YECs

[Dicky Underpants]

Can you list the historical bits?

Not too much which can be proven to be historically true, but there are a few details which have corroboration from other sources. Check up on the Prism of Sennacheririb (There is also the Taylor Prism, another Assyrian artefact which gives similar details of events mentioned in the Bible.)

[Dicky Underpants]

Oh right, well he changed his mind then  .  His prerogative.

Trouble is, he changed his mind over some very important points. At one time, he admonished Christian believers for not getting scientifically informed, with the result that they were made to look stupid when they talked with pagans. Later he seemed to think that faith was all that was necessary, and one shouldn't bother with details of the physical world (beyond those necessary for staying alive).

[jeremyp]

Can you list the historical bits?

1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles are written as history and are widely regarded as having some basis in fact.

Daniel is written as prophecy but can be thought of as a historical source for the period in which it was written (the second century BCE).

[Brownie]

Trouble is, he changed his mind over some very important points. At one time, he admonished Christian believers for not getting scientifically informed, with the result that they were made to look stupid when they talked with pagans. Later he seemed to think that faith was all that was necessary, and one shouldn't bother with details of the physical world (beyond those necessary for staying alive).

Well he was a bit of a....wotsit.  Not my favourite of ecclesiastical people.

[ippy]

I wonder if these people believe in biblical stuff in spite of the lack of supporting evidence, what and how many other unlikely things they could be so easily persuaded to think are a part of normal every day life?

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