The Old Testament: Fact or Fiction?
The Old Testament: Fact or Fiction?
This paper will summarize only a few of the evidences and arguments for the validity of the Old Testament, many more can be found. I am neither a theologian nor a scholar, but I do have an accurate knowledge of the scripture of both the Old and New Testaments. I do know that the Old Testament is prophecy and the New Testament is the fulfillment of that prophesy. Without the Old Testament, the New Testament loses much of its importance. To say that the Old Testament is exaggerated, is to say that our God is not capable of performing vast miracles to keep his promises. I reject this idea. The first paragraph of this essay has nothing to do with anything; I just threw it in for flavor. If I have not provided references for any statement in my essay and you would like to see them, let me know and I will get them for you.
The Family Ties of Cain:
Is it apparent contradiction, or common misconception? I choose the latter. By Genesis 4:14, we have only heard about four people so far - Adam, Eve, Cain, and Able. Two questions arise: Why was Cain worried about being killed by others, and where did he get his wife (see 4:17)?
Adam and Eve had numerous children; they had been told to "fill the earth" (1:28). Cain's guilt and fear over killing his brother were heavy, and he probably feared repercussions from his family. If he was capable of killing, so were they. The wife Cain chose may have been one of his sisters or a niece. The human race was sill genetically pure, and there was no fear or side effects from marrying relatives.
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Reviews of: "The Old Testament: Fact or Fiction?"
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Great essay on old testment. I think this essay has a lot of good facts.
Not to begin a huge unstoppable religious debate, but the essay does not present any evidence of the Bible's "fact or fiction" status. You used your strong conviction to present quotes (scriptures) from the Bible to support your ideas, but if you are trying to validate the Bible, you must use hard eveidence from OUTSIDE the Bible.
The word of Jesus, as presented in the Bible does nothing more than if I write on cheathouse that Jesus says this site rocks. Its still word of mouth...and through the years, even if true, it could eventually be mis-translated as Jesus eats rocks, or Jesus rocks this site. Get the point?
The Ark, from Noah's Ark found in a mountain range (landlocked at that) is more what I'm talking about.
Good to have faith.....but in an argumentative paper, it's not enough. :)
the Cheathouse favorite Atheist,
--AoE
Very well written "but" being a person of faith and trying to write an argumentative paper can be difficult.
AoE was correct in stating that you should have added more "outside of the bible" proof instead of simply quoting scripture.
As a person of many faiths myself....I can say that people tend to take you more seriously if you can provide sources or proof from non biased entities.
Keep up the good work.
I changed a bit but the base of it was far better then I would of ever done I definately rate it 9/10 well done keep it up
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Circular reasoning...Am I even surprised?
Your argument essentially boils down to this. The Old Testament is true. We know this because Jesus said it was true. How do we know that Jesus really said this? Because it is in the Bible. How do we know the Bible is true? Because the Bible says the Bible is true. Sounds like pretty shodddy reasoning, now doesn't it?
If you want people to come to believe as you do, then you're going to have to provide some outside evidence.
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