Is the Bible the Word of God ? Part IV

         If Hebrews were present in ancient Egypt. We must therefore find
archeological evidence of the presence of the Hebrew peoples.

         Ktemoc Konsiders Blogspot implies, that there were non. Perhaps
he was looking at the wrong place. The name YHWH  (Yahweh) can only
be associated to the Hebrew peoples. As proof, we can therefore look for
the Name Yahweh in Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts . Excerpts from the
archeological document. 

        It is generally accepted that the term Shasu means nomads or 
Bedouin people, referring primarily to the nomadic or semi-nomadic 
peoples of Syria-Palestine. There are two significant hieroglyphic 
references in New Kingdom period texts to an area called “the land of 
the Shasu of Yahweh.” Except for the Old Testament, these are the 
oldest references found in any ancient texts to the God Yahweh. The 
purpose of this paper is to study these two references and assess their 
possible importance in dating the Exodus account...

      So, clearly there was a nomadic tribe called the 'Shasu of Yahweh'
that settled in Ancient Egypt. Again, one can argue about timelines and
come out with another theory to dispute these findings. Again, the name 
Yod, Hey, Vav, Hey clearly only points to one peoples. The Israelites.
 
     We have come to the point where one would say.  Ok, there is a Creator
called Yahweh. What does it have to do with Christianity.  Here i would
say. Look at the name Yahweh in its original form. To the hebrews יהוה ,
the tetragrammaton,  when seen on ancient pictograms,  takes on a whole 
different meaning.     
 



If the Creater was going to reveal his name. Why would it be

Yod 'Arm and Hand',
Hey 'Lo ! Behold "The",
Vav, "Nail/ peg /add/ And ",
Hey 'Lo ! Behold "The"

Behold the Hand, Behold the Nail

It seems that the Hebrew Creator implied that one should,

Look at the Hand ! ,Look at the Nail !

Did i quote any Bible verses ? Did i refer to any passages in the Tanakh (Old Testament) ?
Did i quote any passages in the new testament ? Did i refer to any apocryphal, church
or, religious documents (talmud etc) ?

Is this purely coincidental or improbable ?

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

 

Is the Bible the Word of God ? Part II

         On the topic of a 'maker'. The creator of the universe. It is a topic that
i discussed in another article, Evolution atheists and all things considered
There, i gave empirical observations, why life is not, based on the probability
of chance. It is not possible that life as we see it, to exist, without a purposeful
designed creation.

         Often, Christian Apologists will argue from the point of an ontological 
viewpoint i.e. there cannot be a Moral Law without a Moral Law Giver, or
an apparent Designed Universe without an Intelligent Designer. These
arguments themselves are well put forth. So, i will not use those examples,
so as not to be accused of following the herd. I will posit my observation,
and it is up to the reader, to decide for themselves if i make sense.


          Here's the problem i have with Evolutionary Theory. The so called, if
given enough time, simple forms of life. Molecules evolve, to DNA, to Proteins,
to Cells and so forth .....  Evolutionary Statistics whereby life could probably
have occured by mutation. One study, estimated ~ 10²⁰ attempts
(mutations vs time) is flawed.  Here's why.

        It's not a matter of rolling the dice, and the next, and so forth. These building
blocks especially on a cellular level have to be complete for a cell to function.
Before you evolve to a higher life form. The lower life form has to be
completely functional. Human designed machines are built by design, to
operate by, trial, error, prototyping, and mass producing. Engineers use
terms like MTBF (mean time between failures), MTTF (mean time to failure)
and MTTFd (mean time to failure, dangerous condition)

      Cells are biological machines. A working cell i.e. its building blocks DNA,
RNA, protein structure must be complete for the Cell to propagate, and evolve.
How did the first protein structure evolve completely ? Here one would apply the
MTTFd component per cycle, per operation, per time. Every time something
failed (replicating, molecule arrangement, etc,etc). The process would have to
start from the beginning

      Hence, the number of attempts would look like 10²⁰  combined with MTTFd
repeatedly. Here's why, mutation versus time, is non-sequitur.  Scientist believe
that the universe had a beginning, and will have an ending, i.e. time without a
'maker' is finite. One estimate, is that, it is 13.72 billion years old. Assume, that to
account for error, it is 14 billion years old.  If one assumed, 1 mutation per second,
we've only had 7.3584 * 10¹⁵  attempts/sec so far.  Hence, we have not even
completed one cycle of probability !!!