Why do people think archaeology supports the bible when almost every dig shows it to be false?

Question

Former Atheist, you should be careful who you call a liar or ignorant.

And using C instead of an X to abreviate Christmas is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. The X represents the Chi Ro symbol that was used to represent the first letters of Christ in the original Greek that your new testament was written in.
It is a standard Christian way of writing Christmas, and it was invented by Christians.
Somebody unaware of such a common fact is certainly not in a position to call others ignorant.

Some of you mentioned the dead sea scrolls, but all they prove is that more than one copy of some of the writings existed.

You people don't want a listing of digs in the middle east, but I can give you quite a few. The exploration of Nazareth is one. Not only is there no cliff for the townsfolk to throw Jesus from (bible says they tried) but at the time Jesus lived there were no towns people in Nazareth. It was a grave-yard town. A mausoleum.

Correction to above "at the time Jesus supposedly lived there"

Answer 1

Selective perception. Our brains are wired to be attuned to information consistent with our beliefs. So if 30% of the research supports Biblical accounts, it is easy to focus on that and ignore the 70% that contradicts Biblical accounts.

Its amazing that most responders here are making statements that so clearly contradict archaeological research. In the last two decades nearly every major archaeological find has contradicted Biblical history. Archaeologists have now proved beyond much doubt who the ancient Israelites were and where they came from, and what the Bible says is false. Rather than a band of invaders who fought their way into the Holy Land, the Israelites are now thought to have been an indigenous culture that developed west of the Jordan River around 1200 B.C. Abraham, Isaac, and the other patriarchs appear to have been spliced together out of various pieces of local lore. The Davidic Empire, which archaeologists once thought as incontrovertible as the Roman, is now seen as an invention of Jerusalem-based priests in the seventh and eighth centuries B.C. who were eager to burnish their national history. The religion we call Judaism does not reach well back into the second millennium B.C. but appears to be, at most, a product of the mid-first.

Answer 2

I think that archeologist's may be over zealous in finding something, maybe that's why you perceive this as a falsification.
I haven't read the bible all the way through. I do know some things though and I believe that if you were to do some research then your question would not be the same. Go look up "Dead sea scrolls"

Answer 3

I agree with the person who asks where are you getting your info from.
We are taught by the scientific community nothing is accepted as fact until scientifically proven.
Strangely, evolution is taught in schools as fact. Science knows this & does not object. Yet evolution is still very much a very convincing theory that is unsupported by concrete evidence. Darwin struggled with this & expected the evidence would surface with the passage of time. But it has yet to do so. The scientific community is also aware of this fact. It is also a fact that when evidence did surface to support Darwin's theory in each case it was proven to be a hoax perpetrated by overly zealous scientists trying to make a name for themselves. And yet this evidence has never been withdrawn from the textbooks.
It really is a matter of bias. People believe what they want to believe regardless of evidence. The fact that the bible has overwhelming evidence to support it is a little known fact. When this fact is brought into open debate most folks prefer to ignore it. Sad but true.
I will probably get a lot of thumbs down for this, but I would like to challenge each person who does so to make a thorough research on the matter, with an open mind, before doing so.

Answer 4

There have been thousands of digs throughout the history of the earth, and I believe that the above statement is false. The findings of the Dead Sea Scrolls, are just one example of how digs do support the bible.

Answer 5

Like Einstein said..."If the facts don't support the theory, then change the facts."

I like how they dug up the ruins of a couple old cities (that are marked with different names) and they all "know" that they are Sodom & Gomorrah. When Pompeii was found, the city sign they found actually said Pompeii. Funny how that works.

Answer 6

I would sure like you to back up these statements, since so many have proven true, when you make statements be prepared with something, You know you can live in denial for so long, but judgment day is inevitable, and you can not say then, oh I see, oh it will be too late, I urge you to let the doubt go and quit finding reasons not to believe, because that is satan working on you, and when you let that happen you are losing your soul, God is providing you with a gift, and you have an oppourtunity to open your heart to Jesus, don't listen to denial, or satan.

Answer 7

You need to do more research.
There is mountains of evidence that supports the Bible.

Answer 8

Every dig I know of proves the history of Jesus. Where are you getting your info from.

Answer 9

I don't know where you get your info, but actually very many diggings have proved most of the Bible to be truth.

Answer 10

Well.... I'm waiting to hear about this archeological evidence that proves the Bible false. I have not seen it.