I'm willing to bet the story is a myth created by man to explain our existence on this planet and to especially blame women, in man's continuing efforts to keep them in "their place".
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Exactly, and it's socially irresponsible to continue these beliefs in mainstream culture. Sad.
Purple. Oh wait, you weren't asking me.
Aint that the truth! L Ron Hubbard said " "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion."http://www.offtopicz.net/#cite_note-Methvin-167
Absolutely. The stories illustrating that fact are often mind boggling, if not sickening.
But what makes his version any less credible than any other religion? The amount of time it's been around? That doesn't make it any more believable.... at least not to me.
I mean just look at the Bible. Did you know that less than 100 years ago, the King James version had an entire section of books removed. Hell, there are almost 500 sections to the bible if you want to include them all. It was nothing more than a group of individuals that decided what to include, and that list has been changed many times over the years. So how can the bible be the truth to these people when it's not even accurate or complete?????
These are quite humorous!
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Though the Bible may not be complete, due to many books previously being removed; you'll have a hard time proving it's not accurate. Please feel free to give it your best shot, but consider that scientists, scholars and skeptics have been trying this for centuries without success.
Although the Bible is a textbook on religion, it often touches on other subjects such as history, geography, or science. When it does, we can check it out by comparing it to archeology, etc. If the Bible is written by the all-knowing Creator, we would expect accuracy.
Further, the Bible was written 2000-3500 years ago, when scientific error abounded. Skeptics have searched it mercilessly to find error in it. But if, in spite of this, we find that it contains none of the common errors of its day - if it actually speaks truths that were unknown to scientists till centuries later - then this would greatly strengthen our confidence that it is not from men but from God.
Consider the following examples in which the Bible has been proved to be accurate, even when "scholars" disagreed with it.
The Hittite Nation
The Bible frequently mentions this ancient nation (2 Sam. 11:3ff; Gen. 15:19-21; Num. 13:29; Josh. 3:10), but for years skeptics said the Bible was wrong. Then in 1906, Hugo Winckler excavated Hattusa, the Hittite capital. We now know that, at its height, the Hittite civilization rivaled Egypt and Assyria in glory! (See Biblical World, pp. 290ff.)
Pithom and Raamses
The Bible says that Israelite slaves built these Egyptian cities using bricks of clay mixed with straw, then clay and stubble, then clay alone (Ex. 1:11; 5:10-21). In 1883, Naville examined the ruins of Pithom and found all three types of brick. (See Biblical World, pp. 458,459.)
The Book of Acts
Sir William Ramsay was a skeptic who sought to disprove Acts by tracing Paul's journeys. Instead, his examination made him a firm believer in the accuracy of the book! The turning point came when he proved that, contrary to accepted scholarship, the Bible was right when it implied Iconium was in a different region from Lystra and Derbe (Acts 14:6). (See Archaeology and Bible History, Free, p. 317.)
Consider these quotations from prominent archeologists:
"...it may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a Biblical reference. Scores of archaeological findings have been made which confirm in clear outline or in exact detail historical statements in the Bible. And, by the same token, proper evaluation of Biblical descriptions has often led to amazing discoveries." -- Dr. Nelson Glueck (Rivers in the Desert, p. 31)
"...archaeology has confirmed countless passages which have been rejected by critics as unhistorical or contradictory to known facts ... Yet archaeological discoveries have shown that these critical charges ... are wrong and that the Bible is trustworthy in the very statements which have been set aside as untrustworthy ... We do not know of any cases where the Bible has been proved wrong." -- Dr. Joseph P. Free (Archaeology and Bible History, pp. 1,2,134)
(Isaiah 40:22) He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
What is the shape of the earth? Circle
Isaiah wrote this when men thought the earth was flat ("circle" = "a circle, sphere" -- Gesenius). Today we have pictures taken from space to show the earth's shape, but how did Isaiah know?
(Job 26:7) He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
How is the earth held up? It's hung by nothing.
Ancient men believed many errors. How did Job know the truth?
(Psalm 8:8) the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
What is found in the sea according to this verse? Paths
Men knew of no paths in the sea until Matthew Maury read this verse and determined to find them. He discovered the ocean currents, and became known as the Father of Oceanography. (Impact, 9/91, pp. 3,4).
(Ecclesiastes 1:7) All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.
What does this verse tell us about rivers? Rivers run to the sea, the sea does not get fuller, and rivers go back where they were before.
Today we understand how this happens by the water cycle and evaporation. How did Solomon know?
The Bible has contradicted unproved theories, but properly understood it has never contradicted any proved scientific fact. Yet it has often stated scientific truths centuries before men knew them. While the Bible has been repeatedly proved accurate, those who criticize the Bible have been consistently unable to disprove it. This surely strengthens our faith in other Bible teachings.
Source: http://gospelway.com/god/why_believe.php
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