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There are no '''Counterexamples to the Bible'''.  This is in contrast with:

There are no '''Counterexamples to the Bible'''.  This is in contrast with:

*[[Counterexamples to Evolution]] (60 and growing)

*[[Counterexamples to Evolution]] (175 and growing)

*[[Counterexamples to Relativity]] (24 and growing)

*[[Counterexamples to Relativity]] (76 and growing)

*[[Counterexamples to an Old Earth]] (25 and growing)

*[[Counterexamples to an Old Earth]] (45 and growing)

Opponents of the teachings of the [[Bible]] have tried mightily to prove statements in it to be false, but every attempt has failed.  Here is a growing list of disproved counterexamples:

Opponents of the teachings of the [[Bible]] have tried mightily to prove statements in it to be false, but every attempt has failed.  Here is a growing list of disproved counterexamples:

*that a census could not have occurred around 6 B.C., shortly after Jesus's birth, as described in the [[Gospel of Luke]].

*that a census could not have occurred around 6 B.C., shortly after Jesus's birth, as described in the [[Gospel of Luke]].

::''Disproof'': In 1912, W.M. Ramsey discovered a fragment proving that a new seat of government was established in Syria, which included Palestine, between 10 and 7 B.C., which would have necessitated one or more censuses shortly thereafter.  There is additional evidence of a census in Palestine at this time in the writings of Tertullian.<ref>http://www.historian.net/NTHX.html</ref>

::''Disproof'': In 1912, W.M. Ramsey discovered a fragment proving that a new seat of government was established in Syria, which included Palestine, between 10 and 7 B.C., which would have necessitated one or more censuses shortly thereafter.  There is additional evidence of a census in Palestine at this time in the writings of Tertullian.<ref>http://www.historian.net/NTHX.html</ref>

 

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