Posted on 11/10/2005 4:37:28 AM PST by SJackson
That is supposed to convince skeptics that a giant named Goliath actually existed and that a boy named David pegged him in the head with a rock?
"Since the research is done by an Israeli University, I'd say there's a good chance ther report was originally written in Hebrew. A good chance the dating followed the Hebrew calendar. If so, I wonder if dropping the Hebrew dating is anti-Jewish?"
Probably not. Scientific publications almost always use standard measurements, whether it's dates or other measurements. That's why the metric system is universally used in the sciences, too.
The brouhaha about BCE and CE is just silly. It's an academic usage, brought about by the fact that 2/3 of the world's population is non-Christian. Science is international, not exclusive to the Christian West.
AD doesn't count from Jesus' death.
Thank you for reminding confused posters of that.
Personally I view AD/BC as generic terms, but if the usage of AD implys agreement with the literal meaning it should be clear to anyone why a non-Christian wouldn't use it.
"You'd think that the christian variety of supernaturalist would be honored that the scientific community uses a version of their dating system rather than another of the thousands of arbitrary and temporary dating systems available."
Maybe, maybe not, however you'll find numerous Hebrew documents which bear Hebrew dating. My point was that if it did, and the date was changed, so what, it's not anti-Jewish. You're right, it's a silly arguement. And the insistance that they're some particular religous significance to AD argues against it's use by non Christians. Which isn't anti-Christian either.
So call it what you want, as long as it is the Gregorian calendar.. who cares.. -Smile-.
No, what it does is lend further support to the accuracy of Biblical descriptions of people, places, and cultures and languages.
Never mind all of this, where's Andre the Giant buried???
AU informed me that David cut off Goliath's head.
So it was the Joos who started this Middle Eastern head chopping thing? :-)
No, but it does confirm the name “Goliath” existed. The use of a sling and rock wasn’t uncommon - slingers were a major part of most military formations for a long, long time.
Andre the Giant was cremated and his ashes spread over his farm in the Sand Hills of NC.
Which brings me to one of my hobbt horses:
We already agree that our calendar is wrong, off by anywhere from 2 to 16 years, depending on who's doing the reckoning, and further in error because of the absence of a year zero.
The more fundamental point is that God did not intend us to mark His years by the birth of Jesus.
If He had intended this we would have a Biblical fixing of the date.
Further, the day of Jesus' birth is unremarkable as all men are born.
However, very few return from the dead, that event is remarkable, and it is the defining moment of Christianity, the very moment of proof that his sacrifice was not in vain. And the Bible gives a precise reference for when this happened!
Clearly this was the date the calender was supposed to start!
For extra points, this makes our calender off by ~ 33 years. That makes this Holy Year 1972, giving us about 28 years to get our affairs in order before the real end of the millennium...
A. D. stands for Anno Donomoni or "in the year of our Lord" in reference to Christ's birth not death.
*sigh* Hobby horse! Preview is my friend....
On second thought, it is most likely the Socialist/Communist/Liberals trying to wipe GOD and any reference to Jesus out of our culture.
That's exactly what it is.
The Drs. Lerner are scientists don't you see? And in order to be a "respected" scientist these days, one is required to discount anything religious. They now refer to it as "superstition" to further remove any residual credibility. In other words, it is just more PC BS.
Another clash in the culture war.
The atheist, leftists want to erase "Before Christ" and AD from our lexicon.
>>>On second thought, it is most likely the Socialist/Communist/Liberals trying to wipe GOD and any reference to Jesus out of our culture.
>>That's exactly what it is.
Of course the Drs. Lerner might also view AD and BC as attempts to attmept wipe out their 5,700 year old culture with this relatively new fangled Jesus concept.
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