yupps. i have no plans of bringing back my dear little taggie. simply bacause im really tired of having to read the flames that u guys give me. they would all be centered around the same theme which is how disrespectful i am to other religions and beliefs. and i dun think any amount of retaliation or explanations are going to make u all understand. it's futile really because your hearts are already closed against Him. anyway, to cut the crap short, ill just say that this is my blog and whether u like it or not, im going to continue to talk about God and Jesus until the day i can't seem to find strength in my fingers to type. and so if u know that u are going to be really agitated/irritated/angry at what i post then i suggest u calm down first before reading. ha, ill still encourage u guys to read, just for interest's sake. i personally find the info i found very interesing. and, will it be too much to ask for u guys to be more open? rmb, it is by no chance of fate or simple coincidence that u're reading this.
How Archaeology proves the reliability of the Bible
1) The discovery of the Ebla archive in northern Syria in the 1970s has shown the Biblical writings concerning the Patriarchs to be viable. Documents written on clay tablets from around 2300 B.C. demonstrate that personal and place names in the Patriarchal accounts are genuine. The name "Canaan" was in use in Ebla, a name critics once said was not used at that time and was used incorrectly in the early chapters of the Bible. The word "tehom" ("the deep") in Genesis 1:2 was said to be a late word demonstrating the late writing of the creation story. "Tehom" was part of the vocabulary at Ebla, in use some 800 years before Moses. Ancient customs reflected in the stories of the Patriarchs have also been found in clay tablets from Nuzi and Mari.
The Hittites were once thought to be a Biblical legend, until their capital and records were discovered at Bogazkoy, Turkey.
2) Many thought the Biblical references to Solomon's wealth were greatly exaggerated. Recovered records from the past show that wealth in antiquity was concentrated with the king and Solomon's prosperity was entirely feasible.
3) It was once claimed there was no Assyrian king named Sargon as recorded in Isaiah 20:1, because this name was not known in any other record. Then, Sargon's palace was discovered in Khorsabad, Iraq. The very event mentioned in Isaiah 20, his capture of Ashdod, was recorded on the palace walls. What is more, fragments of a stela memorializing the victory were found at Ashdod itself.
4) Another king who was in doubt was Belshazzar, king of Babylon, named in Daniel 5. The last king of Babylon was Nabonidus according to recorded history. Tablets were found showing that Belshazzar was Nabonidus' son who served as coregent in Babylon. Thus, Belshazzar could offer to make Daniel "third highest ruler in the kingdom" (Dan. 5:16) for reading the handwriting on the wall, the highest available position. Here we see the "eye-witness" nature of the Biblical record, as is so often brought out by the discoveries of archaeology.
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/abr-a008.html
How did all the religions and the numerous gods come about?
Romans 1:21-23
Yes, they knew about him all right, but they wouldn’t admit it or worship him or even thank him for all his daily care. And After a while they began to think up silly ideas of what God was like and what he wanted them to do. The result was that their foolish minds became dark and confused. Claiming themselves to be wise without God, they became utter fools instead. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they took wood and stone and made idols for themselves, carving them to look like mere birds and animals and snakes and puny men.
Romans 1:24-27
So God let them go ahead into every sort of sex sin, and do whatever they wanted to—yes, vile and sinful things with each other’s bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they prayed to the things God made, but wouldn’t obey the blessed God who made these things.”“That is why God let them do all these evil things, so that even their women turned against God’s natural plan for them and indulged in sex sin with each other. And the men, instead of having a normal sex relationship with women, burned with lust for each other, men doing shameful things with other men and, as a result, getting paid within their own souls with the penalty they so richly deserved.
Romans 1:28-32
So it was that when they gave God up and would not even acknowledge him, God gave them up to doing everything their evil minds could think of. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness and sin, of greed and hate, envy, murder, fighting, lying, bitterness, and gossip. They were backbiters, haters of God, insolent, proud braggarts, always thinking of news ways of sinning and continually being disobedient to their parents. They try to misunderstand, broke their promises, and were heartless—without pity. They were fully aware of death penalty for these crimes, yet they went right ahead and did them anyway, and encouraged others to do them, too.
btw, i think the bible is just marvellous. it's written so long ago yet the ppl who wrote it knew what's gonna happen (yes, look around u and u would find that lots of things described in the bible are indeed happening NOW). There can be no other way around it. The bible is God's word.
oh, and logically thinking, it's weird to worship sth which u created. for example, u take a block of wood which is of top quality. u carve it into a resemblance of sth (animal/man). and then u use the best paint available to paint it with vibrant colours. add in the finishing touches and voila. u place it on an alter. u arrange other significant accompaniments. finally you got ur idol and alter done and u're set to worship it every day. just think, the sth which u created, should it be of a higher level or of a lower level than u? and why do ppl actually believe that gods will go live in the things which they created? dat's all i wanna say abt this. think think think..................
btw, i may be going to work for extra $ during the hols as a cookie promotor at the food fair at expo. it's 5 days only! quick bucks! bwahahahaha!!!
How Archaeology proves the reliability of the Bible
1) The discovery of the Ebla archive in northern Syria in the 1970s has shown the Biblical writings concerning the Patriarchs to be viable. Documents written on clay tablets from around 2300 B.C. demonstrate that personal and place names in the Patriarchal accounts are genuine. The name "Canaan" was in use in Ebla, a name critics once said was not used at that time and was used incorrectly in the early chapters of the Bible. The word "tehom" ("the deep") in Genesis 1:2 was said to be a late word demonstrating the late writing of the creation story. "Tehom" was part of the vocabulary at Ebla, in use some 800 years before Moses. Ancient customs reflected in the stories of the Patriarchs have also been found in clay tablets from Nuzi and Mari.
The Hittites were once thought to be a Biblical legend, until their capital and records were discovered at Bogazkoy, Turkey.
2) Many thought the Biblical references to Solomon's wealth were greatly exaggerated. Recovered records from the past show that wealth in antiquity was concentrated with the king and Solomon's prosperity was entirely feasible.
3) It was once claimed there was no Assyrian king named Sargon as recorded in Isaiah 20:1, because this name was not known in any other record. Then, Sargon's palace was discovered in Khorsabad, Iraq. The very event mentioned in Isaiah 20, his capture of Ashdod, was recorded on the palace walls. What is more, fragments of a stela memorializing the victory were found at Ashdod itself.
4) Another king who was in doubt was Belshazzar, king of Babylon, named in Daniel 5. The last king of Babylon was Nabonidus according to recorded history. Tablets were found showing that Belshazzar was Nabonidus' son who served as coregent in Babylon. Thus, Belshazzar could offer to make Daniel "third highest ruler in the kingdom" (Dan. 5:16) for reading the handwriting on the wall, the highest available position. Here we see the "eye-witness" nature of the Biblical record, as is so often brought out by the discoveries of archaeology.
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/abr-a008.html
How did all the religions and the numerous gods come about?
Romans 1:21-23
Yes, they knew about him all right, but they wouldn’t admit it or worship him or even thank him for all his daily care. And After a while they began to think up silly ideas of what God was like and what he wanted them to do. The result was that their foolish minds became dark and confused. Claiming themselves to be wise without God, they became utter fools instead. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they took wood and stone and made idols for themselves, carving them to look like mere birds and animals and snakes and puny men.
Romans 1:24-27
So God let them go ahead into every sort of sex sin, and do whatever they wanted to—yes, vile and sinful things with each other’s bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they prayed to the things God made, but wouldn’t obey the blessed God who made these things.”“That is why God let them do all these evil things, so that even their women turned against God’s natural plan for them and indulged in sex sin with each other. And the men, instead of having a normal sex relationship with women, burned with lust for each other, men doing shameful things with other men and, as a result, getting paid within their own souls with the penalty they so richly deserved.
Romans 1:28-32
So it was that when they gave God up and would not even acknowledge him, God gave them up to doing everything their evil minds could think of. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness and sin, of greed and hate, envy, murder, fighting, lying, bitterness, and gossip. They were backbiters, haters of God, insolent, proud braggarts, always thinking of news ways of sinning and continually being disobedient to their parents. They try to misunderstand, broke their promises, and were heartless—without pity. They were fully aware of death penalty for these crimes, yet they went right ahead and did them anyway, and encouraged others to do them, too.
btw, i think the bible is just marvellous. it's written so long ago yet the ppl who wrote it knew what's gonna happen (yes, look around u and u would find that lots of things described in the bible are indeed happening NOW). There can be no other way around it. The bible is God's word.
oh, and logically thinking, it's weird to worship sth which u created. for example, u take a block of wood which is of top quality. u carve it into a resemblance of sth (animal/man). and then u use the best paint available to paint it with vibrant colours. add in the finishing touches and voila. u place it on an alter. u arrange other significant accompaniments. finally you got ur idol and alter done and u're set to worship it every day. just think, the sth which u created, should it be of a higher level or of a lower level than u? and why do ppl actually believe that gods will go live in the things which they created? dat's all i wanna say abt this. think think think..................
btw, i may be going to work for extra $ during the hols as a cookie promotor at the food fair at expo. it's 5 days only! quick bucks! bwahahahaha!!!
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