Should The Bible be renamed Hebrew Myths and Legends?
Actually, I would prefer “Popular Middle-Eastern Myths and Legends, second edition” It should also come with a warning label, on the count of all the violence, rape, incest, slavery and sexist overtones found in it. Children really should not be exposed to that kind of material without understanding the barbaric and superstitious nature of the people who wrote it. I am not sure too many adults understand it but, it sure ain’t for kids.
Sir William Ramsay, one of history’s greatest archaeologists, devoted 25 years of his life to using archaeology to disprove, or at least discredit, the Bible book of the Acts of the Apostles which describes early Christianity. In the end his conclusion was that its writer, the doctor Luke, was among the first rank of historians and there was every reason to trust his record of events, events which formed the sequel to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Now if the Bible passes all the tests which we can reasonably apply, and if we’re satisfied, on a purely factual and historical basis, that it’s authentic and trustworthy, then surely now it’s worth considering its claim to be God’s communication to us. Near the end of the fourth Gospel we read: ‘And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name’ ( Joh
