I apologise for another Bible themed post but...

nakazznicek

member

Activity: 112

Merit: 10

Quote from: protokol on August 21, 2014, 06:27:19 PM

Quote from: nakazznicek on August 21, 2014, 05:11:30 PM

Quote from: the joint on August 21, 2014, 04:27:38 PM

This isn't about the Bible, but since you included "...or any religious book for that matter" in the OP, there are Buddhist texts spanning both before and after the time Jesus is said to have lived that discuss atoms with stunning accuracy given the lack of technology and scientific equipment at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_atomism

Well, you actually got the point, ancient budhist texts and Indian vedas are full of more interesting stuff than any bible/koran i don't know what would ever contain. Yet didn't heard any unbelievable story based on those sources

Quote from: BADecker on August 21, 2014, 04:45:04 PM

It seems that Ron Wyatt has found, within the last 2 or 3 decades, a lot of evidence that the Exodus was true. Prior to this, there was really only the Bible. It is interesting.

Ron Wyatt Archaeology - The Exodus - Audio Cleaned & Video Stabilized - 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmU_TyITtoc

What goes to you: http://www.tentmaker.org/WAR/

I watched 20mins or so of the Ron Wyatt video, this just seems to be wild speculation based on the bible and earlier myths, nothing to do with the buddhist theories on matter stated earlier. Seems to be verging on propaganda to be honest, just regurgitating ancient texts with no basis in reality.

I didn't even bother to watch it, googling Ron Wyatt will make you think about that guy and his trustworthness, also BADecker has some weird ideals (but still might be cool guy, just what goes to religion views is not my cup of tea) I am totally not compatible with (and they make me little mad when i read them). As i read somewhere before, ignorance is a bliss.

protokol

legendary

Activity: 1188

Merit: 1016

Quote from: nakazznicek on August 21, 2014, 05:11:30 PM

Quote from: the joint on August 21, 2014, 04:27:38 PM

This isn't about the Bible, but since you included "...or any religious book for that matter" in the OP, there are Buddhist texts spanning both before and after the time Jesus is said to have lived that discuss atoms with stunning accuracy given the lack of technology and scientific equipment at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_atomism

Well, you actually got the point, ancient budhist texts and Indian vedas are full of more interesting stuff than any bible/koran i don't know what would ever contain. Yet didn't heard any unbelievable story based on those sources

Quote from: BADecker on August 21, 2014, 04:45:04 PM

It seems that Ron Wyatt has found, within the last 2 or 3 decades, a lot of evidence that the Exodus was true. Prior to this, there was really only the Bible. It is interesting.

Ron Wyatt Archaeology - The Exodus - Audio Cleaned & Video Stabilized - 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmU_TyITtoc

What goes to you: http://www.tentmaker.org/WAR/

I watched 20mins or so of the Ron Wyatt video, this just seems to be wild speculation based on the bible and earlier myths, nothing to do with the buddhist theories on matter stated earlier. Seems to be verging on propaganda to be honest, just regurgitating ancient texts with no basis in reality.

protokol

legendary

Activity: 1188

Merit: 1016

Quote from: the joint on August 21, 2014, 04:27:38 PM

This isn't about the Bible, but since you included "...or any religious book for that matter" in the OP, there are Buddhist texts spanning both before and after the time Jesus is said to have lived that discuss atoms with stunning accuracy given the lack of technology and scientific equipment at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_atomism

That's pretty damn interesting, to be fair those Buddhist theories about matter do have a stark similarity with the current quantum theories. Whether that was down to human intuition, or some sort of "cosmic intelligence/connection" relaying information, is another matter. Makes you think though.

You learn something new every day

Mike Christ

legendary

Activity: 1078

Merit: 1003

Quote from: the joint on August 21, 2014, 04:27:38 PM

This isn't about the Bible, but since you included "...or any religious book for that matter" in the OP, there are Buddhist texts spanning both before and after the time Jesus is said to have lived that discuss atoms with stunning accuracy given the lack of technology and scientific equipment at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_atomism

That's really neat, but to be fair, the eastern religions are very loosely correlated with western religions; I'd consider them more in-line with western philosophy than anything.

nakazznicek

member

Activity: 112

Merit: 10

Quote from: the joint on August 21, 2014, 04:27:38 PM

This isn't about the Bible, but since you included "...or any religious book for that matter" in the OP, there are Buddhist texts spanning both before and after the time Jesus is said to have lived that discuss atoms with stunning accuracy given the lack of technology and scientific equipment at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_atomism

Well, you actually got the point, ancient budhist texts and Indian vedas are full of more interesting stuff than any bible/koran i don't know what would ever contain. Yet didn't heard any unbelievable story based on those sources

Quote from: BADecker on August 21, 2014, 04:45:04 PM

It seems that Ron Wyatt has found, within the last 2 or 3 decades, a lot of evidence that the Exodus was true. Prior to this, there was really only the Bible. It is interesting.

Ron Wyatt Archaeology - The Exodus - Audio Cleaned & Video Stabilized - 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmU_TyITtoc

What goes to you: http://www.tentmaker.org/WAR/

BADecker

legendary

Activity: 4046

Merit: 1389

It seems that Ron Wyatt has found, within the last 2 or 3 decades, a lot of evidence that the Exodus was true. Prior to this, there was really only the Bible. It is interesting.

Ron Wyatt Archaeology - The Exodus - Audio Cleaned & Video Stabilized - 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmU_TyITtoc

BADecker

legendary

Activity: 4046

Merit: 1389

I have read that the dimensions that were used for Noah's ark have been found to make ships that use them extremely stable. I don't have a site for this, but the basic dimensions were used in the 1800s and the early 1900s for their big boats.

sab4you

newbie

Activity: 24

Merit: 0

Quote from: pedrog on August 21, 2014, 03:49:32 PM

You're correct, there's nothing in any religious scripture that was not well know at the time of writing.

Some people will interpret particular verses to fit current events or discoveries.

And...there was nothing in any religious scripture that was not well known before the time of writing.

i.e. dinosours

BADecker

legendary

Activity: 4046

Merit: 1389

The existence of King David and his son King Solomon has been listed only in the Bible, until lately. While the new evidence may not be conclusive, it is starting to look like there really was a King David with his son King Solomon.

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/davidjer.html

BADecker

legendary

Activity: 4046

Merit: 1389

Quote from: bluefirecorp on August 21, 2014, 04:21:14 PM

Quote from: BADecker on August 21, 2014, 04:06:45 PM

This isn't exactly a thing that was discovered after the Bible was written, but Jesus predicted the fall and destruction of Jerusalem which the Romans did in 70 A.D. Was this after the Revelation was given to John on the island of Patmos? Not sure.

Book of Revelation was written between 81-96. It's easy enough to write after an event already occurred.

Thanks. I could have looked that up.

the joint

legendary

Activity: 1834

Merit: 1020

This isn't about the Bible, but since you included "...or any religious book for that matter" in the OP, there are Buddhist texts spanning both before and after the time Jesus is said to have lived that discuss atoms with stunning accuracy given the lack of technology and scientific equipment at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_atomism

BADecker

legendary

Activity: 4046

Merit: 1389

Joshua 6:20

When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city.

When the ancient city Jericho was found in modern times, it was found that the wall had collapsed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho

bluefirecorp

legendary

Activity: 882

Merit: 1000

Quote from: BADecker on August 21, 2014, 04:06:45 PM

This isn't exactly a thing that was discovered after the Bible was written, but Jesus predicted the fall and destruction of Jerusalem which the Romans did in 70 A.D. Was this after the Revelation was given to John on the island of Patmos? Not sure.

Book of Revelation was written between 81-96. It's easy enough to write after an event already occurred.

BADecker

legendary

Activity: 4046

Merit: 1389

Psalm 20:4b-6

In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
5 which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.

This might be talking about the heavens being circular or "globular", something that was proven only a couple thousand years later.

BADecker

legendary

Activity: 4046

Merit: 1389

This isn't exactly a thing that was discovered after the Bible was written, but Jesus predicted the fall and destruction of Jerusalem which the Romans did in 70 A.D. Was this after the Revelation was given to John on the island of Patmos? Not sure.

protokol

legendary

Activity: 1188

Merit: 1016

Quote from: nakazznicek on August 21, 2014, 03:53:25 PM

You know, many people are representing such text with strong subjective drive added to it. Or even more popular is choosin just part of text one finds useful to popularize his idea/whatever. Only strange thing i stumbled across some reading of bible was Leviathan, but it could be also product of bad translating. Could be interesting reading Bible in Hebrew, its original language

I agree, many people interpret religious texts in their own way, and you make a valid point that some things may be lost in translation. However, I would still be interested in any facts or theories that may have been written in religious texts before they were discovered by mankind.

nakazznicek

member

Activity: 112

Merit: 10

You know, many people are representing such text with strong subjective drive added to it. Or even more popular is choosin just part of text one finds useful to popularize his idea/whatever. Only strange thing i stumbled across some reading of bible was Leviathan, but it could be also product of bad translating. Could be interesting reading Bible in Hebrew, its original language

pedrog

legendary

Activity: 2786

Merit: 1031

You're correct, there's nothing in any religious scripture that was not well know at the time of writing.

Some people will interpret particular verses to fit current events or discoveries.

protokol

legendary

Activity: 1188

Merit: 1016

is there any record in the Bible of anything that was discovered after the bible was written?

For instance living cells/gravity/atoms/photons/electrons/neutrons/quarks/galaxies/dinosaurs/electromagnetic waves/radioactivity/viruses/bacteria/DNA etc.

This is not meant to be an atheist or religious thread really, just a question for people that believe what is written in the Bible (or any religious book for that matter). Personally, I find it a little suspect that these religious texts only contain information about what was known at the time of writing.

Topic: I apologise for another Bible themed post but... (Read 2454 times)