Is the Bible the Word of God ? Part III

                  Is the probability, that life in the universe, the result of
chance ? Why do atheists refer to chance as rational, when their
assumptions don't add up. I am reminded of a quote from Sherlock
Holmes:

"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated 
the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must 
be the truth?"

Sherlock Holmes Quote

 -The Sign of Four

                  Is there bias in Science ? Each time unexplained phenomena
arises. New theories arise to try to support these phenomenons. It is, as if, to
say. Lets give chance, a chance. Punctuated Equilibrium tries to explain
the sudden explosion of life during the Cambrian Explosion. A multi-verse
universe explains why the universe is finely-tuned

             Hence, when you eliminate the impossible. You are left with the
improbable. If life is not chance, then there must be an Intelligent Designer.
Why is this important ?  It is important, if there are consequences, whether
a relationship,  exists between creator and created. Hence, religions posit
a deity, or deities, or rebirth, and the created. Atheists often correctly point
out that there were many gods, many copy-cat messiahs, virgin birth, and
sacrificial accounts in different holy texts.

            Now, follow me closely. As Raja Petra mentioned. I cannot use the
Bible as proof. Here is the narrative that places the Creator Yod, Hey, Vav, Hey
at the centre of the Story of Humankind. An excerpt from a history course on
civilizations

   The Hebrews, a Semitic-speaking people, first appeared in Mesopotamia. 
For instance, Abraham's family were native to Sumer. But between 1900 and 
1500 B.C., the Hebrews migrated from Mesopotamia to Canaan and then into 
Egypt. At this time, a tribe of Hebrews who claimed to be the descendants of 
Abraham began to call themselves Israelites ("soldiers of God"). The Hebrews 
were enslaved by the Egyptian pharaohs until 1250 B.C. when their leader, 
Moses, led them on an exodus out of Egypt to the Sinai peninsula. Moses 
persuaded his followers to become worshipers of Yahweh or Jehovah.

~ The Akkadians, Egyptians and the Hebrews

            

It is a fact that the Hebrew nation was in mortal conflict with these surrounding
nations. Essentially, foreign gods, too many to mention by name. However,
significant to the historicity of how the exodus out of Egypt is narrated.
Essentially, the God of Israel's challenge to the god's of Egypt and the
accounts of the Supernatural. Egyptian papyrus on the Exodus account.
This is a jealous God who takes on other god's.

In an earlier blog, i mentioned the discovery of the Ipuwer Papyrus Manuscript
which parallels the events of the Exodus in the Tanakh. While secular historians
dispute its correlation. It is clear, it makes mention of one called the 'Lord of All'
Notable, Egyptologist Roland Enmarch

  'acknowledges that there are some textual parallels "particularly the striking 
statement that ‘the river is blood and one drinks from it’ (Ipuwer 2.10), and the 
frequent references to servants abandoning their subordinate status 
(e.g. Ipuwer 3.14–4.1; 6.7–8; 10.2–3). On a literal reading, these are similar 
to aspects of the Exodus account." '

They, the Egyptians witnessed and wrote the accounts of what happened to them
paralleling the Tanakh. Separate cultures , separate narrations, witnessing the
same event. One may consider this improbable, but certainly holds more
water, than those who think chance, is a more plausible answer. 


In part iv, i will discuss what is significant about the name Yod, Hey, Vav, Hey