Atheism 18 - History's Greatest Period
A couple of people have commented on my post "Can the Biblical Record be Trusted?" They are both intimate friends and made their comments via telephone rather than the comment section of the post, so you, my gentle reader, cannot benefit from them. In essence, they both took umbrage at my assertion that the stories in Genesis may not represent accurate historical record. They were kind in their rebukes and demanded no sort of rebuttal, but I thought I might clarify a few things for the benefit of other readers of like mind and perhaps less chutzpah . First, I would like to reiterate a point made in the original post, one that leads toward the post's thesis; specifically, that Genesis is part of the Jewish Torah or Pentateuch . It is, by definition, a Jewish book. It is my opinion (and this post is dealing specifically with my opinions) that no Protestant minister or Catholic priest, regardless of hi...