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::''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]].

::''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.

*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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=John |title=Why is there so little evidence for Jesus? |url=http://www.publicchristianity.org/jesusevidence.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827215744/http://www.publicchristianity.org/jesusevidence.html |archive-date=2008-08-27 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=publicchristianity.org}}</ref>

::''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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=John |title=Why is there so little evidence for Jesus? |url=http://www.publicchristianity.org/jesusevidence.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827215744/http://www.publicchristianity.org/jesusevidence.html |archive-date=2008-08-27 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=publicchristianity.org}}</ref><ref>https://ste-anne-jerusalem.org/en/bethesda/</ref><ref>https://cityofdavid.org.il/en/siloam-pool-opened-eng/</ref>

*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>{{Cite web |title=HISTORY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT |url=http://www.historian.net/NTHX.html |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.historian.net}}</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>{{Cite web |title=HISTORY AND THE NEW TESTAMENT |url=http://www.historian.net/NTHX.html |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.historian.net}}</ref>