Which of the following is fact?

Question

1. A man named Noah built an ark. Any living thing that was not on the ark died in a flood that covered the earth.
2. Dinosaurs roamed the earth a few thousand years ago.
3. Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale and survived.
4. Jesus rose from the dead.

Please remember, I didn't ask what you believe. I'm interested in FACTS.

Answer 1

1
3
4

Answer 2

None.
1. There are convincing records of a significant global flood but the rest is fantasy.
2. The roamed the Earth millions of years ago.
3. Theoretically possible if swallowed very briefly but no historic record exists to my knowledge which would substantiate this as a fact.
4. It is impossible to prove as a fact that Jesus ever lived and to prove that he died and then rose again is an even longer stretch.

The problem is that the Bible was probably never intended to be a strict and literal historic document and trying to prove that it is is futile.

Answer 3

Those facts are recorded in a book called the Bible---whether you choose to believe them as being facts or just stories is up to you or anyone else. Some facts from old documents are very hard to prove or disprove without other evidence but Jesus death and resurrection is well documented and witnessed by dozens of people after he came back from death. Dinosaur is a fairly modern term for what were once called dragons and many cultures have stories of them in the last few millenia----the Bible speaks of them as behemoth, unicorn---which was probably a triceratops type of animal, not the horse with a spike in it's head that is usually depicted---leviathan. Noah's flood is recorded in over 70 flood legends around the world with similiar attributes---coincidence, made up stories or fact? Jonah and the whale story is not something that can be substantiated other than the story in the Bible but it demonstrates God's ability to sustain a person in any condition through supernatural means like the story of the three men Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who walked in fire and were not singed.
http://matneywoodard.home.att.net/shadrach.htm
Like Ripley says---believe it or not.

Answer 4

The way your statements are presented, none of them can be technically factual.

1. There was life existing in the oceans which the flood did not impact. Therefore, "Any living thing that was not on the ark died...", cannot be factual. However, the flood has been verified.

2. A few thousand years ago? Which dinosaurs are you referring to?

Answer 5

All 4.

Answer 6

Number two!

" 2. Dinosaurs roamed the earth a few thousand years ago."

When it comes to religion... provable "FACTS" are hard to come by in MOST religions... that is why it is termed a faith:)

Most just don't get that though! When they believe in something they think that their belief turns it into a fact... which it does not!

Answer 7

2, 3, & 4 are facts. 1 is half true. not everything that wasn't on the ark. died. fish weren't on the ark and they didn't die. All land animals died though.

Answer 8

5. none of the above

Answer 9

You know what you believe. You're just going to ridicule anyone who doesn't agree with you.
You're apparently trying to start an argument.

Answer 10

None of the above.