Can anyone refute this study?

Question

http://www.clemson.edu/spurgeon/books/apology/Chapter4.html

Does it make you respect the bible more? Will you stop with the slander against the Bible?

So are you saying that science can be wrong? This is a historical and scientific study.

Bibliography:
http://www.clemson.edu/spurgeon/books/apology/Bibliography.html

Clemson is a respected university.

Answer 1

Thanx! I hope many read this..I've been wanting to respond to some ques. regarding the validity of the Bible with the ways to determine the veracity of an historical document, but it just seemed like too much to write, not to mention many don't bother reading long answers... EDIT: the answers above mine are people blinded by a fear of giving credence to anything that threatens their belief-system......true or not..

Answer 2

There are absolutely no citations in that paper. You just can't spout things without giving sources. No, it doesn't make me respect the Bible. In fact, due to people who write paragraph after paragraph without giving sources, I am made to realize just how desperate people are to get other people to believe the Bible. Scholarly study of the Bible is called textural criticism. What you posted would get a resounding round of laughs at any respected institution of higher learning. I do not read propaganda. If you had posted something from a respected Biblical scholar that contains citations, I would would certainly pay attention to it. People who write scientific or historical papers give sources. I firmly listen to the work of scientists and historians, so list the sources for that paper. There aren't any, and that is why the author of that paper lists none.

Answer 3

a·pol·o·gy (…-p¼l“…-j¶) n., pl. a·pol·o·gies. 1. An acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense. 2.a. A formal justification or defense. b. An explanation or excuse: “The consequence of those measures will be the best apology for my conduct” (Daniel Defoe). 3. An inferior substitute: The sagging cot was a poor apology for a bed. [Latin apologia, from Greek : apo-, apo- + logos, speech; see leg- below.]

Nuff said? Or would you want to see the half dozen ways Jesus was conceived from six official Bibles of Christian Sects.

BTW, slander is an ORAL statement injurious to a persons reputation. A Book of history and memoirs cannot be slandered.

Answer 4

Nope, makes me realize that you just wasted part of my life and that anyone who read the article is less intelligent after reading it. The Bible is still a collection of children's fictional stories, so no I will not stop the slander against the Bible. Due to wasting my time, I will increase my slander.

Answer 5

no, this does not make me 'respect' the bible more.

The bible will receive the respect from me it deserves, i.e. the same I give to any book written over a period of time 2000 years ago, and which contains an origin myth, one of many I might add.

Answer 6

I've seen lots of proof against the bible. But I still believe in it. I think it all comes down to faith- if you see proof against the bible will you throw it all away? Your whole beliefe system? Or will you still stand strong in your faith?

Answer 7

No, it is just a repeat of what has been said over and over again and rebutted over and over again ...... but then if you want to use that as proof, try using that passage onto all other religion and it will turn out the same too ......

Answer 8

Two things you have to study very well:

1. reasoning
2. methodology

Once you have established yourself very well in these two fields, the study you are referring us to will collapse like a castle built on sands

Answer 9

no it's still B.S