[clue-talk] How do CLUEbies vote?

[Dennis J Perkins]

Oops.  Accidentally hit Send. :)

On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 20:02 -0600, Dennis J Perkins wrote:
> > >
> > > When I think of primary sources, I think of things such as first-hand,
> > > eyewitness accounts, e.g. battlefield reports from Gen. Patton.
> > 
> > Yes, this is correct and what I was trying to say. But to assume that  
> > New Testament letters were "hand me downs" of oral tradition while  
> > could be true, is poor. The same thing goes for the tnternet, just  
> > because it is written somewhere today gives it veracity. BUT, I would  
> > have a greater belief in the veracity of Biblical literature because  
> > of the cost of writing it down in those days, i.e. it was not cheap  
> > of plentiful.
> 
> Hmm. that same argument could be given for the Koran.  Or the writings
> of Buddha's followers, since he did not write down his teachings eithe.

Mormons would make the same claim about the Book of Mormon, which Joseph
Smith claimed to have translated from gold plates that the angel Moroni
had revealed to him and took back afterwards.

> 
> > > The
> > > pentatuech is ascribed to Moses, but clearly, he wasn't present at
> > > creation. Of course, I've also read that Moses didn't literally  
> > > write the
> > > pentatuech, but rather that is was oral history for a time before  
> > > being
> > > commited to clay or parchment or whatever was used. (Sorry, don't  
> > > have a
> > > source for that, it was probably in a commentary on the Torah or
> > > Judaism that I came across at some point.)
> > 
> > By this comment, we were not around during the Big Bang so therefore  
> > we can't possibly know what happened during that time even with all  
> > of our scientific knowledge.
> > 
> > The one thing I can say about the Bible is that it tells the truth  
> > 100% of the time, but does NOT contain 100% the Truth. Let's take a  
> > look at what I mean. In Gen 2:17 God states that "but from the tree  
> > of knowledge of  good and evil you shall not eat" while Eve is stated  
> > in Gen 3:3 as saying God said "You shall not eat from it or touch it"  
> > by adding to what God said. She either lied, misspoke, or was  
> > mistaken, but nonetheless, it records  accurately what transpired in  
> > this limited amount of material.
> > 
> > Kevin
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