A little response to "How Did the Apostles Die?"

Farrell Till errancy@infidels.org
Sun, 25 Jul 1999 01:53:32 -0700 (00932910812, 2.2.32.19990725085332.0092197c@midwest.net) 

At 08:48 PM 7/24/99 EDT, you wrote:

>In a message dated 7/24/99 5:34:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 

>jcorbin@execpc.com writes:

>

><< I don't understand why unremarkable events such as famines and deaths add

> credibility to the scriptures if those scriptures agree with non-biblical

> sources.  If contemporary meteorologists, the bible, and Antiquities all

> agree that Herod was married on a sunny day, what of it?  If you wade through

> the Book of Mormon, it's a near certainty that you'll find SOMETHING that's

> true.  And whatever you find in the Book of Mormon that's true, it's almost

> certain that it will unremarkable -- as unremarkable as famines, and Herod's

> death. >>


THEO

>There is more.  The skeptic Sir William Ramsey dug up the rocks in Asia Minor 

>and every inscription he found confirmed the historical accuracy of Luke's 

>writings.  It just proves that it was written by someone who was either on 

>the scene or carefully interviewed people who were on the scene.  A guy many 

>years later making stuff up could not have been so accurate.  And yet, this 

>is not all of the evidence, but only part of it.

>


TILL
Oh, dear, now we have Theo recycling that worn-out argument about Sir
William Ramsay.  (I even know how to spell the name.)  How many times have
we blasted this one out of the water?  I remember a couple of times when
this became the issue that sent at least a couple of biblical inerrantists
packing.

So, tell me, Theo, do you want to defend that old argument about Sir William
Ramsay and the amazing historical accuracy of Luke?  I hope you do, because
it's been a while since I've had the opportunity to shoot fish in a barrel.

I'll give you a little tip, Theo.  You should check into some of these Josh
McDowellian arguments before you send them out.  You might be surprised at
how often they have been shot down.



Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net