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:: The evidence of writing and civilisation back to 3000 B.C. is part of the package of questionable secular dates.  Almost all middle-eastern history is tied into the questionable Egyptian chronology.  So, to be hypothetical, a tablet considered to be the oldest known example of writing is found, which cannot be directly dated, but describes events in, say Assyrian history, and that Assyrian history can be tied in to Egyptian history, and a chronology of Egyptian history has been worked out, so the Assyrian tablet can be given a date.  But that date is therefore based on the Egyptian chronology, which, as I said, is being questioned (and not just by creationists), and is also in conflict (on other points) with a biblical chronology.  Given the disagreement in the two chronologies, I know which one I consider to be more accurate.

:: The evidence of writing and civilisation back to 3000 B.C. is part of the package of questionable secular dates.  Almost all middle-eastern history is tied into the questionable Egyptian chronology.  So, to be hypothetical, a tablet considered to be the oldest known example of writing is found, which cannot be directly dated, but describes events in, say Assyrian history, and that Assyrian history can be tied in to Egyptian history, and a chronology of Egyptian history has been worked out, so the Assyrian tablet can be given a date.  But that date is therefore based on the Egyptian chronology, which, as I said, is being questioned (and not just by creationists), and is also in conflict (on other points) with a biblical chronology.  Given the disagreement in the two chronologies, I know which one I consider to be more accurate.

:: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 14:56, 5 February 2009 (EST)

:: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 14:56, 5 February 2009 (EST)