Uriah1024 t1_j3t4fm2 wrote
Reply to comment by StrategicBean in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Being a bit of a Biblical scholar myself and a believer in its message, I'm both extremely interested and grateful for this work.
The entire premise of God is built around a truth claim, and posits that truth is both what leads us into being like God, but also understanding God. And regardless, I made a vow to follow the truth wherever it may lay.
My worldview has been shattered enough times now to seek out what's needed to form a better one. My hope is the others, both professional and layman people, follow this work and leverage it to improving where we stand.
The world would be a far better place if the church, religion, and all involved were not plagued by fakes, forgeries, lies, and more.
StrategicBean t1_j3tak9o wrote
I'm not talking about religion. & He isn't either from what I read in the article. But maybe that's just me
These scrolls & monuments & pieces of clay have humongous historical value. It's true as well that they have religious value to many but the religious part is beside the point from what I can tell
Just like we'd love to find a first edition of the first time someone wrote down the poems of Homer - in 2018 they found a clay tablet which reportedly "may be the oldest written record of Homer's epic tale, the Odyssey, ever found in Greece" which is the same kind of cool https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44779492
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