David Court wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I think you are argueing a claim that cannot be proven false.
>
> (DAVE 5/1) Ian: My point exactly - it cannot be proven true either. At
> least not with what we now know. There can only be an "assumption" of a
> contradiction, as the claimant cannot know for sure - that is all I'm saying
> - no one knows where Moserath or Mt Hor were, so how can one say that they
> ARE in two different spots? And how can I, or anyone, defend or argue an
> "assumed" contradiction when there is no further info available to me then
> to the claimant? I can't.
>
> Ian
> I have
> previously brought forth that with all the other wilderness areas and
> plains, that it would be difficult at best to state that Moserath could
> be an area. Even if it were an area, it is doubtful if it would be
> larger than that of Mt. Hor.
>
> (DAVE 5/1) Ian: I acknowledge this - I can't argue with your assumption
> with any evidence of my own. I can only use "maybes" as well in discussing
> Moserath - could it have been an area? or a landmark? or a watering hole?
> etc. All good guesses, but nothing conclusive.
>
> Ian
> I am hoping the Egytian Embassy will send me a map of the Sinai
> Peninsula and hope that you had enough initiative to end for one
> yourself as I suggested.
>
> (DAVe 5/1) Ian: Initiative, yes. Time, no. I'm working every day about
> 14-15 hours - on top of that, my dad has taken seriously ill and is in ICU -
> I am trying to post one or two a day, but can't get anything else done right
> now. I am looking forward to what info you get from them - that is a good
> idea to ask them.
>
> Ian
> Of course, this won't give us each and every spot noted in the Bible,
> but it should give enough, along with the very poor maps I have from
> some religious books to show how they traveled.
>
> (DAVE 5/1) Ian: Agreed.
>
> Ian
> How you or anyone else can argue for Bible inerrancy is rather difficult
> for me to comprehend.
>
> (DAVE 5/1) Ian: Fair enough. It is difficult to argue it at times.
>
> Ian
> I understand that there are some 2,000
> discrepancies
>
> (DAVE 5/1) Ian: "Assumed" discrepancies, as we can see with this one - we
> don't know these to be contradictions for certain.
>
> Ian
> but even if there were only one tenth that many and each
> one had a 50-50 chance of being right, that still puts the odds of the
> Bible having an error at 1.6069 X 10^60 to 1.
>
> (DAVE 5/1) Ian: First you have to consider what percentage of these
> "assumed" discrepancies actually are discrepancies, before you begin
> calculating probabilities.
>
> Ian
> I do agree with you that the last 38 years, after the yellow Hebrew
> Horde refused to fight that they were led around by Almighty Yhwh and
> that they were not lost. But what about the first two years? If your
> Yhwh knew enough to lead them around in circles for 38 years, he
> certainly knew enough to get them to Canaan Land in a mere two years -
> wouldn't you say?
>
> (DAVE 5/1) Ian: Agreed, I believe he "knew" enough - why he didn't I have
> no idea. I don't have much to argue with you here as there is little you
> are asserting in the way of "error". I acknowledge your points as fair
> ones, and respect them as such. I can ask the same question about myself -
> if Jesus is "with me always", and God loves me, why do I experience
> struggles in life? Why not just skip right to heaven and pass this period
> of my existence? Why is expediency not the way God does things always?
>
> Good questions - I don't know the specific answers.
>
> regards.
>
> Dave.