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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa
Timmy, so I guess if you weren't physically there during the Battle of Grunwald, Gettysburg, the Japanese invasion of Nanking, The Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, all the way to what really did happen on 9/11 any (or all) the reports could be bogus? Speeches through history, conversations that were supposedly recorded. Are they just that, supposed conversations? Could all the eye witnesses be embellishing, or flat out liars? We who study history do it as an investigator, constantly looking through the primary sources, and checking out information from a plethora of different scholars concerning the different points in history. Yet, the Bible isn't just about history, but it is the history of a God and His covenant people. The Book like many other sacred books aren't meant for everyone. Because the Bible's contents are only for the sincere devoted follower, and those who aren't sincere, the Bible is a book filled with blank pages.
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I am much more trusting of historical records when they deal with ordinary events -- elections, bank robberies, marriages, deaths, treaties, etc. -- than supernatural.
If you believe reports of God speaking, which reports do you believe? You can't
know. You
cannot. You do think you know, and you have made guesses, but that's the best you can do: guess. You have reasons for choosing the Bible over, say, the Quran. Muslims have their reasons, too.
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