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Theists do not have a monopoly on Morality

Logicman said:
You're dead wrong. I've already posted the material.
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You posted a link that postulates that these two fortresses were sodom and gomorrah. One thing lacking in that link was.. well, evidence.
 
smax26 said:
Some theists bring up the point that Atheists are immoral. Where do you get your morality from if not God?..is the common inquiry to Atheists.
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Technically the answer is: From other people.
 
RAMOSS said:
And again, you show you don't have evidence, or even attempt at reasoning, or doing anything what so ever that has any meaning.

UFB.
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Ramoss, how many times do I have to tell you to bug off and quit bothering me with your nonsensical claims?
 
RAMOSS said:
There is a problem with that article. There is no archeological evidence that those two fortresses were the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. It's wishful thinking, and a perfect example of pseudo archeology
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That's how Biblical archaeology works. It's how it's worked since the early 1900s. They go out into the desert and find an archaeological site, then they look at the Bible to find out "what it is", then they pretend that the Bible is so accurate because look at all the sites they've found! Even the Biblical Archaeology review admitted that much of the archaeology in the Middle East was questionable because of this practice. There just is no actual scientific evidence for most of the claims made, it's all wishful thinking based on blind faith that the Bible has to be right.
 
Cephus said:
That's how Biblical archaeology works. It's how it's worked since the early 1900s. They go out into the desert and find an archaeological site, then they look at the Bible to find out "what it is", then they pretend that the Bible is so accurate because look at all the sites they've found! Even the Biblical Archaeology review admitted that much of the archaeology in the Middle East was questionable because of this practice.
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So Cephus, are you going to look for the old Jewish Temple walls in Australia? Get serious, dude.

Until very recently, there was no evidence outside the Bible for the existence of King David. There are no references to him in Egyptian, Syrian or Assyrian documents of the time, and the many archaeological digs in the City of David failed to turn up so much as a mention of his name. Then, on July 21, 1993, a team of archaeologists led by Prof. Avraham Biran, excavating Tel Dan in northern Galilee, found a triangular piece of basalt rock, measuring 23 x 36 cm. inscribed in Aramaic. It was subsequently identified as part of a victory pillar erected by the king of Syria and later smashed by an Israelite ruler. The inscription, which dates to the ninth century BCE, that is to say, about a century after David was thought to have ruled Israel, includes the words Beit David (“House” or “Dynasty” of David”). It is the first near-contemporaneous reference to David ever found.”

King David’s Palace

“Very few personalities in history stir our imagination as that of David, son of Jesse,” says historian, M. H. Leon. For decades,” says Leon, “and despite much effort by scholars and archaeologists, the location of King David ‘s palace has remained a mystery.”

But recent discoveries and research by Hebrew University archaeologist, Dr. Eilat Mazar, the granddaughter of the renowned archaeologist, the late Prof. Benjamin Mazar, has unveiled convincing evidence that pinpoints the exact location of this most important biblical structure.

“One of the main clues in finding King David’s palace,” says Mazar, “was surprisingly from the Bible itself.” 2 Samuel 5:17 states: “When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went DOWN [from his palace] to the [citadel].”

And there it was, just “up” from the citadel. In Search of King David « The Righter Report

Gotta love it, Cephus! LOL.

Cephus said:
There just is no actual scientific evidence for most of the claims made, it's all wishful thinking based on blind faith that the Bible has to be right.
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It's called archaeology, and the evidence contained in my previous Sodom and Gomorrah link refutes you.
 
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