A Challenge to Farrell Till
Earl H earlh68@hotmail.com
Tue, 02 Feb 1999 19:30:33 PST (00918034233, 19990203033034.12765.qmail@hotmail.com)
Please take me off the list
Thank you very much
>Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 16:39:42 -0800
>From: Michael Fisher <mwfisher@cts.com>
>To: "errancy@infidels.org" <errancy@infidels.org>
>Subject: Re: A Challenge to Farrell Till
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>> Matthew Bell
>> I said, '...any other matter of alleged errancy you wish to discuss.'
P=
>erhaps
>> you could clarify a few matters
>> on your proposal:
>>
>> 1. How it relates to Biblical Errancy?
>
>ELF Well, it is alleged in the Bible ( Luke 1:26-35 is the story I
fli=
>pped to)
>that Mary, though a virgin, conceived a child without the aid of a
human =
>male's
>semen, and while still a virgin. [virgin conceptions, much to the young
l=
>adies
>consternation, do occur. Penetration, though it improves the odds, is
not=
> required
>for impregnation as a few young women find out the hard way every year]
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>> MATTHEW
>> 2. How one is supposed to affirm a miraculous happening without first
>> ascertaining whether miracles are possible or not?
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>ELF That's a problem you have to solve to uphold your side of the
deba=
>te.
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>> MATTHEW
>> 3. How one is supposed to affirm any event in the Bible without
begging=
> the
>> question of the event to be affirmed?
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>ELF Evidence.
>
> Tacitus in the Annals reports of several battles between Roman's
and
>barbarians. Fortunately he provided enough descriptive detail that it
was=
> possible
>to narrow down the areas where the battles could have occurred, and
sure =
>enough
>when some areas were excavated, artifacts consistent with a melee
between=
> Roman
>legions and barbarian armies were found.
> Thus the reality of the event was confirmed, and Tacitus garnered
mor=
>e
>reliability for the accuracy of what he reports.
> It would be up to you to provide some evidence that the story in
the =
>gospels
>is more than just another myth from antiquity.
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>=A1Salud!
>
>Mike, aka Elfish Chimera
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