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Does This Archeological Discovery Prove That the Bible Is True?

Archeological Discovery In Judah Sheds Light on Biblical Statements

Professor Yosef Garfinkel (Image Credit: Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Archaeological discoveries tell us a great deal about our ancestors. And now, in light of some recent discoveries in Israel, they may also provide corroboratory evidence for descriptions presented in the Old Testament. For quite some time, Biblical historians have been working diligently to better understand the city of Judah during the time of King David.

Interestingly, Professor Yosef Garfinkel of Hebrew University of Jerusalem and other archeologists have been digging in the ancient city of Khirbet Qeiyafa (Elah Valley, Israel), where they recently unearthed some fascinating findings. The researchers there uncovered three cultic shrines that date back to the time of King David, The Atlantic reports.

Archeological Discovery In Judah Sheds Light on Biblical Statements

This is Khirbet Qeiyafa from the air (Image Credit: Khirbet Qeiyafa Archeological Project)

In addition to the shrines, the site also offered up stone and metal tools, pottery, art and other items that purportedly belonged to a cult during the time of King David’s reign. But what has the archeologists most intrigued is that the cult’s practices, based on expert analysis, match what is outlined in the Old Testament — or so they say. Naturally, this is a captivating find.

The Atlantic has more regarding just how important — and unprecedented — it may be:

“This is the first time that archaeologists uncovered a fortified city in Judah from the time of King David. Even in Jerusalem we do not have a clear fortified city from his period. Thus, various suggestions that completely deny the biblical tradition regarding King David and argue that he was a mythological figure, or just a leader of a small tribe, are now shown to be wrong,” Garfinkel told Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He explained that radiometric measurements performed at Oxford dated the artifacts to around 1020 to 980 BC, 30 to 40 years before the construction of King Soloman’s temple. “Over the years, thousands of animal bones were found, including sheep, goats and cattle, but no pigs. Now we uncovered three cultic rooms, with various cultic paraphernalia, but not even one human or animal figurine was found. This suggests that the population of Khirbet Qeiyafa observed two biblical bans – on pork and on graven images – and thus practiced a different cult than that of the Canaanites or the Philistines.”

Archeological Discovery In Judah Sheds Light on Biblical Statements

The city wall of Khirbet Qeiyafa (Image Credit: Khirbet Qeiyafa Archeological Project)

“For the first time in history we have actual objects from the time of David, which can be related to monuments described in the Bible,” the archeologist continued in a press release announcing the find.

Here’s more from the university’s web site:

This discovery is extraordinary as it is the first time that shrines from the time of early biblical kings were uncovered. Because these shrines pre-date the construction of Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem by 30 to 40 years, they provide the first physical evidence of a cult in the time of King David, with significant implications for the fields of archaeology, history, biblical and religion studies. [...]

The biblical tradition presents the people of Israel as conducting a cult different from all other nations of the ancient Near East by being monotheistic and an-iconic (banning human or animal figures). However, it is not clear when these practices were formulated, if indeed during the time of the monarchy (10-6th centuries BC), or only later, in the Persian or Hellenistic eras.

The absence of cultic images of humans or animals in the three shrines provides evidence that the inhabitants of the place practiced a different cult than that of the Canaanites or the Philistines, observing a ban on graven images.

While Garfinkel speaks with certainty, not everyone is convinced. Some, like Hershel Shanks of The Biblical Archeology Review, want to see more evidence before arriving at such definitive conclusions. That being said, he is openly intrigued by the research and archeological discoveries. Despite his healthy skepticism, in an interview with The Christian Post, Shanks offered Garfinkel “warm, good wishes for the spectacular things he’s uncovering.”

“The unfortunate thing is we don’t have enough information … to be all confident of the conclusions that Yosef Garfinkel is drawing,” he proclaimed. ”This may well have been Davidic, but it’s hard to come down hard on it. But within that range, yes … we have a lot of confidence in the date of it.”

So, it seems the jury is still out and that more research and explanatory efforts will help to fill in the gaps. Read more about these findings on Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s web site.

(H/T: The Atlantic)

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  • FightingBear
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:12pm

    Once you have proof, it is no longer faith but rather science.

    Religion is not about science….it is about faith.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:58pm

      Science will adhere to that faith
      Get wisdom, get knowledge, get understanding … this is in ALL things .. ignorance is not in those 3 words.

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    • JimL
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:10pm

      With the next artifact, what becomes of your science, archeology, gestalt?

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    • Unix
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:19pm

      God is love and God is vengeance! Believe and be saved all will be well in the end! disbelieve and spread blasphemy and all will not be well in the end! it is up to you and i could care less what you do, you have been ‘advised’, the Word of God is there for all to read and comprehend. Ignorance is no excuse, but you are free to go to heaven or to hell, your choice1

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    • Blacktooth
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:27pm

      The question was written as:
      Does This Archeological Discovery Prove That the Bible Is True?

      No!

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:30pm

      In 2000 years, sceintists will discover that in ancient times, around the year 2012, people held on to the belief that tribes were the only way to live and they promoted slavery by decree. This was determined by uncovering the ruins of a White House containing a bust of King Obama. It appears he was white.

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    • NOTALOTTAYITTAYADDA
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 5:17pm

      When it comes to the Bible, “faith” is the only way people can believe it. Here are some more facts that support the Bible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0K1zgCDtE
      Beware, the more you look into supporting evidence for the Bible, the more you come back to reality.

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    • diamondlee
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 5:19pm

      faith is believing in some matter that you know will happen, but has not happened as yet—faith to believe that GOD AND JESUS are there even tho you have not seen them—faith is knowing that that sick person is going to be healed thru CHRIST- and when it happens it is a miracle brought by JESUS–faith is a walk into the future knowing that your well being is protected by GOD’S promises and what HE spoke of in the bible…faith is not in the head ( brain ) it happens in the spiritual realm our soul–nourish it and let it grow to be strong and fearless–with the help of the HOLY SPIRIT—it is a hard walk to make—try it.– we are suppose to heal- even the dead!

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    • Southern Rebel
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:27pm

      Interesting point, but religion is of man, truth is of the Lord. To be even more clear, religion, was actually first introduced to man in the Garden of Eden by satan; and man, being the dumbasses we are, took the ‘truth’ and developed a religion out of it. ie: Judaism and Christianity…both man made religions NOT endorsed by the Lord.
      God, is a God of truth; not religion. :)

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    • TomSawyer
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:49pm

      God is truth.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:53pm

      You guys can argue all you want. The more they discover in the region the deeper my faith becomes.

      OMG 2012

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    • Anonymouse.
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:02pm

      Science has provided the truth about our origins and continues to expand our knowledge and understanding of our world and the universe. Religion has nothing to do with reality. It’s superstition propped up by ignorance and “faith” which is belief without proof. Religion will one day evaporate like the morning fog and when it does, the world will be a much better place for everyone.

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    • cuinsong
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:42pm

      You either believe or you don’t. But the facts are in front of you. The “The End Times” song points out simple facts http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10381143 like prophecies that are part of the history that is part of this time period which is a fact. The reason this is important is that if you prove this bible fact then other bible facts have more creditability. In other words King David was real not fiction and the end time prophecies may be real not fiction!

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    • Atheist
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:24pm

      King Cross Station is a real place in Harry Potter. Harry Potter must be true!

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    • weremoose
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:54pm

      I’d call you out on your logical fallacy Atheist, but I suspect you’re just trolling.

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    • hayesstephen
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:13pm

      Christianity is only based on faith. No evidence pro or con pertaining to the Savior will increase or lessen my belief in Him. This is a very interesting article and important to our history. But for believers it just interesting history.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:43pm

      Next year they will find something else, then wtf?

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    • jzs
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 11:03pm

      I don’t get it. So Christianity is a cult? I don’t notice any references to Christianity here, only references to cults. And the fact they didn’t find any pig bones shows what, that they didn’t eat pigs. Did they have pigs? How would you know if they didn’t find any bones? So the Bible says don’t eat pigs, and nobody is finding pig bones. What does that prove?

      The Bible is historical, no one doubts that. But I’m not sure this proves that Biblical history, as depicted in “The 10 Commandments” is true.

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    • TulsaYeeHaw
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 11:34pm

      JZS, I knooooow you aren’t dissing the mighty Charleton Heston….
      He just might come back and whip us both………With some apes no less.

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:21am

      And Science is about faith. How many times has our faith in Science been shattered when we find that the Scientific Truth isn’t true after all?

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    • loriann12
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 6:26am

      As a believer, we don’t need archeological proof. For ammunition against Athiests we do. Haven’t you heard of the book, “A Case for Christ?” I forget the author’s name, but he set out to prove, as in a court of law, that Christ didn’t exist. He ended up proving he did and became a believer. You won’t find archeologica proof of other religions. What bothered me in the article was calling it a cult. It was Judeism, the Jewish Faith, whatever, but only in the strictist terms a cult.

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    • wykedraven
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 6:29am

      Hi JZS the reason you are not reading about Christianity is because Davidic time predates the birth of Christ. can’t have Christianity before Christ lived and died. Therefore, the word cult is used to suffice for organized religion which is a fairly modern term. Hope this helps. BC= before Christ.

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 7:59am

      True science is the study of God and his creation. The humanist have perverted and corrupted this with their desire to deny God. They have made evolution their idol.

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    • GIDEON612
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 9:32am

      The more they dig…the more more they finds the signs from God saying, ” I AM still here, didn’t go anywhere.”

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    • paladin252
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:38am

      Don’t forget, God created science. Science and faith do not have to oppose each other, but instead can be used to verify each other.

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    • JGraham III
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:10am

      There is nothing more laughable than an unbeliever trying to “splain” the Bible. The end result is always that they make themselves look stupid. The only ones ‘congratulating’ them on the ‘good work’ are other unbelievers. There are perhaps many hidden motives behind unbelief; the obvious one is simple ignorance, but the likes of those who go out of their way to attempt to undermine the faith of those of us who do believe the Bible is called “disobedience”. Tsk Tsk! God winks at ignorance but spanks disobedience. I would be careful what I let my mouth say if I were an unbeliever as the God you say you don’t believe keeps record of every idle word spoken. You will be reminded of them later…

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:09pm

      If we lived in the year 100, I dare say that we would assume that the stories in the Bible were the best truth available, and the word of God. Today we might as well say the same thing. Science has done nothing to shed the light on where we came from unless you wish to believe in the newest fad or fabrication from science. The more the scientist learn, the more they get confused and find out how stupid they (and we) really are. Where did dark matter come from? What is it? What is dark energy? Do we live in a multi-idimensional universe? What is the universe? The scientists do not know but they keep trying, I will give them that. They have worked long and hard to get away from the idea of God. The archeologists have yet to prove the Bible wrong and they have been trying for 100 years. Maybe it is time to accept the truth as we know it and learn that there are some things we will never know until the day we die.

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    • smokey888x2
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:24pm

      Fightingbear: Take a look, a through look at Fatima. Sometimes the connection comes home.

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    • K Chad Roberts
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:39pm

      As a scientist, and an atheist, it frustrates me when science is intermingled with religion,

      BUT

      In this case, God gave you the ability to observe the world around you. It is completely acceptable for you to search for and find proof of ones religious events and text. I welcome it, as I truly believe there his historical validity behind much of the religious text of this world. While I do not believe in a divine being, that belief doesn’t matter in this case. These are important discoveries for the Jewish and Christian religions, and I’m glad to see some more evidence finally come to light. The truth has no agenda people. If these archaeological finds are indeed from King David’s time, and they have a direct correlation to religious records, take it at face value. It’s incredible, and important; and the religious implications are not to be ignored.

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    • Mike N
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:55pm

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      The real point here, if these findings corroborate the eistence of a kingdom that may have existed under David, is not that the Bible will necessarily be proven accurate, but that it may less easily be dismissed as a contrivance of men.

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 3:53pm

      Science and Faith are merely shadows of eachother. What the people of three thousand years ago had to take on faith, we can now prove the science behind. For example, “fire” from the sky.

      My point is, many of the things that were once considered magic or mysterious can now be explained because we now have a better handle on how the universe works. This, however, doesn;t disprove the existence of God, though. It tells us how He does it.

      I may be incorrect but I don‘t believe I’ve ever seen an archaeological dig that has ever disproved the Bible. In fact, several of the things the secular and irreligious consider to be myths have now been proven by archaeology. Here’s a short list:

      -The Elba Archive proved the person and place names in Genesis were historical.
      -Sodom and Gammorah have been uncovered right where the Bible said they would be.
      -The Hittites were long thought to be myth until the were found in Turkey.
      -Records have been found proving that Solomon’s wealth was likely not exhaggerated.
      -The Assyrian King Sargon was thought to be made up until his palace was found
      in Iraq with inscriptions on the walls verifying the events of Isaiah 20.
      -The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls proved that the Tanakh did not change
      over time, contrary to the story that “angel” sent from “Allah” told Mohammed
      (my personal belief is that that was Satan himself).

      I could go on but, alas! the Blaze limits the length of posts. :-P

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    • Jon
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 5:06pm

      Don’t talk about faith and science as if they are entirely exclusive though. If anything, it’s just the opposite. Science, knowledge, facts, all of these things will, if understood correctly, point to the Truth. It is not sincere pursuit after truth that leads people away from God, but rather doubt and their sin nature. Faith, as Lewis said, is sticking to what you know to be true, even when your doubts and emotions may play against it. And while this discovery is very cool and all, most atheists, I doubt, will have any change in opinion over the validity of the Bible and it’s Word. Some people could see all the evidence in the world, God Himself could come down from Heaven, and they would still reject Faith.

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    • Reynaldo
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 5:41pm

      Amen!

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 5:54pm

      Science only proves the existence of God, the God that gave us the Bible…..Only the fool has said in his heart there is no God!

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 7:03pm

      It should be about both science and faith. God is a being of science.

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    • countrygirl
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:24pm

      Your definition of faith is diametrically opposed to the true definition; I guess I can’t blame you, since you have no faith you would not know what it is. Faith is not belief based on the lack of, or in spite of the evidence. Faith is a trusting dependency based on the evidence FOR God, which is built in to every feature of creation. Those who reject this evidence deliberately suppress the truth in their rebellion against God. Every time an archeological discovery is made relative to Biblical writings, they confirm the historical validity of the Bible. Without fail.

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 12:21pm

      countrygirl,

      Well put. Thanks.

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    • ckokkola
      Posted on May 13, 2012 at 3:10am

      Religion may not be science but science and religion have over lapping interests. It is strange that when science says there is no evidence of some parts of scripture i.e. such as that above then no one says science and religion don’t mix, that only happens when science finds evidence that supports the Bible as it did now. Hmm…Wonder why that is?

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    • K Chad Roberts
      Posted on May 14, 2012 at 4:29pm

      Jon,

      I think you’re referring to Epistemology… which is a common root to a lot of things, science, faith, art…

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  • tsosumi
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:11pm

    The existence of the universe is proof of god’s existence. Science is merely humanity‘s understanding of the divine architect’s work. The matter of who brought what message is an idiots sanctuary. Consider the hypothesis that it was Hercules’s task to end the mythic age, and the other major prophets as ending prior ages…

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    • 13th Generation American
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:32pm

      Really, then why is the Andromeda–Milky Way collision going to happen, that‘s some design isn’t it. Geez

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    • Mike N
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 1:05pm

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      @ 13th Generation American

      Chaos wreaks havoc on even the best of designs, as it prevents proper planning of even the best of designers

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    • Lunertic
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 8:24pm

      13th. Man will be long gone by the time Andromeda comes calling. We’re born, we die leaving behind our seed. Read the first chapter of Genesis. GOD created Plants and all the animals that dwell here ad WHAT did HE tell them to do?
      “Be fruitful and ”REPLENISH” the Earth. Look up the word Replenish. It also says the Earth was without form and void. But it implies it was HERE, just not as we see it today. So to will our Entire Galaxy Die and then will be REPLENISHED just like everything has for infinity ; )

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  • fishandpoi
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:09pm

    Does This Archeological Discovery Prove That the Bible Is True? This find or any other DOES NOT PROVE THE BIBLE TO BE TRUE. THE BIBLE….PROVES THAT… This find or any other archeological finds are true. God bless the USA…. Amen and AMEN

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:24pm

      Nothing lures scholarly criticism and hostility out of the woodwork quite like scientific conclusions that actually confirm the biblical record. This is why Mazar’s work is controversial. But as Shanks notes in his column, it’s not like Mazar is the only archaeologist to uncover remains from the ancient kingdom of Israel. Kathleen Kenyon’s excavation on the eastern slope of the City of David during the 1960s, for example, “enabled Nehemiah’s wall to be identified,” she wrote in 1967 (Jerusalem: Excavating 3,000 Years of History). Kenyon excavated in the same general area that Mazar is now digging.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:25pm

      For 10 years, beginning in 1968, Mazar’s grandfather, Benjamin Mazar, excavated 8 acres between the City of David and the southern wall of the Temple Mount. Besides numerous fascinating discoveries from the Ottoman, Byzantine and Roman periods, Mazar also uncovered remains from the royal quarter of David’s dynasty, built during the reign of the kings of Judah.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:26pm

      Digging in this same area during the mid-1980s under the guidance of her grandfather, Eilat Mazar uncovered a large stone gateway complex, 45 by 54 feet, constructed sometime before the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem in the sixth century b.c. Attached to the gate was a short section of the city wall of Jerusalem, built by Solomon. Announcing the news at a press conference in 1986, Mazar said the gateway complex was probably one of 12 gates mentioned in the biblical record. The Associated Press quoted Benjamin Mazar, who attended the briefing with his granddaughter: “Now we have more or less the feeling that this is really a gate of Jerusalem from the period of the kings of Judah” (April 21, 1986).

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:27pm

      In 1993, seven years after the Mazars discovered the Solomonic gate, a team digging in northern Israel found a large stone tablet, dated to the ninth century b.c., bearing these carved inscriptions: “House of David” and “King of Israel.” It was a stunning discovery—scientific proof that David not only existed, but his kingly reign began a royal dynasty. Two years after that incredible find, U.S. News featured an article on “God’s City”: “The triangular 12-acre city David built lay some 350 feet to the south of the walled Jerusalem of today, on and beyond the eastern ridge called the Ophel. Archaeologists, who have uncovered 21 strata there ranging from the fourth millennium b.c. to the a.d. 15th century, estimate that the Davidic city’s population never exceeded 4,000—largely members of the court. Until recently, the biblical references to David and the city’s structures were not corroborated archaeologically” (Dec. 18, 1995). In the last 15 years, though, archaeological finds mentioned in scriptures have been popping up all over the place.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:29pm

      The first phase also turned up the Jehucal bulla, which we have written about before. Jehucal was a royal officer who worked in the administration of King Zedekiah, Judah’s last king before going into Babylonian captivity during the sixth century b.c. Jehucal is referred to twice in the book of Jeremiah (37:3; 38:1).

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:38pm

      In 1997, not long after Reich and Shukron began their work at the Gihon Springs, a biblical verse, also in 2 Samuel 5, caught the attention of Eilat Mazar. Once David conquered the Jebusite city, he took up residence in the stronghold—or the Jebusite fortress at the north end of the city. According to 2 Samuel 5:9, David then began to build up the area around Millo and inward. The New International Version says David “built up the area around it, from the supporting terraces inward.” So David set out to enlarge the city limits—first concentrating on a royal palace. The Bible says King David’s palace was partially built by workers sent to him by the Phoenician king of Tyre as a gesture of friendship (verse 11). “And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him” (verse 10).

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:39pm

      Near the end of David’s palace construction, the Philistines attacked. And since the new palace may not have been reinforced strongly enough to withstand the Philistine assault, verse 17 says David went down to the citadel to barricade himself within the city walls until the conflict ended. This, Eilat Mazar theorized more than 10 years ago, indicates that David’s new palace stood on higher ground than the Jebusite fortress. She published her theory in Biblical Archaeology Review in January 1997. Under the title, “Excavate King David’s Palace,” on a two-page spread picturing an artist’s rendering of the ancient City of David, Mazar drew an arrow pointing at the north end of the city, underneath the caption “it’s there.” She wrote, “Careful examination of the biblical text combined with sometimes unnoticed results of modern archaeological excavations in Jerusalem enable us, I believe, to locate the site of King David’s palace. Even more exciting, it is in an area that is now available for excavation. If some regard as too speculative the hypothesis I shall put forth in this article, my reply is simply this: Let us put it to the test in the way archaeologists always try to test their theories—by excavation.”

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:40pm

      In the nine-page article, Mazar cited Kathleen Kenyon, Benjamin Mazar, Yigal Shiloh and several other scholars—oh, and also the Bible. Maybe that “chief sin” is one reason why Mazar found it difficult to obtain the financial support needed to test her theory. Or maybe it was because so many archaeologists had already excavated around that location. Whatever the reason, it took eight years for Mazar to receive the funding needed to excavate.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:40pm

      Within months of beginning her dig in 2005, Mazar’s team uncovered what she later called a Large Stone Structure—a wall running east-west that she believed to be the northern facade of David’s palace. Only 10 percent of the structure was exposed during the first phase of digging. But it was enough to reveal that this was not a common house, but rather a “fantastic house.” Her most significant discovery was in identifying the relationship between the Large Stone Structure and the Stepped Stone Structure on the city’s northeastern slope. “It can already be said with some certainty,” she wrote in her first phase report, “that the two are part of a single, enormous building complex. The Stepped Stone Structure, so it appears, was built as a gigantic, well-devised supportive structure that allowed for the erecting of a great podium on which the Large Stone Structure, which is identified with King David’s palace, would be built.”

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:41pm

      During the second phase of her excavation (winter of 2006-07), Mazar uncovered a massive wall on the eastern side of the royal complex, measuring 5 meters thick. Mazar has also located the seam between this eastern wall of the palace and the Stepped Stone Structure.

      During the third phase, while excavating under a tower on the Stepped Stone Structure, Mazar discovered large quantities of pottery and other artifacts which dated the tower’s construction several hundred years earlier than previously thought. It was actually built during the Persian Empire’s heyday, which is precisely when the Bible says Nehemiah rebuilt the wall around Jerusalem.

      Not long after Mazar announced that she had located a section from Nehemiah’s wall, she found a black stone seal, bearing the Hebrew inscription “Shlomit,” which some scholars believe might have belonged to Shelomith, the daughter of Zerubbabel, referred to in 1 Chronicles 3:19.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:41pm

      This week, Dr. Mazar told me that the third phase of her dig is nearly complete. She said they continue to “uncover and discover wonderful things.” She is anxious to begin the office phase of the excavation, when she can begin the tedious work of processing her findings.

      Meanwhile, a short distance from Mazar’s dig, near the Wailing Wall, other fantastic discoveries are turning up. Just yesterday, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that archaeologists had uncovered a “rich layer of finds from the latter part of the First Temple period.” According to its website, “This is actually the first time in the history of the archaeological research of Jerusalem that building remains from the First Temple period were exposed so close to the Temple Mount—on the eastern slopes of the Upper City. The walls of the buildings are preserved to a height of more than 2 meters.” Other findings, the report noted, include a stone seal with an inscribed Hebrew name and numerous figurines—all “characteristic of the Kingdom of Judah in the latter part of the First Temple period.”

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:42pm

      And yet, even as these now-frequent discoveries are being made, all confirming the biblical record, there has been a corresponding rise in the level of hostility from scholars who reject the conclusions made from these findings—not because they question the credentials of the archaeologists, but because they reject the word of God.

      Dr. Mazar’s “chief sin,” as Shanks points out in his recent column, “is making a reasonable judgment about archaeological evidence as it relates to the Bible. In some scholarly circles,” he wrote, “this is considered ‘unscholarly.’ If the judgment she made related to something other than the Bible, no one would give it a second thought. Only a finding related to the Bible brings such obloquy down on the head of a leading archaeologist.”

      A few years ago, Dr. Mazar criticized the modern scholarly approach to archaeology—that of discounting the biblical record as false unless it can be proven true. In fact, it’s worse.

      Even when proven true, many scholars still reject it. •

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:46pm

      JERUSALEM—During the last days of the kingdom of Judah, the Prophet Jeremiah warned the residents of Jerusalem of their impending captivity at the hands of the Babylonian army. But instead of heeding that warning message, the princes of King Zedekiah’s administration attacked the messenger and plunged him into the depths of a miry dungeon (Jeremiah 38:1-6).

      Israeli archeologist Eilat Mazar, who has been excavating at the City of David since 2005.
      One of Jeremiah’s accusers, Gedaliah the son of Pashur, had his name stamped on a small clay seal that was recently discovered about 600 feet south of the Temple Mount. Dr. Eilat Mazar, one of Israel’s top archaeologists, found the bulla earlier this year, in mint condition, while wet-sifting debris excavated under a tower at the north end of the City of David—the original site of ancient Jerusalem.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:48pm

      Three years ago, Mazar found another seal with the name of Jehucal the son of Shelemiah—mentioned twice in the book of Jeremiah. The Jehucal bulla was found on the platform above the Stepped Stone Structure, where Dr. Mazar has uncovered a small section of what used to be King David’s palace.

      The Stepped Stone Structure in the City of David. (PT)”We found the bulla of Jehucal inside the palace structure,” Mazar told theTrumpet.com yesterday. “This time, we found the bulla of Gedaliah outside the wall, just at the foot of the same spot we found Jehucal.” The two must have been connected somehow, she said.

      Both princes, the Bible relates, unsuccessfully petitioned for Jeremiah’s execution and were responsible for his imprisonment on two separate occasions. During Jeremiah’s second internment, the Babylonian armies besieged and demolished Jerusalem, bound their Jewish captives in chains—including Zedekiah—and carted them off into Babylonian captivity.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:02pm

      Yo Blaze:

      You blazin !

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    • burnteye86
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:37pm

      when’s your next book coming out?

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    • beckwasfox
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 5:36pm

      jblaze…Thank you!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 5:50pm

      @burnteye86
      @4truth2all

      Compare the JBlaze post to this article…..

      http://www.thetrumpet.com/?q=4948.3210.0.0

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    • pollyanna
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:03pm

      I agree! The Word of God proves the archeological findings.
      Been there, Read that…Know it. Still I love the discourse!
      Fasten your seat belts; it’s going to be a bumpy ride!
      Pray without ceasing.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 8:54pm

      Yo Monk:

      Was a compliment dude …

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    • spirited
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 9:17pm

      JBLAZE

      8^> more please –?

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    • texasbeta
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 11:01pm

      Interesting, so it is like defining a word, using that very word then right? So, if I write a 2 page paper that says Smurfs are real, and this book says so, then are Smurfs real?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 11:29pm

      @4truth2all
      “Yo Monk: Was a compliment dude …”

      Yo 4truth2all, just pointing out possible plagiarism….

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    • MATT IN MN
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 1:22am

      God bless you Jblaze! Thanks for the information.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 9:05am

      Yo Monk:

      Thanks …

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    • PaxInVeritate
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 12:49pm

      TEXASBETA… If you can physically find a three inch cadaver and farming tools in direct proportion to the cadaver within the confinds of a 5 inch farm house… then yes.

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  • Bolo2811
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:08pm

    NOTHING will EVER make a heard hearted person believe EVEN if they saw Christ standing in front of them. Have you ever wondered WHY the actual soldiers that will be fighting in the Valley of Jezreel (armageddon) will willingly CHOOSE to fight against Christ? It’s because they NEVER believed nor can they at that point. Their entire lives have been lived in direct opposition to The Absolute Truths of the Bible and Christ especially. They disregarded those Truths that have been Self Evident since the Fall in the Garden up until that future point of Human contention against God Himself. In short, If you hate His word, you will inevitably hate Him who spoke it. Thats what Jesus was getting at when he told the parable of the Rich man who abused the beggar lazarus at his gate. Both of them died, the Rich man went to hell and the beggar Lazarus went to paradise; it was in hell that the rich man lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham from across the Great Gulf that separated the two. He begged Abraham to send someone back from the dead to warn his five brothers and it was AT THIS POINT that abraham explained to this rich man that if they wouldn’t believe the Law and the prophets (old testament) then neither would they believe EVEN IF someone were to rise from the dead. It is PRECISELY this mentality we see today; ALL the evidence in the world will NEVER make a person believe if they are predisposed to hatred toward God. End of discussion.

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    • hayesstephen
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:18pm

      animouse you are as ignorant as a bucket of sand. The fool has said in his heart there is no God.

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    • PaxInVeritate
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 2:01pm

      @BOLO2811 
      “…ALL the evidence in the world will NEVER make a person believe if they are predisposed to hatred toward God. End of discussion.”

      From a philosophical understanding of the word “predisposed”, it negates freewill. Hatred of God is learned through a lifetime, after one obtains the age of reason (i.e. advent of conscience; knowing right from wrong), of not choosing to seek and do the “good”.

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  • Individualism
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:06pm

    no a bunch of unproven mumbo jumbo like harry potter.

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    • Charles Bronson
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:54pm

      Nonsense, we know Shell Cottage is real thus everything in Harry Potter must be real.

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  • Soul Leister
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:58pm

    Jesus is a false prophet (according to the old testament, he said things that did not happen exactly as he said they would, read duet)… he did not spend three days and three night buried like he said he would (three of the four gospels count down the days of the week from Palm sunday to the following sunday, christians are too lazy to read the book preferring the movie version… they are different).

    …crucified on good friday (taken off the cross that night by nicodemus, according to john)
    …after part of friday night, and saturday and part of saturday night) the discovered he was already gone sunday morning (THE DAY AFTER THE SABBATH) when the women (none of his male followers) went to check on him (as the dawn began to break; while it was still dark; very early in the morning; at the crack of dawn… according to the four gospels).

    Did not spend three days and three nights (of matthew fame) buried like he said he would and that makes him a FALSE PROPHET.

    Along with all the other lies, when asked when the world will end, he told them:
    …during this generation
    …this generation shall not pass until these things be done
    …some of you standing here will be alive to see it
    …etc, etc,

    …NONE OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE… THAT GENERATION CAME AND WENT… THE JUDGEMENT DAY DID NOT HAPPEN AS HE SAID IT WOULD … HE LIED TO THEM… THOSE ARE THE FACTS… YOUR RELIGION IS CRAP… READ THE BOOK AND THEN THROW IT AWAY… STOP CARRYING IT AROUND LIKE A SHIELD (I

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    • CaptainD51
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:08pm

      And I suppose these artifacts supporting the red sea crossing were placed there as a joke.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bJ5JdBd4QU&list=FLxfXJQqhxXhCyBlUtsPj6fg&index=25&feature=plpp_video

      There are 8 or so clips, each one showing more “Proof” of the story of the exodus

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    • WashingtonIsMyHero
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:09pm

      Got any references for your vitrolic rant?

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    • fishandpoi
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:12pm

      you are a lost soul… sorry for that and you will also be sorry when your time comes.

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    • OutOnTheTiles
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:19pm

      @soul You sound angry……….

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    • MacPharlan
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:19pm

      Wow, you sound just like the fringe group of Mormon haters on this board. Have some respect and believe what you want to believe. It is easy to judge something that is hundreds/thousands of years old, through several translations and try and twist it to prove a point. But that is your opinion, not a fact and should not be spoken as such.

      The only way to truly know if Jesus is the Son of God, is to ask God. If their is a God in heaven and he is interested in us as I believe he is, then you will find your answer, but I’d steer clear of such judgments that you cast as it does no good to you or others.

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    • Soul Leister
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:25pm

      WashingtonIsMyHero
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:09pm
      Got any references for your vitrolic rant?

      …MORE PROOF ANOTHER LAZY (SO CALLED) CHRISTIAN HAS NOT READ THE BOOK…

      …I can quote verse all day and you yahoos will just deny it… word search it for you lazy selves… everything I have said is true… and those are the facts… taste the rainbow.

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    • Soul Leister
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:29pm

      Sadly, Christians have invented a Wednesday crucifiction (deliberately mis-spelled) because when confronted with text its impossible (hardly a miracle) to fit three days and three nights (Matt 12:40 but one of many times Jesus describes “the sign” of the “judgment day” coming during “this generation” decrying “some of you will be alive to witness it”, blah blah blah)… between crucifixion day and resurrection day. According to each of the four gospels he was crucified on the preparation day (that would be Friday) as the preparation day is the day before the Jewish Sabbath (that is Saturday, then as it is now). He was taken off the cross (John 19:39) by Nicodemus, he was the first to come and take him him off the cross at night to be buried. However, before the sun rose Sunday morning, when the women of the bible checked to see if he was still there (Matt 23:1 as it began to dawn, Mark 16:2 very early in the morning, Luke 24:1 early in the morning, John 21:1 it was yet dark)… he was not there… when Sunday began he was already unburied and wandering the earth (John 20:17 having not ascended yet) he spoke to Mary… moments after they discovered he was NO LONGER BURIED (John 20:13-16, she mistook him for the gardener), UP AND WANDERING THE EARTH IN ALL HIS GLORY(?), at best having been buried for part of Friday night, Saturday and most(?) of Saturday night… not three days and three nights as he repeatedly stated he would be.

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    • SREGN
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:34pm

      Jewish days are from sundown to sundown. So technically he was crucified on Thursday, not Friday.

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    • Soul Leister
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:41pm

      in reply to sregn… wrong!

      Note: John and Mark are written in Greco-Roman timelines (a day is from sun up to sun up, with the night belonging to the day before it) not to be confused with modern time (where the day begins in the middle of the night, a construct that tried to find a compromise between the two old world methods of describing a day, without showing favor to either… the other being Jewish (old bible) time (in which a day begins in darkness (feel free to read Genesis)… when the sun goes down and ends when the sun goes down again… the day time belonging to the night before it… opposite Greco-Roman time); Matthew could just as easily been written in Jewish time and net the same results:

      …Palm Sunday
      …spent the night in Bethany and came back in the morning, Monday?
      …AFTER TWO MORE DAYS…
      …Day one beginning Monday night (at sunset) through Tuesday (when the sun set again)
      …Day two beginning Tuesday night (at sunset) through Wednesday (when the sun set again)
      …AFTER THOSE TWO (JEWISH) DAYS, THURSDAY (began Wednesday at sunset ended at sunset Thursday)
      …the gospels tell us they priests did not want to take him on the first day of the feast (Matt 26:5)… that would be Thursday
      …Wednesday night to Thursday night… thus Thursday night is the beginning of Friday (THE DAY HE WAS CRUCIFIED!!!)
      …FRIDAY BEFORE THE SABBATH… LIKE ALL FOUR GOSPELS SAY… THE ONLY SABBATH 2000 YEARS AGO.
      …Jesus was Jewish

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    • REPUB1
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:24pm

      Along with all the other lies, when asked when the world will end, he told them:
      …during this generation
      …this generation shall not pass until these things be done
      …some of you standing here will be alive to see it
      …etc, etc,

      you had BETTER re-read those scriptures you are A MORON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or are just THAT STUPID??
      or better YET a catholic..

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    • chips1
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:41pm

      SOUL:
      I don’t believe you are trying to point out a belief that you have. You are demanding that everyone submit to your thoughts. Is your last name Mohammad?

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    • Shifty6
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 5:14pm

      Hey Soul, regarding the 3 days and 3 nights bit….I don’t think Jesus was on a vacation cruise. I feel foolish for pointing this out but in Luke 18:33, 9:22, Matt 27:63, John2:19 etc… He says He, “will raise on the third day” or “ raise in three days”. So now that we have destroyed your entire argument. What will you fall back on? Since you are factually, and absolutely wrong on this one fact can we make the ascertion you are completely and absolutely wrong about everything else you say???? Judges? to steal a line from The Great Campaigner….Yes We Can! Yes We Can! Yes We Can!

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    • kmichaels
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 5:24pm

      Poor lost soul still lying in order to get people more miserable than himself to believe him. First point, there is no evidence to back up your three days claim. Nothing definitive showing that Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

      Secondly, the “this generation” that Jesus was referring to was the generation that certain events were to unfold (sometime in the future). And that particular generation when those events took place would end with the return of Jesus. This interpretation is consistent with other things Jesus clearly stated showing that “no man knoweth that day nor hour” when Christ would return. Jesus himself stated that no man would know the timing of his return, except for God himself. Jesus even said that he himself does not know the time of his return.

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    • diamondlee
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 5:31pm

      oh i just love this—JESUS said ”some of you standing here- will see me come again—-simple====REINCARNATION— its in the bible–HE knew they would be back on the earth in another body–but same soul–and those souls will see HIM coming again—and that also is proof that CHRISTS RETURN IS SOON…..we have already entered into the” last days..”..– i do not mean we are in the‘ last’ days—only just started past the beginning…..the bible is real and alive and i have seen things open and show its true meaning —only those who are sincere can carry on—-and a true heart…and anyone can learn. its too bad people say it isn’t real just because”’THEY” can’t see.

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    • nighttrainno9
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 6:17pm

      Good Lord soul you just committed blasphemy.
      Since everyone has torn up most everything you said,
      I might as well get my two cents in. ” that generation shall
      not die before I come again” refers to the tree (Israel) blooming again
      in 1948. I was born in 1947 and I’m not dead yet. I expect the Lord any day.

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    • asalwas126
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 9:00pm

      The Sabbath being refered to here is PASSOVER. Jesus was crucified on Thursday and buried before sundown. He spent Thursday night, Friday Night and Saturday night in the grave. Perhaps you should read it again AND look up some history.

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    • TyrannyNoMore
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:47pm

      @ SOULESSter
      I find it curious that you chose Luke 21:32 to discredit God’s word, for in the same Olivet Discourse of which you speak, Jesus also said_____ ” But before all these things, they will lay their hands upon you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name’s sake.” ___and here you are, persecuting believers in God’s word with your hateful and ignorant rhetoric.

      Anyone, with half a brain, who reads the Olivet Discourse, in context, can easily discern that Jesus was talking about the conditions in which he would return to Earth. The generation that witnesses all these conditions being met, will be the one to witness his return. He never told his disciples it would happen in their time. The generation that will witness his return and surely not pass away is the one that witnessed the birth of Israel in 1948. That makes someone of that year 64 years of age today. If I were you, and I am glad I am not, I would strongly reconsider the Marxist propaganda you have been fed by your college professors and or your muslim cleric.

      Luke 21:17 And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
      There, you see, with your hate, you have fulfilled the Lord’s prophecy.

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    • Seede
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 10:38am

      Matthew 24:34, Mark 13:30 and Luke 21:32 all write about the same information that you have referenced. Taking Matthew 24:34 first —
      Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
      Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
      Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
      Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
      Mat 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
      Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
      The author is talking about the Tribulation or what is known as “Jacobs Trouble” — The tribulation has not occurred as he is speaking and has not yet occurred to this day. As he says “So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.” meaning IF you see these things in your life time then you will know that the time of Jesus’ return is near.

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    • by faith
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 5:38pm

      Soul
      Christ died around three in the afternoon on Friday and was entombed shortly thereafter. The Resurrection occurred by dawn on Sunday. Thus he was in the tomb less than nine hours Friday (by the modern reckoning), twenty-four hours Saturday, and less than six hours Sunday–at any rate, far less than the seventy-two hours that comprise three full days and nights.

      Is there a contradiction here? No, because the ancient Jews counted as a whole day any part of a day, so “three days and three nights” (which means the same as “three days” in modern usage) could be as little as twenty-four hours plus a few seconds on either side–if there had been, back then, clocks that could register seconds.

      In our way of reckoning things, from lunch time today to lunch time tomorrow is one day. Ancient Jews would have counted it as two days because it includes parts of two distinct days.

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    • From Virginia
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 7:18pm

      Actually, Christ did everythig and said everyting according to prophesy. He DID send 3 days in the grave (it’s been long time since I learned this, but He wasn’t buried on a Friday). He was crucified on a High Feast Holiday – a Wednesday – which is why the Romans went to break their legs. They wanted them dead before sunset which marked the beginning of the holiday.

      Our Holidays have been manipulated and changed over the millenia, so that the dates we use aren’t marked as they truly happened. But that doesn’t change the fact that they did happen.

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    • edmundburk
      Posted on May 10, 2012 at 8:35pm

      REPUB1-you disgusting pea brained troll, even when your confronting an athiest you still got to cheap shot catholics! as I said before and will say again, after the progressives destroy catholism,
      THEY WILL COME FOR YOUR DUMB EVENGELICAL ASS!!!
      UNITED WE STAND DEVIDED WE WILL FALL!!

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  • providenceseeker
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:58pm

    You could add some credence to The Atlantic article by spelling Solomon’s name correctly. “…construction of King Soloman’s temple”

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  • NotaLemming
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:56pm

    Does it matter if they have proof? Your service to God is because of your faith, not some ID or proof. Hey Jesus show me your papers!

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  • HuskerDave
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:48pm

    I’m a believer –

    But a study of the Bible has to begin with the understanding that the Old Testament is primarily a history book of the early Jewish people, mixing historical context with old-world proverbs and probably some myths, like any ancient history text.

    The New Testament should be viewed very differently.

    And while I don’t need archeological evidence to substantiate my beliefs; only a fool would think there is no truth to the Bible, and no arceholoigical evidence to support It. Such evidence will be latched onto by those who want to validate every word in the Bible; and whatever evidence is lacking will be latched on to by those who wish to invalidate the entire Bible. The truth is likely neither of those extreme positions.

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  • jrhenline
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:47pm

    I find this fascinating! There is constantly more to discover. With new translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls and new finds every year it’s like a giant gig saw puzzle slowly being put together.

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    • davecorkery
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:06pm

      The dead sea scrolls were an accounting of events that happened between 200 BC and 150 AD.
      Stuff like wars, travellers visits, big events, things that were going on around the middle east area. Odd that there is not one mention of a guy that fed 5000 people with a few sardines, or raised the dead, or turned water into wine (hey, I can do that). No mention. Not once. Maybe that is why the vatican tried to seize them when they were discovered, so the fraud wouldn’t be revealed.

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    • jrhenline
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:07pm

      Davecorkery,
      The followers of Jesus in 150AD or CE were still considered a radical fringe extremist group.
      It is reasonable to conclude that the old Jewish scholars that were writing the scrolls at that time did not consider Jesus to be relevant enough to be included in their sacred texts.

      There are many puzzles still to be answered with regards to the scrolls, like why is the book of Ester missing?

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  • pap pap
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:41pm

    It’s amazing that they are only finding this stuff now. I would have thought that as important as it is to so many that this would already have been accomplished.

    The believers will still believe in the Bible no matter what the findings are and the Non-believers will not believe in it no matter what the findings are. That’s just human nature. Kind of like democrats and republicans.

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    • WakingSheep
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:01pm

      I would say more like democrats/republicans and libertarians.
      Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

      Ron Paul 2012!
      sorry, had to throw that in there. :)

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  • Nemo13
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:38pm

    Sumerian writings predate the bible and have similar stories, such as Genesis. But the Sumerian writings predate the bible by 1000 years. Stories of the bible show that many things have been ‘copied’ from others much older. No one today can say what is true and not true. You can find releveant cities and people that lived, but that is about it. You know they were written about. So nothing interesting of this really. Find me the ark. Something big. Then it will be interesting.

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  • blackyb
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:33pm

    The only Truth you will find is in the Bible. You have a map, a shortcut to show you the plan of salvation. If you had rather depend upon the words of man, than those of God, who only offers you good things, than it is your own choice. Just know, you are appointed once to die and after that is the Judgement. A tree will most certainly lay where it falls. That is something best attended to as early as possible and before you die. It will save you many heartaches here and from the everlasting fires of hell.

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    • MacPharlan
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:27pm

      Disagree on the ‘only truth is in the bible’, the only Truth is from God and God is more than just the bible, you can find truth everywhere.

      The bible is simply a collection of letters and writings based on what the Apostles left and put together by the early Catholic church. I doubt that is all that was ever written and or revealed.

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    • cariboodragon
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:37pm

      Actually you cannot go to HELL if you do not believe that there is in fact a HELL, not disputing your faith and I do not usually post here but you believers must understand that when you tell other people that they are going to HELL when they are not buying what you are selling it makes you and all like minded people seem rather sad and pathetic

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  • 1Karen
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:30pm

    Is this site just off of an Israeli’s prison grounds? If it is, I would say yes, this is it.

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    • 1Karen
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:33pm

      Sorry, I need to be clearer. If it is the site I think it is, it will prove it.

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  • Constructionist
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:29pm

    The scientists also did not find any oil refineries or nuclear power production facilities, which proves that the cult survived on wind power and solar panels.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:14pm

      Eat Crow Constructionist
      This Blaze article has nothing on the find Dr. Eilat Mazar has found….read it and weep!

      Neat article about #Jerusalem archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar … truly a brave and special lady … http://t.co/XvttK93Z
      Given that archaeologists have uncovered almost no relics from the period of the Biblical King David about 3,000 years ago, Mazar’s discovery of the “Large Stone Structure,” as she calls the putative palace, could be one of the biggest breakthroughs of Biblical archaeology.

      Archaeologists in Jerusalem discover another seal dated to the First Temple period … http://t.co/JMyJJTxJ
      early part of the 10th century BCE.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:27pm

    The Bible is true and accurate. Read it and it will tell you the future also.

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    • encinom
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:37pm

      The bible is a work of fiction based around historical events, people and places. Still no evidence of the mircles or anything to back-up the creation myth. The Hindu, Greek, Norse and Shinto creations myths are as equally valid and hold the same amount evidence (actually, the Hindu religion is older so maybe its correct).

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:46pm

      Encinom…you are right the hindu religion is older than christianity…long before Jesus there was a place call babylon…start looking for your pagan “false” religions there…I’ll give you a hint, the man who started it was called Nimrod…fits doesn’t it?

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    • PapaPatriarch
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:48pm

      @encinom
      Hindu’s believe in a caste sytem of slavery with “untouchables, unseeables, unknowables”. Your sick, and guessing with your eternal soul. I have solid belief based on witnesses in the Bible you mock, while you are using words like “mayby”. WOW.

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    • davecorkery
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:59pm

      Sure, except for the parts where it says “so sayeth the LORD”. God never left any evidence that he said anything to anyone anytime. Ever. So most of the bible in just someones’ opinion.

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    • TexasHunter
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 3:27pm

      ENCIMON- You’re the work of fiction. Your a liberal. Please seek help in many different forms.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:50pm

      Buzz, Buzz, wrong again…. christianity started with Adam and Eve ( I know … the myth thing), because they walked with God in the garden … they didn’t just believe, they knew !…how far we have fallen. Hindus like to say that because they don’t do the myth thing of Jesus either …yeah well…

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    • COFemale
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:06pm

      DaveCorkey Read The Book of Enoch; hint it is not in the Bible but it does explain many things. Even our calendar (which we modified), what heaven and hell are like and God telling Enoch to write 366 books. We haven’t found all of them.

      People with a closed mind can’t even imagine that there are things of which they know nothing.

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    • disenlightened
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:00pm

      ENCINOM is a work of fiction based around historical events, people and places…just ask MONICNE.

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:26pm

    …
    I’ve never once doubted, that the Bible is true.
    I know in my heart, that it’s true.

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  • godlovinmom
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:21pm

    Personally I don’t need any evidence proving the bible is true, I believe God…I would Love to someday to go to Isreal, but with some “people” over there wanting to kill some “people” over there, think I’ll wait until Jesus shows me :)

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    • blackyb
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:35pm

      The killing is going on here too. When you die you will see Israel. “There is a city over yonder that’s not made by human hands.”

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  • lukerw
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:19pm

    WTF? Historical Dating from the time of Joseph in Egypt, onward, matches the Bible Perfectly. Who is looking for more Proof?

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  • JimL
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:19pm

    Does the rejection of history prove there is nothing but what is reported today?

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  • BagpipenAZ
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:19pm

    I dont need any acheological proof to know the bible is true! Truth comes from God through the Holy ghost. And i’ve felt it and I know!

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  • Hydra
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:16pm

    Carbon dating and dinosaurs already discredit the bible. Not saying there is not a God or Jesus did not walk the earth….but the Bible is not fact..and if you believe it to be so you are stupid.

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    • godlovinmom
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:22pm

      Here we go…the first naysayer!

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    • CMDR6
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:27pm

      Do some research on Carbon dating and you will see that it is NOT an exacting standard. Also, radiometrics can only give a range. Absolute statements like you made make you sound stupid….please do not sound stupid.
      Also, just because you cannot conceive how something happened does not mean it did not happen. Sorry, it sounds as if you were taught in a Godless, humanistic public school system.

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    • blackyb
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:29pm

      God made the carbon daters and the dinosaurs. God spoke the world into existence. There is no time to God. A day is like a thousand years to us. We are not equiped to follow what and how God does, we use our knowlege to mess up enough things as it is. If the Bible explained everything, it would take a crane to pick it up. People are not even willing to read the simple plan of salvation, so who would bother to read something a crane would have to pick up. There is not enough room in the world to explain what, how, etc. God does. We should just accept it on faith and pray to be shown. So believe the limited people, or believe God who made your very eyes so you can read what these people who want you to think they are so smart says. God luck with that too.

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    • Doctor Nordo
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:30pm

      Carbon dating and dinosaurs prove that the earth isn’t 6,000 years old, which only a very small minority of Christians believe and the Bible NEVER asserts. They do not prove that the Bible is not true.

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    • justangry
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:33pm

      Man, I’m a non believer (agnostic) myself, but I don’t see any reason to call religous folks stupid. Pretty classless, honestly.

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    • contkmi
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:33pm

      And what if everything we thought we knew about the process of carbon dating is wrong? Just sayin’…

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    • 1Karen
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:39pm

      I must be stupid in your book then. But you could help me out of it by explaining how a man made carbon dating test and a dinosaur can prove this? I don’t want to be stupid…

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    • jblaze
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:39pm

      Hydra: Romans 1 18-22 (KJV)
      For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.

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    • PapaPatriarch
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:42pm

      @Hydra Because of carbon dating measures “half-life”, it can only measure things acuratly up to 50,000 years old, furthermore, anything pre-flood dates much older than it is, as decay rates were increased during the time the flood waters were on the earth for a year. Dinausaur and man walked together pre-flood, most dinausaurs were exinct at the time of the flood or shortly after, because it wrecked the eco-system, weather patterns, and atmosphere. The millions of dinausaur bones we find and catalague (with no missing links, kind begats kind), are evidence of the global flood that preserved them all for us to see. God made dinasaurs on day six, and the world was filled with all these animals and man, until the time of Noah’s flood. Laugh all you want, at least I have eyewitness acount of my belief from many witnesses collected in the Bible.
      There is no proof for evolution, so don’t try that “dinasaurs disprove the Bible” stuff, unless you can POST the link here showing real “repeatable scientific method” evidence for the THEORY of evolution. The whole web is at your fingertips, I challenge you to find even any real tidbit of evidence and POST it here. If you still believe evolution thats ok, just don’t say you PROVED it.

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    • Weiners Wiener
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:54pm

      That’s very close-minded of you. How do you know the questions you have don’t lie in the modern interpretations of an ancient text? The English language didn’t exist when the books of the bible were written, and most languages of that time don’t exist today. There are many words past and present for which there are no literal equivlent translations in other languages. This causes many problems when trying to nail down specific dates and times, but also creates other issues. It is very short-sighted of you to think that because the ancient texts don’t translate to your modern English in a way that makes sense to you, that it must be false. Perhaps any number of the human translations that have carried the books into our present day were flawed. That doesn’t make the teachings or the history untrue. You’re tripping over details.

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    • The Sergeant Major
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:54pm

      YEA! Hydra Please inform us where the Unicorn, Easter Bunny and a working liberal can be located?? Jimmy Hoffa? Obumma’s cost-cutting plan? When you need help, don’t call God, call your science! I will trust God the Father!

      Next Slide!

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:40pm

      Yo Hydra:

      Did you just call me stupid ? ….carbon dating … no you don’t need money for it or fresh breath.
      How much do you know about it … I would love to be educated by someone who is not stupid like me.
      Please help me! , I don’t want to be stupid my whole life ….. I am really getting excited for you’re reply
      golly, golly, gee….

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    • COFemale
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:00pm

      How do you figure that, the Bible talks about ‘sea monsters” and Leviathan, what do you suppose that means?

      The Bible only talks about when man was created and our current animals. It never states that something didn’t exist before. The Bible says that the heavens and earth were without form and void. That could mean dinosaurs existed before the earth had form. As far as the carbon dating, it is also conceivable that the earth was formed from existing debris floating in the heavens and exploded planets in addition to its current non-form, which could already be millions of years old. Thus when carbon dating you will get a false reading. You need to learn to think outside the box Hydra rather than your little window the size of a flea. This is why the left can never see the big picture. You limit your imagination to what you know rather than what you don’t know.

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    • BubbaCoop
      Posted on May 13, 2012 at 8:38pm

      Neither carbon dating nor dinosaurs “prove” any such things

      http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/does-c14-disprove-the-bible

      http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2006/01/02/feedback-dinosaurs-dating-age-of-earth

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    • BubbaCoop
      Posted on May 13, 2012 at 8:41pm

      “The Bible only talks about when man was created and our current animals. It never states that something didn’t exist before. ”

      Ha! Of course it does. It’s only takes the first three words. IN THE BEGINNING. That was the creation of time itself. There was no such thing as “before”

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    • MeInTheCornFields
      Posted on May 23, 2012 at 8:21am

      SOME would say that the presuppositions involved in radiometric (carbon) dating have been shown to be spurious… ergo YOU are the “stupid” one.

      Some would say this.

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  • BubbaCoop
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:14pm

    If it proves the Bible is true, that means archaeology has more authority than the Bible.

    No, the Bible is by necessity self-authenticating as God’s Word is the ultimate standard.

    http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/aid/v3/n1/gods-word-vs-opinion

    http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v6/n2/ultimate-proof

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  • TexasHunter
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:14pm

    The bible is true. The Lord’s word is true. For all the atheist out there I strongly recommend opening your eyes. It is not to late.

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    • cariboodragon
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:00pm

      Too late for what???? If you do not believe in a religion then all the bad spooky things that you believe will happen to you when you die ARE NOT going to happen to somebody that does not believe or perhaps they will, no human alive can say with any clarity what happens when you die no matter what any BOOK says.

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  • Locked
    Posted on May 9, 2012 at 2:12pm

    “Does this archeological discovery prove that the Bible is true?”

    Good rule of thumb: if your article’s title has a question in it, then the answer is probably, “Not really, but you might still find something interesting.” For those not interested in reading further, an accurate title would have been: “Archaeological discovery seems to be city from the time of King David.”

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