to reveal the depth of depravity which characterized Canaanite religion. Being a polytheism of an extremely debased type, Canaanite cultic practice was barbarous and thoroughly licentious.” Images of Baal and other gods were also found.

Archaeology has produced beneficial information that has aided in the identification (often tentative) of Biblical sites, has unearthed written documents that have contributed to a better understanding of the original languages in which the Scriptures were written, and has shed light on the living conditions and activities of ancient peoples and rulers referred to in the Bible. Yet, insofar as archaeology relates to the authenticity and reliability of the Bible, as well as to faith in it, its teachings, and its revelation of God’s purposes and promises, it must be said that it is a nonessential supplement and an unrequired confirmation of the truth of God’s Word. As the apostle Paul expresses it: “Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld. By faith we perceive that the systems of things were put in order by God’s word, so that what is beheld has come to be out of things that do not appear.” (Heb 11:1, 3) “We are walking by faith, not by sight.”—2Co 5:7.

This does not mean that Christian faith does not have any basis in what can be seen or that it deals only with intangibles. But it is true that in every period and age there has been ample contemporary evidence surrounding people, as well as within themselves and their own experiences, that could convince them that the Bible is the true source of divine revelation and that it contains nothing that is out of harmony with provable facts. (Ro 1:18-23) The knowledge of the past in the light of archaeological discovery is interesting and appreciated, but not vital. The knowledge of the past in the light of the Bible is, alone, essential and solidly reliable. The Bible, with or without archaeology, gives true meaning to the present and illuminates the future. (Ps 119:105; 2Pe 1:19-21) It is, in reality, a weak faith that must rely on moldering bricks, broken vases, and crumbling walls to bolster it up and serve as a crutch.

That is not proof that it supports the buybull. R u serious? U R dumb!

The bible is FICTION. fairytales

Yes!

Many 'wise men' say the bible is inaccurate.

certain places and people did not exist!

Then.. presto! Archaeology proves they did exist!

God makes the wise foolish and the foolish wise!