Is the bible....

theloudroom · #31 09-12-2005, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by aznpoopy

and the fact remains that the OT is probably one of the oldest that is *still* in mass circulation.

Aesop's Fables, 6th century BC
The Art of War, 4th century BC
The Tao-te Ching, 6th century BC
The Illiad, 800BC
The Odyssey, 800BC

http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html

....and the Greeks were WAY better than the Romans anyways.

The Bible's old, but there are hundreds of significant works that are older.

I don't mean to shit on you, but IMO there are LOTS of important books older than the bible.

aznpoopy · #32 09-13-2005, 07:46 AM

HAH

i totally forgot about homer...

and i'm always telling people i like classical greek and roman history...i blame brad pitt entirely...

i still say those books were written around the same period as the torah was being composed...

but since i did say the bible and not the torah; you are right... bible ot + nt is a much later work then torah or the books you listed.

btw enuma elish totally blows those away... dated to "at least" 1700 BC. if you like old texts, definintely go check it out. ^_^

Carbine 556 · #33 01-03-2006, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by yzf-r1

evolution (adaptation/speciation/genetic drift) is rock solid science, but it has NOTHING to do with origins

how does evolution have nothing to do with orgins, we orginated from a monkey, that evolved from something, and so on...

... damn i had a whole speech for you earlier today but cant remember.... something to do with evolution and adam and eve.... i dunno i will come back to me at some point

ComradeGiant · #34 01-03-2006, 01:36 AM

One beef I will pick here: The Judeo Christian world is not the only one that records a flood. Many of the American and Asian cultures have stories of a flood that wiped out the world.

I had heard you wouldn't be joining us here. Welcome, I look forward to some DoO style joy in the near future.