# Are verifiable facts/artifacts mentioned in the Bible taken as proof of divinity?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 22, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-verifiable-facts-artifacts-mentioned-in-the-bible-taken-as-proof-of-divinity/430963 "2007-12-22T20:21:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-verifiable-facts-artifacts-mentioned-in-the-bible-taken-as-proof-of-divinity/430963/81 "2007-12-29T22:10:27Z")

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[QUOTE=lekatt]  
Not answering from the Christian view, but the spiritual view.

I remember years ago when I first talked to spirit I was told certain things were true, but later was told certain things that seemed to conflict with the previous teachings. When I asked, spirit said we tell you those things you can understand and as you grow spiritually we give you more knowledge to work with. I accepted this explanation and began to work at those things I knew were beneficial like learning to love.  
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So…spirit pulled the old switcheroo on ya? How can you trust anything if spirit keeps changing the rules?

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**Author:** ![petew83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@petew83](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petew83)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-verifiable-facts-artifacts-mentioned-in-the-bible-taken-as-proof-of-divinity/430963/82 "2007-12-30T04:18:09Z")

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Dogmatic people endorse whatever new discovery helps confirm what they already believe.

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**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2007, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-verifiable-facts-artifacts-mentioned-in-the-bible-taken-as-proof-of-divinity/430963/83 "2007-12-30T09:12:51Z")

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[QUOTE=kanicbird]  
**DMC** your cite is very biased this short except to me tells it all in a very symbolic form:  
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So does the preface **not** say what the cite says it does? That’s what I went by, and assuming it does, I stand behind my statement to the OP.

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