A_Nony_Mouse wrote:The suggestion that I cite of from Smallwood is incredibly absurd. Why in the world would I indulge in the logical fallacy of an appeal to authority? And what was that absurd idea to use a 19th c. source as a fallacious authority? Here I have the complainants recommending the use of appeal to authority. Should i conclude that is what the complainants do? That is a reasonable assumption.
Gosh, are you stupid or what? You cite evidence if you can find any in Smallwood. Cite whatever sources you can that provide reliable evidence for your argument. We are not interested in the opinions from these books. We aren't interested in them as authorities. We want evidence. Without it, you are making a vast amount of noise, but saying fuck all.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:And yet still not a single recitation of any alternative to my explanation of the facts nor any presentation of facts for that matter. I mean I point out there is no evidence of a literate culture in Judea until the 2nd c. BC and in response a mention of a single fragment of unknown origin with a particular carbon date. Again I overestimated the participants.
I'm sorry, but you are the person who ignorantly claimed that there was no Judean literature before the second century. You are blatantly wrong. So flop goes another inane assertion of yours. The evidence you can check, by consulting the book I referred you to or any other source which reports the carbondating of the tested scrolls.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:A literate culture means written material out the ying yang.
That's an interesting empty assertion.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:It means as we find in Greece and Rome and Egypt and Babylon.
So's that.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:It means writing all over the place.
Utter rubbish. You don't get to dictate what a literate culture was in the centuries before the turn of the millennium. Your opinions are worthless. It is your evidence that counts.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:It does NOT mean a single scrap.
Again, just another worthless assertion.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:The criteria I suggest of writing all over the place IS the standard.
The word "criteria" is plural. The word "criterion" is singular. Remember that.
Now, you wouldn't know it, but you've just written another unsupported assertion.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:It is holding bibleland to the same standard as every other civilization.
The literacy of cultures varied. You cannot assume some arbitrary standard and expect to be taken seriously.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:Like it or not no special pleadings are permitted.
YOu are making things up as you go.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:Bibleland must meet the same standards as every other ancient civilization.
Whatever you say.
But tell me why do you use the term "bibleland"? It is not in any sense a neutral term. It seems to reflect a certain tendentiousness that runs throughout your efforts.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:You are supposed to know this about archaeology and what literate culture means. If you do not know it learn it. Do not waste time demanding I educate you.
I have seen you in practice for long enough to understand y our level of ignorance. You can try to change that or you can remain where you are.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:That means it must be possible to reconstruct the broad outlines of the ancient civilization from what is dug up as has been done for Babylon and Egypt.
If there is sufficient physical culture remaining.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:No special pleadings for bibleland are permitted just because there is no Israel there. Want know how the people of Egypt and Babylon and "Israel" dressed? Their military weapons and armor? Just google up images of them from pottery and bas relief carvings for Egypt and Babylon and discover nothing for Israel.
Tell me, if you don't have the physical culture of the people who lived in the land, does that mean that they didn't live there?
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:Literally every monumental construction and city the fake archaeologists identified as the work of Solomon or other kings has been discredited by real arkies. And discredited by showing they were built by other known cultures foreign to the region not just by saying no evidence.
I'm quite aware of the archaeological situation and the conflict between the biblical archaeologist and reality. My problem with you is your inability to be rational about it.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:Unfortunately there are still people with a shovel in one hand and the bible in the other.
Ya don't say? It might come as a shock to you, but this is not a religious site. It's one that requires evidence for all claims. You are full of claims and you apparently have no evidence.
A_Nony_Mouse wrote:Even worse they have been joined by people with a shovel in one hand and Herzl in the other.
I don't care if one is touting Herzl or Hitler. We require evidence and objectivity.