Archaeology of the New Testament

[Cypress]

Nope!!!

Speculation < Hypothesis < Theory

 

[Into the Night]

There is nothing historical about Christianity.

"Historical" is a requirement category, and everything about Christianity falls outside the "historical" category,; instead, everything falls within the "belief" category.


False. It might very well have happened that a Jesus of Nazareth ministered, died and resurrected, but that is your non-historical religious belief.

IF Jesus of Nazareth ministered, died, and resurrected, then it is history. There is no other word for it in this case.
If not, then it is NOT history.

The fact that Christianity is a religion makes no difference.


Cyborg's mistake is that he applies a preconclusion to his descriptions of archaeology. This in and of itself forms a circular argument fallacy, since he is attempting to use such a conclusion as the predicate, and using that conclusion as an attempted proof.

An unusual form of fundamentalism, but fundamentalism it is, all the same.

As you know, I happen to be Christian. I don't need archaeology to prove anything to me (it's not even a proof!). I carry my own supporting evidence within me. It is based on faith, not proof.

 

[Into the Night]

Tomb of Saint Peter

I provisionally rank the reliability of this archeological evidence as 'more probable than not '.

Math errors: Failure to declare boundary. Failure to declare randX.

 

[Into the Night]

Denial of Logic should be your handle.

Inversion fallacy. You can't blame your problems on anybody else, Void.

 

[Into the Night]

All scholars of antiquity and all educated people consider archeology a valid form of knowledge and research.

Circular argument fallacy (fundamentalism).

 

[Into the Night]

You are disingenuously trying to substitute the word 'speculation' for the words theory and hypothesis. Sneaky.

Speculations are guesses.
Theories are based on the interpretation of empirical evidence and data by experts.
Theories are a legitimate form of knowledge.

Go learn English.

Speculations are guesses. The word also appears in stock markets, weather forecasts, and casinos.

A theory does not require an 'expert'. A theory is not an 'interpretation'. A theory does not even require empirical evidence. A conclusion is not evidence. Circular argument fallacy (fundamentalism).

Theories are not knowledge. They are a theory, nothing more. Nonscientific theories remain just that. ALL religions are based on nonscientific theory.

A theory of science MUST be falsifiable.

I theory does not come from a hypothesis. A hypothesis stems from a theory.

Do not blame your redefinitions on anybody else. Inversion fallacy. Redefinition fallacies.

 

[Into the Night]

Speculation < Hypothesis < Theory

Speculation has nothing to do with any theory. It does not stem from a hypothesis.
A hypothesis stems from a theory. A theory does not stem from a hypothesis.

A theory is a speculation, presented as an argument. It is not possible to prove any theory True. It is not possible to prove any nonscientific theory False. It IS possible to prove a scientific theory False. Such a falsification utterly destroys that theory.

 

[Melchizedek=Tecumseh]

Ok. The Bible says a lot of things, many of which don't make sense or, in this case, go against what is known to be true.

Jesus wasn't anything special when he was killed. He wasn't the son of god.

The Holy Spirit ,doesn't share your opinion!

 

[ZenMode]

Inversion fallacy. You can't blame your problems on anybody else, Void.

You can't blame your problems on anybody else.