Archaeologists: Carbon-dated camel bones contradict biblical accounts

[ashling]

Archaeologists at Tel Aviv University in Israel said they have determined that camels were not domesticated until much later than depicted in the Bible, the International Business Times reported on Wednesday.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/05/archaeologists-carbon-dated-camel-bones-contradict-biblical-accounts/

[uriel1972]

1. Shhhhh.. don't you know we're not allowed to contradict the Bible.nt

[Avalux]

2. Carbon dating is bogus!

Creationist nutjob Ken Ham made that very clear in his 'debate' with Bill Nye the other night. He also thinks natural laws of physics were different in the past, therefore justifying his belief that the earth is 6k years old.

[Kali]

8. I just saw that

you can't prove anything about the past because YOU WEREN'T THERE!!!

Man, those people scare the shit out of me.

fucking loons

[Avalux]

9. My question to the loons:

Was anyone there to witness their account of creation? How do they know the bible's 'historical' account is accurate? And to that I'm sure their answer would be that god told them. It's magic!!!

[sharp_stick]

3. Good thing that carbon dating is just science

so it's useless according to every bible thumper around.

[hedgehog]

4. I read that a long time ago - but it makes perfect sense that the Bible has this mistake.

If rich people in your day have herds of sheep, goats, cattle and camels, and if Great-great-great.....great grandpa was a rich dude with herds of animals, and you have no access to Wiki, it's reasonable to assume that Great (etc) had camels.

[Iggo]

5. The bible is not a reliable source.

[kairos12]

6. With the fundies this won't get you over the hump.

[HarveyDarkey]

7. Maybe they'll correct this in the next edition...

[Autumn]

10. They were confused.

A camel looks very much like a dinosaur.

[Xyzse]

11. Well, if you want something else

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2553798/Earliest-human-footprints-outside-Africa-discovered-NORFOLK-800-000-year-old-imprints-shed-light-movement-ancient-ancestors.html

The earliest footprints left by humans outside Africa have been found in estuary mud in Norfolk.

Described as 'the most important discovery on British shores', the 800,000-year-old footprints were found in Happisburgh after being exposed by sea tides.


Scientists believe the footprints are evidence of the earliest known humans in northern Europe, previously only revealed through the discovery of animal bones and stone tools.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. This is not new information

Years ago (like when I was in college, so a lot of years ago), I was reading a commentary on Genesis, and in discussing the story of Abraham's servant meeting Rebecca at the well and asking her for some water. He has prayed that God show him who would be a good wife for Isaac by asking that the young girl he asks for water also offer to provide water for his camels. The commentary said something like, "At the time this story is supposed to have been taken place, there were no camels in the Middle East. The original version of the story probably featured donkeys instead of camels."

So no camels in the Middle East? I knew that over forty years ago.

I love it when atheists go "nya-nya-nya" at something in the Bible that isn't literally true. Mainline (a technical term for the non-fundamentalist denominations) Christians have known that for hundreds of years. In fact, the tradition of interpreting the Bible on many levels is as old as Christianity itself, according to a friend of mine who is an expert on the ancient world.

It's like the atheists need a caricature to react to.

It's similar to what the Soviets anti-religious campaigns did. They actually thought that they easily wipe out religion by pointing out that the Bible wasn't literally true. It didn't work, because in the Orthodox Church in particular, they've always been more about allegory and mysticism than about Biblical literalism.

[ashling]

13. Well, I never said that it was late breaking news

I gather that you went to a religious affiliated college in the 70s. I was at Millsaps College (Methodist) 70 -75.

I remember taking Old Testament. The first thig the professor did was hold up a bible . . . and drop it on the floor.