Difference between revisions of "Counterexamples to the Bible"
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*[[Counterexamples to Relativity]] (33 and growing) | *[[Counterexamples to Relativity]] (33 and growing) | ||
*[[Counterexamples to an Old Earth]] (34 and growing) | *[[Counterexamples to an Old Earth]] (34 and growing) | ||
| + | *[[Counterexamples to Global Warming]] (under construction; 6 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: | ||
Revision as of 23:47, June 30, 2011
There are no Counterexamples to the Bible. This is in contrast with:
- Counterexamples to Evolution (60 and growing)
- Counterexamples to Relativity (33 and growing)
- Counterexamples to an Old Earth (34 and growing)
- Counterexamples to Global Warming (under construction; 6 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:
- that the wall of Jericho described in the Bible never existed and that people did not live there as described in the Old Testament; 19th century archaeologists could not find evidence of that civilization in the biblical time period.
- Disproof: archaeologist John Garstang discovered an intricate (collapsed) wall of Jericho during digging in 1930-36.
- that Pontius Pilate, described in the Bible as a Judean Roman Prefect who ordered the Crucifixion of Jesus, never held that powerful position.
- Disproof: archeologists excavating an ancient amphitheater in Palestine discovered in 1961 a massive limestone having the inscription, "Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judea."[1]
- that theories of modern physics proved there was no creation, and thus the Genesis account could not possibly be correct.
- Disproof: the Catholic priest Georges-Henri Lemaitre proved, against the resistance of anti-Bible scientists, that modern theories of physics themselves required the occurrence of a singular creation; this was first ridiculed with the term Big Bang but then later accepted by the atheists.
- that the pool of Siloam described in John 9:7, where Jesus restored sight to a blind man and told him to wash the mud from his eyes, and the pool of Bethesda with five covered colonnades, also described in John, did not exist because no one had previously found them.
- Disproof: the pool of Bethesda was discovered in 1957-62, just as described in the Gospel of John with the five covered colonnades, and the pool of Siloam was also discovered, in 2004.[2]
- 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.[3]
- Disproof: There is no inconsistency.[4]
- that the Bible incorrectly states the number of feet on an insect
- Disproof: Once the meaning of "leg" is correctly understood, it is seen that the Bible is right.[5]
- that biblical inerrancy does not hold true because in James 5:12, as well as during Jesus's Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:33-37, swearing oaths are forbidden, but elsewhere in the Bible prominent figures take such oaths (Paul in 2 Cor. 1:23 and Gal. 1:20, and Jesus himself in Matthew 26:63)
- Disproof: The passages in James and in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount refer to a different kind of swearing.[6]
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See also
References
- ↑ http://www.bible-history.com/pontius_pilate/pilateArchaeology.htm
- ↑ http://www.publicchristianity.org/jesusevidence.html
- ↑ http://www.historian.net/NTHX.html
- ↑ Does Genesis 30:9 teach "magical genetics"? from Tektonics
- ↑ Is the Bible wrong about insects having "four feet"? from Tektonics
- ↑ http://www.christiancourier.com/articles/270-is-taking-an-oath-in-court-forbidden
