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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:34 AM Original message |
Did anyone watch History Channel's "Battles BC" about King David this weekend? |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. As far as I know there isn't any historical evidence he ever existed. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Whose "historical evidence"? Stormfront's? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. How about you provide some concrete solid evidence? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. That is the point: there is NO historical evidence |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Who's "we"? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I would guess he was referring to the archeological world |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. That would be "we" in a general sense |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. There have been several documentaries on this topic. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. And you buy it because it's a "documentary"?? LOL! |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Back for more? |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Yes, backed by scholarly research and peer reviewed books. |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. What would stormfront have to do with questioning the existence of King David? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Wouldn't surprise me a bit |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. That is beside the point |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. what?! robin hood is a myth? now my day is ruined..lol |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. To play Devil's Advocate: Troy, Mycenae, and the Minoans were once thought to be fairy tales, too. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. The issue is not about cities that stood for centuries |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:28 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Sweetie, those cities disappeared centuries ago. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. What I was saying is that the legenday figure was porbably not real but he was based on a real... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I sit corrected |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's hard to read the account in the Bible because it's a little disturbing. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Genocide is genocide |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Really? Who didn't? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. And how many of those are revered as major religious figures |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
41. A fight, you flamebaiter? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. You do realize what trap you're in when you compare David to Hitler? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. Leaders who are labeled "great" tend to have a high body count. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Alexander the Great isn't revered as a major religious figure |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. David is revered as a major religious figure? By whom? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Now you're just being deliberately obtuse, and putting words in my mouth |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Still, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. "To what level is he revered in your perception?" |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. That doesn't say much |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Seems like it to me. |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I truly don't understand the charge of antisemitism |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I think it's just a knee jerk reaction to a revered figure. |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Wrestling is not fake |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Golly, why could that be? |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Questioning the historicity of David does not negate that the kingdoms existed |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 05:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. And don't even ask about David and women! Oy! |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Who reveres |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. Thomas Cahill's book "The Gift of the Jews" is an interesting account. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Cahill is an Irish name? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yes, he says he's Irish. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. It was an interesting series |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. You don't need the History Channel to see that |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. He sure was a bloodthirsty bastard... |
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