Help yourself to the wiki article about human and child sacrifices and see the references section. And what literature do you keep referring me to? It would be nice if you gave me the name of the book or the author.
"you can find support for anything if you want to". That may be trued but evidence must be rationally assessed. If you're charged with a crime you have not committed you wouldn't want the jury to think 'there's evidence on both sides so we can just toss a coin". You would hope the court would rationally look at the evidence and acquit.
You might have also referenced Ecclesiastes regarding Solomon's observation of the vanity of everything done under the sun, and his final conclusion: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil. Ecc 12.13-14
I am skeptical, actually when people talk about human sacrifice jews come to mind first. But the thing is The Bible mentions child sacrifices even among the jews that adopted them from pagans, not much accusation or discrimination going on.
Here in Arizona, our "organ donor" license plates have the phrase, "Choose Life". I always found that a bit suspicious, given the generally conservative nature of our state. Now I know where it comes from, and my suspicions are confirmed. Thanks!
how is this in any way disrespectful? It's a simple question. And how am I a coward for asking it? If anything it makes me brave because I'm a Christian exposing myself over the internet.
With respect to the Levant, I see the wiki article is sourced from newspaper articles. pretty funny. I am surprised you don't know the scholarly lit on the subject. From the authority you claim, I though you must be an ANE archaeologist. But try the 1999 issue of the Archive fur Religionsgeschichte for a start. But I guess you want something on line. search for this title in google: "Skeletal Remains from Punic Carthage Do Not Support Systematic Sacrifice of Infants"
>From the authority you claim I never claimed any authority. >I though you must be an ANE archaeologist Very flattering, too bad I'm just a kid on the internet. The article on the other hand looks very interdasting but skeletal remains are just skeletal remains. Sacrificing a stillbirth is also weird. They were supposed to give their best, weren't they? Harvest, cattle, people. >from newspaper articles And what are those sourced from? That aside, there are links to some more or less serious lit.
No, I did not read it. How can you tell remains of stillbirths from remains of living children centuries after they were burnt? Human sacrifices were a common practice among pagans. It was even adopted by some Hebrews but got prohibited when the Law of God was established.
Aren't there any scriptures of the tribes in question describing their rituals and habits? And again idolatry and human sacrifices existed among the israelites themselves and were punished by death if I'm not mistaken. War propaganda usually accuses the enemy exclusively. Also, I doubt there is any need to justify a genocidal war between ancient tribes.
So you;re not reading my replies? Just preaching at me? How constructive! In case you read this, bone size is one criterion. Otherwise I refer you to the literature. Please provide evidence that "Human sacrifices were common among pagans."
I'm not sure why you should say that. A lot has been learned about the eastern mediterranean civilisations from archeology and manuscripts. The bible is almost entirely mythology. See "watch?v=BP5LdELd_0o". It's pretty uncontroversial among bible scholars. I suppose you'll choose to stay inside your evangelical bubble. If you feel brave enough to challenge yourself go to "watch?v=HVuw1wEuaAQ".
Oh, you can find support for anything if you want to. Bible is not really about history though. And again you're extrapolating, even if the other events are made up the child sacrifice bit may be true because, as you said, the evidence is inconclusive.
Well I've seen pretty much the same type of videos on the opposing side. And they were proving the biblical myths were historically accurate. I'm no scholar or historian to evaluate the arguments that both sides provide. I do agree that Christian scholars usually give indirect evidence. And the second vid is just raging atheist propaganda, cute but not as revealing as it claims to be.
We need volume!
(video 9) @ 1:26 - Big Tent Revival wrote a song called Choose Life - which is one of my all-time favorites!
Help yourself to the wiki article about human and child sacrifices and see the references section. And what literature do you keep referring me to? It would be nice if you gave me the name of the book or the author.
very good video
"you can find support for anything if you want to". That may be trued but evidence must be rationally assessed. If you're charged with a crime you have not committed you wouldn't want the jury to think 'there's evidence on both sides so we can just toss a coin". You would hope the court would rationally look at the evidence and acquit.
what? how is it disrespectful? and if he never meets Brady how would he go about saying it to his face?
Is is possible to do a series on Greek Gods and Goddesses? It might be interesting
i applaud your profile image
You might have also referenced Ecclesiastes regarding Solomon's observation of the vanity of everything done under the sun, and his final conclusion:
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil. Ecc 12.13-14
I am skeptical, actually when people talk about human sacrifice jews come to mind first. But the thing is The Bible mentions child sacrifices even among the jews that adopted them from pagans, not much accusation or discrimination going on.
I'm not talking about blood libel, I'm talking about sacrifices to moloch. Archaelogists found some proof of human sacrifices or so they say.
Here in Arizona, our "organ donor" license plates have the phrase, "Choose Life". I always found that a bit suspicious, given the generally conservative nature of our state. Now I know where it comes from, and my suspicions are confirmed. Thanks!
how is this in any way disrespectful? It's a simple question. And how am I a coward for asking it? If anything it makes me brave because I'm a Christian exposing myself over the internet.
im sorry to ask, but brady are you a Christian
With respect to the Levant, I see the wiki article is sourced from newspaper articles. pretty funny. I am surprised you don't know the scholarly lit on the subject. From the authority you claim, I though you must be an ANE archaeologist. But try the 1999 issue of the Archive fur Religionsgeschichte for a start. But I guess you want something on line. search for this title in google:
"Skeletal Remains from Punic Carthage Do Not Support Systematic Sacrifice of Infants"
>From the authority you claim
I never claimed any authority.
>I though you must be an ANE archaeologist
Very flattering, too bad I'm just a kid on the internet.
The article on the other hand looks very interdasting but skeletal remains are just skeletal remains. Sacrificing a stillbirth is also weird. They were supposed to give their best, weren't they? Harvest, cattle, people.
>from newspaper articles
And what are those sourced from? That aside, there are links to some more or less serious lit.
Uhoh, somebody talking about ethics/morality/religion on youtube!
Break out the troll comments!
No, I did not read it.
How can you tell remains of stillbirths from remains of living children centuries after they were burnt? Human sacrifices were a common practice among pagans. It was even adopted by some Hebrews but got prohibited when the Law of God was established.
Aren't there any scriptures of the tribes in question describing their rituals and habits? And again idolatry and human sacrifices existed among the israelites themselves and were punished by death if I'm not mistaken. War propaganda usually accuses the enemy exclusively. Also, I doubt there is any need to justify a genocidal war between ancient tribes.
So you;re not reading my replies? Just preaching at me? How constructive! In case you read this, bone size is one criterion. Otherwise I refer you to the literature.
Please provide evidence that "Human sacrifices were common among pagans."
I'm not sure why you should say that. A lot has been learned about the eastern mediterranean civilisations from archeology and manuscripts. The bible is almost entirely mythology. See "watch?v=BP5LdELd_0o". It's pretty uncontroversial among bible scholars. I suppose you'll choose to stay inside your evangelical bubble. If you feel brave enough to challenge yourself go to "watch?v=HVuw1wEuaAQ".
Oh, you can find support for anything if you want to. Bible is not really about history though. And again you're extrapolating, even if the other events are made up the child sacrifice bit may be true because, as you said, the evidence is inconclusive.
Well I've seen pretty much the same type of videos on the opposing side. And they were proving the biblical myths were historically accurate. I'm no scholar or historian to evaluate the arguments that both sides provide. I do agree that Christian scholars usually give indirect evidence. And the second vid is just raging atheist propaganda, cute but not as revealing as it claims to be.
Haha. of course they couldn't choose life, if it was possible than what is Jesus for?
In other words, nobody knows anything.