This is opinion, and retorting using quotes from the Bible is irrelevant. Christianity stemmed from a Semitic cult which was then mainstreamed to lock in socio-political control, absorbing elements of other religions and discarding those characteristics which would lead to independent and critical thinking.
I have asked you FOUR times now to provide evidence that there are Biblical manuscripts which date to the Bronze Age, and you haven't responded with a shred of academic credibility, not once.
I will happily challenge and debate you on any topic of your choice, but it would turn quickly into yet another example of the meaningless, narcissistic and self aggrandising ranting for which you're known for on this forum. This is a waste of everyone's time, and no one's interested in it.
If you think you're capable of holding such a discussion, then let's go. I'll create a thread and we'll have at it. Failing that, do everyone here a favour and try the decaf, before fucking off completely.
Any monkey could answer your dumb questions, but you apparently don't have the intellectual capacity of a monkey. Do I need to direct you to the 30,000 biblical manuscripts - written in dozens of languages and over a 5,000 year period and within 99.5% accuracy of each other - housed in museums and research facilities all over the world?
Oh wait, how can I expect someone so uneducated to be aware of the Dead Sea Scrolls? As if that's not enough, I could point you to well-known contemporary philosophers who corroborate biblical history but you'd have far too much difficulty understanding it.
"I asked you FOUR times," blah, blah. LOL! Are you so inept that you can't even get informed on rudimentary history? You say such stupid things like, "no academic credibility," blah, blah. Yet, you're so ignorant that you never stopped to think that thousands of academic institutions all over the world for centuries house, research, and teach biblical history because it's an entirely credible and scientific field of research.
It's funny how you demand "academic credibility" when you have absolutely ZERO yourself. Not only that, but your audacity to blurt out nonsense would be something to marvel at if I wasn't so familiar with liberal stupidity. LOL!
"I'd be happy to challenge and debate you on any topic of your choice," ah ha ha ha ha! Of course you would because you're acutely unaware of how ignorant you sound. LOL! I'd even let you assemble a panel to debate me alone and I'll still put you to shame any day of the week within 1 minute of you opening your mouth. Any topic huh? Ha ha ha! OK, so which topic do you want to debate as I have several areas of expertise? Hmm, let's see... Computer technology, biblical history, education, woodworking, business law, education law, politics, social science, just to name a few. LOL! Do you not understand how dumb your statement is? I would wipe the floor with you and of your constituents, but even as capable as I am, I wouldn't be presumptuous enough to challenge a debate on 'any topic.'
I'm certainly competent and confident enough to, but unlike you, I don't engage in debates I know nothing about. You, on the other hand, babble with no knowledge and try to argue with people far, far more qualified than you. It's a shame that you can't figure out how immensely stupid that kind of mentality is. Whatever little knowledge you have is not learned through study, scientific pursuit, or developed logic, rather, you amalgamate ignorance and somehow think that makes you qualified to open your big mouth. For ahead and show us where you have accomplished such pursuits. Ha ha ha!
So what, are you going to debate the whole nation of Israel, or Cambridge University, Oxford, world-class research museums, etc? LOL! Good luck with that. The fact is you're completely ignorant and incapable of mounting a sensible argument because your thinking is so deficient. Do you not understand that you don't even know what or where research is done but somehow think you're going to challenge an argument?
Go ahead and detail for us how many years you've studied history, geology, archeology, science anthropology, and sociology. What credentials give you the confidence to issue such moronic challenges? Oh wait, maybe you just automatically assume everyone else is as ignorant as yourself. Hey, if you're so bold to challenge highly educated people on "any topic," then go ahead and lay out for us how you would accomplish such a feat.
You can't even substantiate in any credible way whatsoever, and certainly with any degree of "academic credibility," your exceedingly foolish rambling about, "
Semitic cult which was then mainstreamed to lock in socio-political control, absorbing elements of other religions and discarding those characteristics which would lead to independent and critical thinking.
Man, what a load of senseless drivel. Ah ha ha ha ha! Which "semitic cult" would that be exactly? Name it and give us a credible account of it's history.
Tell us then exactly which historical accounts prove that Jews "absorbed elements of other religions." LOL! Given the fact that Israel has always consistently based their beliefs on the Torah and Tanakh, how is it you figure they "absorbed elements, blah, blah" when scripture had been 99.5% consistent throughout a 6,000 year history?
It's not that your ideas are underdeveloped but that you're so very far from any realm of basic understanding. You can't even apply basic logic, and if you could, you'd never say something so senseless.
You don't know what the hell you're talking about. Just try, try real hard, to get that little brain of yours to understand the fact that you NEVER, EVER read the bible, have ZERO theological knowledge, and most likely couldn't test beyond 5th grade literacy, but SOMEHOW in that tiny mind of yours, have this crazy idea that you not only know something about it but are so confident you issue challenges to people who've actually accomplished all the things you never could.
The fact is you humiliated yourself. Ignorance is noxious in itself, but the arrogance you have in your ignorance makes it that much more detestable. If you could've even asked just one sensible question, perhaps I might have the slightest degree of respect for you. However, everything you said deserves absolute ZERO respect. Not only do you NOT deserve respect, your brash ignorance is contemptible.