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Old 10-27-2009, 11:40 PM
 
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Wrong again! IIRC the oldest known work of literature is the Epic of Gilgamesh.
It is not the oldest, and the Book of the Giants proves that the real Gilgamish was a giant, pre-flood.
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Old 10-28-2009, 01:54 PM
 
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The events of Genesis were prior to Gilgamesh....regardless of the dating of the age of manuscripts or the time in which they were recorded. Moses wrote Genesis long after the events took place.
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Old 10-28-2009, 02:06 PM
 
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Actually this is the olderst book

World's Oldest Book (Books) 10/28/09

Oldest religious text: Religious text - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The oldest known religious texts are Pyramid texts of Ancient Egypt that date to 2400-2300 BCE. The Epic of Gilgamesh from Sumeria is also one of the earliest literary works dating to 2150-2000 BCE, that includes various mythological figures . The Rigveda of Hinduism is proposed to have been composed between 1700–1100 BCE[1] making it possibly the world's oldest religious text still in use. The oldest portions of the Zoroastrian Avesta are believed to have been transmitted orally for centuries before they found written form, and although widely differing dates for Gathic Avestan (the language of the oldest texts) have been proposed, scholarly consensus floats at around 1000 BCE.[citation needed]

The first scripture printed for wide distribution to the masses was The Diamond Sutra, a Buddhist scripture, and is the earliest recorded example of a dated printed text, bearing the Chinese calendar date for 11 May 868 CE.
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Old 10-28-2009, 02:07 PM
 
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The events of Genesis were prior to Gilgamesh....regardless of the dating of the age of manuscripts or the time in which they were recorded. Moses wrote Genesis long after the events took place.
So says some book written long after the events by some guy.
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Old 10-28-2009, 02:10 PM
 
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Nothing exists that can prove genesis or the book of revelation, any more than we can prove that Alice's rabbit hole exists. quote]
I do not believe you exist.
You cannot prove to me or to anyone that you do exist.
If he walked up and gut-punched you, would you believe he exists or would that just be in your imagination?
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Old 10-28-2009, 02:11 PM
 
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It is not the oldest, and the Book of the Giants proves that the real Gilgamish was a giant, pre-flood.
Prove that it's not the oldest. When was your "book of Enoch" first discovered? As I recall...sometime in the 1700s...

Uh huh.
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Old 10-28-2009, 02:15 PM
 
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Prove that it's not the oldest. When was your "book of Enoch" first discovered? As I recall...sometime in the 1700s...

Uh huh.
Bet you will get...

Because it says so!!!
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Old 10-28-2009, 02:16 PM
 
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It is not the oldest, and the Book of the Giants proves that the real Gilgamish was a giant, pre-flood.
Yeshuasavedme these people on these forums are out in left field somewhere and the stands are empty. Why they bother I'll never know. I have challenged them for over 2 weeks now and all they say is they don't believe. Sin doesn't exist, no such thing as right and wrong or there is no evil in the world. It is laughable to me at this point. God has to attract themn to the Father. Many claim they believed before becoming atheists but you and I know they are only deceiving themselves because they never really believed they were simply trying to find an excuse not to believe because they loved the world and the things in it more than they loved God.
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Old 10-28-2009, 02:29 PM
 
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Yeshuasavedme these people on these forums are out in left field somewhere and the stands are empty. Why they bother I'll never know. I have challenged them for over 2 weeks now and all they say is they don't believe. Sin doesn't exist, no such thing as right and wrong or there is no evil in the world. It is laughable to me at this point. God has to attract themn to the Father. Many claim they believed before becoming atheists but you and I know they are only deceiving themselves because they never really believed they were simply trying to find an excuse not to believe because they loved the world and the things in it more than they loved God.
Why dont you prove anything you believe is real, you haven't challenged us at all. You say it is true yet you never provide proof, other than a book which is proof of nothing.. So far the only ones with empty stands are you and yeshu. Sin doesn't exist, right and wrong do, good and bad do. AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE DID OR DID NOT BELIEVE, so better just stop there.
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Old 10-28-2009, 02:33 PM
 
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Sin doesn't exist, no such thing as right and wrong or there is no evil in the world.
Who said there is no such thing as right and wrong? Link the quote, please.
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