So the argument that something isn’t found today is hardly conclusive as to somethings possible existence.
Yes, ok.
But my question still stands — why does it matter? If the god of the universe tells someone by the spirit of truth what is true, why would that person care if modern archeologists found artifacts?
And if it does matter somehow, I’m fairly certain they just uncovered a new viking site in the middle of Old Town Stockholm. Last week. So the argument that something isn’t found today is hardly conclusive as to somethings possible existence.
Then what ever 'god' this may be has his 'truth' wrong. To tell a story that never happened is fiction. The bom and joseph smith made extraordinary claims about the events here in the americas. Yet it lies about the presence of horses, elephants, chariots, advanced metallurgy, old world crops, silk, glass, among others that have been shown not to have been in existence anywhere in the new world during the bom period (500bc-400 ad). So is boils right down to is this 'god' telling the truth. Throw in the highly questionable 'translation' method, the abundance of parallels and other literary sources smith could have drawn upon to fabricate this story - the credibility becomes unsustainable at best.
And if it does matter somehow, I’m fairly certain they just uncovered a new viking site in the middle of Old Town Stockholm.
nando, nando, nando. Dude, you need to at least be in the ball park when you make these comparisons. Was there ever any doubt that vikings inhabited Sweden in the past? Incase you are slow of google, the answer is no, a lot is known about the vikings from all the STUFF they left behind.
In the sorry story of the bom - there is no shred of evidence, archaeological, sociological, paleontological, metallurgical, zoological, linguistically, genetically - you name it. Given the bom claim of a vast civilization in the millions upon millions from sea to sea, there should be some uncontrovertibly artifact or evidence.
Finally - the wore out absence of evidence . . . argument fails because there is an abundance of evidence that anything BUT a bom culture inhabited the Americas during the bom period.
An identical question:
If the god of this world tells someone by the Father of lies something is true and it isn't, why wouldn't another person care if they lose their soul or not?