> rbwinn wrote:
>

>> On Jun 7, 1:22?pm, Free Lunch wrote:

>>> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 12:09:24 -0700 (PDT), rbwinn juno.com> wrote
>>> in alt.atheism:

>>

>>>>> Once again, you misrepresent what people are telling you.

>>>

>>>>My behavior is unethical? ?I was the one saying that Hezekiah's tunnel
>>>>exists. ?What is unethical about saying something true?

>>>
>>> You have forgotten everything else you said? I don't believe that. I
>>> think you know exactly when you were lying and why. Don't make excuses
>>> for your behavior. Stop trying to distract us from what you did.
>>>
>>> Your answer here is just another intentionally misleading answer. You
>>> worship a pathetic god.- Hide quoted text -
>>>

>>
>> No, I did not forget anything about our conversation. It started when
>> you said that there is nothing on earth today that verifies anything
>> in the Bible. You did not even know about Hezekiah's tunnel.
>> Robert B. Winn

>
> He did not say that. And names of places or even a character or two does
> not make the story true. In essence that was what he said. Why is that
> so
> difficult for you to understand?
>
> Do you believe the story of Gone With The Wind was true? It does mention
> Atlanta, and plantations and the Civil War, and a few historical
> personsages correctly. But that does not mean the characters were real
> nor
> those events happened in their real lives.
>
> The same if true of the bible. Just because Jerusalem was a real city
> does
> not make the events or characters of any story true. Next I suppose you
> will tell us The Robe and The Silver Chalice are true stories because they
> mention the cities of Jerusalem and Rome.
>
> Here, let's take another story. Using your criteria we could have to say
> that The DaVinci Code is a true story because every city, every church,
> every building and every document listed in that book are verifiably real.
> They exist. So do you believe the DaVinci Code is a true story?
>