[lasereye]

The media is as bad on the Bible as it is on politics, climate change, the constitution etc.

[Paladin2]

Whoa!

Next thing we know, there will be all sorts of Finches with different beak characteristics.

Who publishes this stuff?

[JockoManning]

or worse.

Thanks.

[boycott]

How could these media members not know that? I am certainly not a Biblical scholar but I immediately knew they were incorrect.

The Israelites did against as God had instructed by not wiping out the Canaanites. They paid a price for it later. The members of the media should stay away from such subjects if they’re that clueless. Otherwise, they will keep embarrassing themselves.

[A_perfect_lady]

The Independent's Ian Johnston went so far as to quote atheist Richard Dawkins, who said the Old Testament God was "a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser ... a genocidal ... megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."

No, He was just giving good advice: if you are going to take someone's land, kill them all. Keeping them as slaves or pets will come back on you. And history has shown again and again that indigenous people are indeed a thorn in the side of the conqueror.

[Bogie]

They are like Neanderthals, in the sense that they never really are out of the gene pool.

[righttackle44]

No worries, folks. There’s a Day coming when the reporters and editors will stand before the White Throne of Judgment. On that Day, they can argue their cases before the Great Judge of the Universe. They’ll lose, and, on that day, they’ll also bow their knee and proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

This is a remarkable story if you read it. It shows headlines like: “Cannanite DNA proves the bible was wrong” ...except the Bible says they were NOT wiped out even though God commanded it. This was an area where Isreal did NOT obey God and for centuries they are mentioned giving Isreal problems.

[ifinnegan]

In this his case the original article in American Journal of Genetics had the false statement about what the Bible said.

These articles were quoting what the scientific article said.

It is an egregious example of poor scholarship.

[ifinnegan]

Here is the link to the original scientific article.

http://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(17)30276-8

“Uncertainties also surround the fate of the Canaanites: the Bible reports the destruction of the Canaanite cities and the annihilation of its people; if true, the Canaanites could not have directly contributed genetically to present-day populations.”

No reference was provided for the assertion.

[JohnyBoy]

Canaanites were Phoenicians. They spread all over the Mediterranean including founding Carthage. Of course they found DNA from them in Lebanon.