James Randi Speaks: Questioning the Bible

James Randi Speaks: Questioning the Bible.
Recorded 3/4/2009 at the James Randi Educational Foundation.

Lighting, Camera and Editing by:
Richard Montalvo (rmontalvo23@gmail.com)

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[krazyliljoo94]

@MayonR Mountains of evidence, I'd LOVE to see you show me a single thread of evidence that has nothing to do with the bible THAT WAS WRITTEN BY MAN

[MayonR]

@JeremiahCrow [[You have absolutely no idea if Jesus even existed.]] There is mountains of evidence for Jesus. The Biblical testimonies count as historically credible. and there is also extra biblical evidence. [[contained stories of virgin births and various other miraculous events ...you'd hardly take me seriously]] The miracles such as the virgin birth were prophesied before the actual event.Further the only way to corroborate a miracle is through the legal historical method.

[JeremiahCrow]

@MayonR The difference is that you do in fact have a prior track record for thinking your girlfriend would be a good wife. You have absolutely no idea if Jesus even existed. If I showed you a 2,000 year old, anonymously written manuscript which contained stories of virgin births and various other miraculous events and presented it as fact with absolutely no other evidence, you'd hardly take me seriously.

[sk8r4lyf6969]

In the first seconds after his intro he gets the birth of Christ wrong in the location. He grew up in nazareth but was born in bethlehem. Also a lot of the biblical stories were based about real historical events at the time. Such as Noah and the flood. Almost every ancient culture has a flood story which is probably due to the rising seas of glaciers melting then receding. The things that happened to Moses coincided with the eruption of santorini. The authors of the old testament are not the a

[MayonR]

@JeremiahCrow [[It all simply goes back to a faith issue.]] You probably have a false idea of what faith is.If you look at the etymology, faith is akin to certainty and veracity. If I had faith my girlfriend would make a good wife, I made that deduction after i met her, not before. Faith has a prior track record to go by. It is not some kind of arbitrary faith.

[MayonR]

@gr8vibes2 [[You think a guy who performs miracles at whim would have enemies?]] He didn't perform the miracles to gain notoriety. Just to demonstrate His deity. In fact He told His disciples not to reveal His true person hood.[[been beating down with logic]] Appealing to emotion is not logic my friend.