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<blockquote data-quote="aaronmsl" data-source="post: 2262356" data-attributes="member: 673202">While I sort of agree with your sentiment, most of the early &quot;history&quot; in the bible - certainly the books of the Torah - are most probably legend rather than a record of actual history. The legends of a people can give us an insight into their culture, but your assertion that &quot;vast amounts&quot; of anthropological evidence are available from it is well off the mark.Anthropology is also a social science, not a physical science, so your use of the word &quot;science&quot; here is used to imply an accuracy and surety that does not exist. People who challenge the presence of &quot;science&quot; in the bible are typically - as you well know - referring to physical sciences. The bible has no scientific value in that sense whatsoever, another fact I&#039;m sure you&#039;re quite aware of. You just want to be right, like every other person around here who thinks they are the only ones who&#039;ve ever heard the big words they learnt yesterday.Edit...&quot;The bible was intended to be taken literally&quot;Interesting. Not if you ask most of the people who believe it be the word of God. Biblical literalism is a predominantly modern American invention. Note: That fact is anthropological. You should have known that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aaronmsl, post: 2262356, member: 673202"] While I sort of agree with your sentiment, most of the early "history" in the bible - certainly the books of the Torah - are most probably legend rather than a record of actual history. The legends of a people can give us an insight into their culture, but your assertion that "vast amounts" of anthropological evidence are available from it is well off the mark. Anthropology is also a social science, not a physical science, so your use of the word "science" here is used to imply an accuracy and surety that does not exist. People who challenge the presence of "science" in the bible are typically - as you well know - referring to physical sciences. The bible has no scientific value in that sense whatsoever, another fact I'm sure you're quite aware of. You just want to be right, like every other person around here who thinks they are the only ones who've ever heard the big words they learnt yesterday. Edit... "The bible was intended to be taken literally" Interesting. Not if you ask most of the people who believe it be the word of God. Biblical literalism is a predominantly modern American invention. Note: That fact is anthropological. You should have known that. [/QUOTE]

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