I think you are argueing a claim that cannot be proven false.
(DAVE 5/1) Ian: My point exactly - it cannot be proven true either. At
least not with what we now know. There can only be an "assumption" of a
contradiction, as the claimant cannot know for sure - that is all I'm saying
- no one knows where Moserath or Mt Hor were, so how can one say that they
ARE in two different spots? And how can I, or anyone, defend or argue an
"assumed" contradiction when there is no further info available to me then
to the claimant? I can't.
Ian
I have
previously brought forth that with all the other wilderness areas and
plains, that it would be difficult at best to state that Moserath could
be an area. Even if it were an area, it is doubtful if it would be
larger than that of Mt. Hor.
(DAVE 5/1) Ian: I acknowledge this - I can't argue with your assumption
with any evidence of my own. I can only use "maybes" as well in discussing
Moserath - could it have been an area? or a landmark? or a watering hole?
etc. All good guesses, but nothing conclusive.
Ian
I am hoping the Egytian Embassy will send me a map of the Sinai
Peninsula and hope that you had enough initiative to end for one
yourself as I suggested.
(DAVe 5/1) Ian: Initiative, yes. Time, no. I'm working every day about
14-15 hours - on top of that, my dad has taken seriously ill and is in ICU -
I am trying to post one or two a day, but can't get anything else done right
now. I am looking forward to what info you get from them - that is a good
idea to ask them.
Ian
Of course, this won't give us each and every spot noted in the Bible,
but it should give enough, along with the very poor maps I have from
some religious books to show how they traveled.
(DAVE 5/1) Ian: Agreed.
Ian
How you or anyone else can argue for Bible inerrancy is rather difficult
for me to comprehend.
(DAVE 5/1) Ian: Fair enough. It is difficult to argue it at times.
Ian
I understand that there are some 2,000
discrepancies
(DAVE 5/1) Ian: "Assumed" discrepancies, as we can see with this one - we
don't know these to be contradictions for certain.
Ian
but even if there were only one tenth that many and each
one had a 50-50 chance of being right, that still puts the odds of the
Bible having an error at 1.6069 X 10^60 to 1.
(DAVE 5/1) Ian: First you have to consider what percentage of these
"assumed" discrepancies actually are discrepancies, before you begin
calculating probabilities.
Ian
I do agree with you that the last 38 years, after the yellow Hebrew
Horde refused to fight that they were led around by Almighty Yhwh and
that they were not lost. But what about the first two years? If your
Yhwh knew enough to lead them around in circles for 38 years, he
certainly knew enough to get them to Canaan Land in a mere two years -
wouldn't you say?
(DAVE 5/1) Ian: Agreed, I believe he "knew" enough - why he didn't I have
no idea. I don't have much to argue with you here as there is little you
are asserting in the way of "error". I acknowledge your points as fair
ones, and respect them as such. I can ask the same question about myself -
if Jesus is "with me always", and God loves me, why do I experience
struggles in life? Why not just skip right to heaven and pass this period
of my existence? Why is expediency not the way God does things always?
Good questions - I don't know the specific answers.
regards.
Dave.