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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
1. The temporal leaders of the day.
2. The religious leaders and their form of government in the first century
3. a myriad of cities with details concerning them.
4. Several accounts of occupations found in the first century
5. Roman and religious laws of the first century.
6. Shipping routes and practices including a rather unique account of a ship wreck.
7. Intimate knowledge of Roman and Jewish usage of time and language
So what have they dug up belonging to the Cree Indians that date between 1230 BC and 1190 BC? Because I mean if the haven't found anything within that 40 year period that would constitute proof in your eyes that they didn't exist for that forty years.
Your argument is silly and demonstrates the unjust standard you apply to the biblical narrative. Fortunately you don't represent the many archaeologists who as a rule will look objectively at any ancient text to find clues as where to dig for long buried history.
Ahh... The old guilty until proven innocent arguement. Yah I mean why shouldn't we just assume every man is a liar? Which begs the question: why are we talking at all. I mean we both are probably lying right now or at least repeating lies we've been told. You probably don't know a thing about this topic but, rather are making things up as you go along. Sheesh!
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Its called shifting the burden of proof to the negative, which is a logical fallacy. FOr example, say you are arguing with someone who says Santa Clause is very real, and has 9 flying reindeer that pull his sleigh round the world on Christmas Eve. Noticing the extraordinary claims this person is making you demand evidence for his claim; he turns around and says, "You cannot disprove the existence of Santa Clause".
Of course you can't disprove the existence of Santa Clause, just like you can't disprove the existence of God, the tooth fairy, hob-goblins or a teapot that's orbitting the sun. There are countless things you cannot disprove, and that's not the point. Claims require evidence, before said claim can be considered provable. You are doing exactly what the guy in my Santa Clause example is doing.