Biblical Fountain Found?

[Carazariah]

Its in the news (I couldn't find this article linked when I searched)

LA Times Article with Pictures!

The article tells about the discovery and the surprise of Archaeologists who studied the find!


So what do you think. Does this discovery lend you to give more or less credence to the Bible?

I say (More Credence)

C

 

[cKGunslinger]

If 2000 years from now, when the civilization that worships Chevy Chase discovers that there really *was* a place called "Europe," would that give more or less credence to the holy "National Lampoon's European Vacation" historical movie?


Of course a great many things in the Bible are based on facts - geography, politics, genealogy, atmospheric and meteorological events, etc. But that doesn't really give any more/less credence to the more "controversial" items.

 

[conjur]

Yeah...Jesus cured the blind. :roll:


When will people start using their grey matter and seeing what was symbolic and what wasn't?



Anyway, this is a pretty cool archaeological find that has nothing to do with the veracity of stories in the Bible.

 

[Carazariah]

Actually I think the discovery of the Pool does. The scientific/scholarly debate indicated in the article that some scholars used the fact that no Pool of Siloam had ever been found to support their assertion that the Book of John was a theological treatise and only loosely based on true historical information. The fact that John actually referred to a real not figurative place tends to disprove that assertion and therefore I believe directly relates to this scholarly biblical debate.

Thanks,
C

 

[conjur]

pfffft.


Just because it hadn't been found yet doesn't mean the Bible is any more truthful than before. It has nothing to do with the Bible.

 

[CaptnKirk]

The newly discovered pool is less than 200 yards from another Pool of Siloam, this one a reconstruction built between AD 400 and 460 by the Empress Eudocia of Byzantium, who oversaw the rebuilding of several biblical sites.

The site of yet another Pool of Siloam, which predated the version reputedly visited by Jesus, is still unknown.

How many Pools of Siloam do they have ?

 

[DaveSimmons]

It still offers no evidence for or against the supernatural aspects of the bible.

Your poll is missing the answer many of us would give:

"No difference - never disputed that the Bible included real places and people in its impossible to prove stories of supernatural events."

 

[alchemize]

I'll tell you when I take a dirt nap.

 

[Carazariah]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
It still offers no evidence for or against the supernatural aspects of the bible.

Your poll is missing the answer many of us would give:

"No difference - never disputed that the Bible included real places and people in its impossible to prove stories of supernatural events."

So updated . . .

But I have a question? If biblical characters and places are real, then who do you say Jesus was?

C

 

[Todd33]

Originally posted by: Carazariah

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
It still offers no evidence for or against the supernatural aspects of the bible.

Your poll is missing the answer many of us would give:

"No difference - never disputed that the Bible included real places and people in its impossible to prove stories of supernatural events."

So updated . . .

But I have a question? If biblical characters and places are real, then who do you say Jesus was?

C

I dunno, who was David koresh?

 

[Malfeas]

Edit: I removed my possible flame.

 

[Carazariah]

Originally posted by: Malfeas
Edit: I removed my possible flame.

thank you,
C

 

[Carazariah]

Originally posted by: Todd33

Originally posted by: Carazariah

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
It still offers no evidence for or against the supernatural aspects of the bible.

Your poll is missing the answer many of us would give:

"No difference - never disputed that the Bible included real places and people in its impossible to prove stories of supernatural events."

So updated . . .

But I have a question? If biblical characters and places are real, then who do you say Jesus was?

C

I dunno, who was David koresh?

The quesiton was in the context of a discussion Todd33. . . If you presuppose that Biblical Places are True and Biblical People exist then is it not a fair question to ask "Who do you say Jesus was?"

If you do not hold the same pre-dispositions than I fail to see the relevance of answering who David Koresh is: (A simple Google or wikipedia Search will answer that if you really wanted to know)

C