--- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What would you say is the scientific accuracy of > anything in the Bible? I am asking you because you > seem to question the accuracy of scientific methods > like radiocarbon dating. Would 195,000 years be > outside the margin of accuracy of Biblical dates? > The > Omo I modern human fossils are dated to be 195,000 > years old using potassium-argon and geological > dating. >
Bible history is full of metaphors, IMHO. Flaming sword - was it describing something like a laser gun a la Star Wars? Was the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah a nuclear destruction? Was the "ascension" of Elijah a flight by a something similar to a helicopter ("wheels within wheels")? We have similar legends and stories in Greek Mythology, Arabian Nights, and the Mahabharata. Two "heavenly" arrows destroying one another in mid-air (Mahabharata) seems uncannily like the Patriot missiles destroying Saddam's missiles in Gulf War 1. Flying carpets / horses - could they be a way of describing planes in common everyday language when planes no longer existed? In other words - has man "reinvented" himself after some mighty catastrophe in the far past? As I understand Einstein is said to have stated at one time, "I don't know what weapons will be used in WWIII, but surely WWIV will be fought with stones". My 2 cents' worth ... Gabriel de Figueiredo Melbourne - Australia. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com