Comments on: Biblical Archaeology Infested with Kooks http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/294/biblical-archaeology-infested-with-kooks#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Keeping the Radical Right at Bay Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:44:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: wrpd http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/294/biblical-archaeology-infested-with-kooks/comment-page-1#comment-9984 wrpd Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:15:37 +0000 http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/294/biblical-archaeology-infested-with-kooks#comment-9984 For laughs I subscribe to a newsletter put out by crosswalk.com. It's a fundie christianist site. Recently they listed some recent archaeological finds that proved that the Christian Testament is completely true. One of the things they listed was "possibly Caiaphas' tomb". If it turns out that it really is his tomb, it only proves that someone named Caiaphas lived and died. Nothing more. But the best proof was finding a boat that could seat 13 people. That's it. No "Jesus wuz heer" carved into the captain's seat, no chewing gum with his DNA under one of the seats, just a boat that could hold 13 people. Now that's proof. My dining room can seat 13. Does this mean that this is where the last supper took place? For laughs I subscribe to a newsletter put out by crosswalk.com. It’s a fundie christianist site. Recently they listed some recent archaeological finds that proved that the Christian Testament is completely true. One of the things they listed was “possibly Caiaphas’ tomb”. If it turns out that it really is his tomb, it only proves that someone named Caiaphas lived and died. Nothing more. But the best proof was finding a boat that could seat 13 people. That’s it. No “Jesus wuz heer” carved into the captain’s seat, no chewing gum with his DNA under one of the seats, just a boat that could hold 13 people. Now that’s proof. My dining room can seat 13. Does this mean that this is where the last supper took place?

]]> By: Bunkie http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/294/biblical-archaeology-infested-with-kooks/comment-page-1#comment-9281 Bunkie Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:34:51 +0000 http://www.bay-of-fundie.com/archives/294/biblical-archaeology-infested-with-kooks#comment-9281 Once again, Great article, Ron! I took at look at the Cline article and also thought that the following from was very telling: "Biblical archeologists are suddenly finding themselves in a position similar to the evolutionary biologists fighting intelligent design - an entire parallel version of their field is being driven by religious belief, not research principles. The biologists' situation makes the risk clear - they did not deign to mount a public refutation of the "science" of intelligent design for years, until it was almost too late, and thus anti-evolutionary science began making its way into the public schools." Now, THAT's scary! Once again, Great article, Ron! I took at look at the Cline article and also thought that the following from was very telling:

“Biblical archeologists are suddenly finding themselves in a position similar to the evolutionary biologists fighting intelligent design – an entire parallel version of their field is being driven by religious belief, not research principles. The biologists’ situation makes the risk clear – they did not deign to mount a public refutation of the “science” of intelligent design for years, until it was almost too late, and thus anti-evolutionary science began making its way into the public schools.”

Now, THAT’s scary!

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