Smorgasbord
Debating - A reply to Mark McFall's article.
Objectively
Commenting on a Believer's Objective Comments on Evidence for the
Resurrection - A reply
to Mark McFall's attempt to find evidence for the resurrection in the
New Testament
gospels.
Added 01/22/05
The Mary Magdalene
Problem - Farrell Till replies to Robert Turkel's Tomb
Visitor Checklist. Added 11/26/05.
Turkel's "Solution" to the Mary-Magdalene Problem - Farrell Till replies to another attempt by Robert Turkel to solve the Mary-Magdalene problem. Added 9/04/06.
Turkel's "Solution" to the Mary-Magdalene Problem - Farrell Till replies to another attempt by Robert Turkel to solve the Mary-Magdalene problem. Added 9/04/06.
How Long Were
the Children of Israel in Egypt? The claim in Exodus 12:40
that the children of
Israel sojourned in Egypt for 430 years is inconsistent with other
biblical texts.
Added 05/04/04
The 210-Year
"Solution" - A companion article to the above that addresses a
"solution" that really
isn't.
Added 05/04/04
The Two-Amrams
"Solution" - Another companion article to the above that addresses
a "solution" that
really isn't.
Added 05/25/04
The
Symbolic-Generations "Solution" - Another companion article to the
above that addresses
a "solution" that really isn't.
Added 05/25/04
The Finley
"Solution" - Another companion article to the above that addresses
another "solution"
that really isn't.
Added 08/04/04
The Land That
Till Forgot - A Bible believer tries to recycle the 210-year
solution.
Added 10/20/04
The
Sparrow Gets His Wings Clipped Again - A reply to David Sparrow's
attempt to solve the
430-year problem in Exodus 12:40.
Added 10/21/04
How Could
Hezron and Hamul Have Gone into Egypt with Jacob? - A chronological
discrepancy in the
lives of Joseph and his brother Judah is exposed.
Added 09/04/04
How Many
Children of Israel Went into Egypt? - An exposure of discrepancies
in the Genesis-46
list of Jacob's descendants who went into Egypt.
Added 09/05/04
Plagued
By
Inconsistencies - Part One - An analysis of logistic impossibility
in the first of the
Egyptian plagues.
Added 12/13/05
Plagued
By
Inconsistencies - Part Two - An examination of silliness in the
story of the plague of
frogs.
Added 12/15/05
Plagued
By
Inconsistencies - Part Three - An examination of the inconsistent
references to Egyptian
livestock after the Exodus writer had said that "all the livestock of
Egypt" had died in
the plague of murrain.
Added 1/2/06
Plagued
By
Inconsistencies - Part Four - An examination of more discrepancies
that resulted from
obvious exaggerations in the plague accounts.
Added 1/14/06
Chronological
Problems in the Book of Daniel - A chronological inconsistency in
the first two chapters
of Daniel is exposed.
Added 07/04/06
Darius the Son
of Ahashuerus? - The claim that "Darius the Mede" was the son of
Ahashuerus is shown to
be impossible.
Added 07/04/06
A Father/Son
Discrepancy in Daniel - The claim that Nebuchadnezzar was the
father of Belshazzar is
shown to be historically inaccurate.
Added 07/04/06
Darius the
Mede - The claim that "Darius the Mede" captured Babylon and
reigned before Cyrus the
Persian is shown to be historically questionable.
Added 07/04/06
Population
and the Size of the Hebrew Camps - The accuracy of census figures
in the book of Numbers
is assumed to show that the Hebrews who left Egypt would have numbered
at least 2.5
million.
Added 03/08/05
The Size of the Hebrew Camps -
The Hebrew census figures are used to
show what the minimum size of the Hebrew camps would have been.
Added 03/08/05
Added 03/08/05
Sacrifices and the Size of the
Hebrew Camps -The Hebrew sacrificial
laws are examined to show the logistical improbability that they could
have been practiced in the Sinai wilderness.
Added 03/08/05
What About the Meal
Offerings? - The meal offering requirements are
examined to show the improbability that enough grain could have been
found in the Sinai region to practice these sacrifices.
Added 03/08/05
Where Did They Get the Wood? -
The burnt-offering requirements are
examined to show the improbability that enough wood would have been
available in the Sinai region to offer the sacrifices commanded and to
keep the fire on the altar burning perpetually.
Added 03/08/05
Yahweh's Quails - Logistical
impossibilities are examined in the story
of the quails that Yahweh sent to the Hebrew camp.
Added 03/08/05
Another Problem with the Quails
- A discrepancy in the story of the
quails is examined.
Added 03/08/05
At Least the Priests Had Meat -
The logistical impossibility of just
four priests being able to eat all of the meat from animal sacrifices
is examined.
Added 03/08/05
Added 03/08/05
Getting the Whole
Congregation Together - The impossibility of all of
the adults in a nation of three million gathering at one time in front
of the tabernacle is shown.
Added 03/08/05
When Nature Called -
Sanitation problems in Yahweh's plan for human
waste disposal is examined.
Added 03/08/05
The Water Problem - The enormous
problem of finding water for three
million people and their large herds of livestock in the Sinai region
is examined.
Added 03/09/05
Clothes with Lifetime Warranties - The enormous
problem of keeping millions clothed for 40 years in the Sinai region
is examined. Added 4/12/08
What Priests? - An anachronistic reference to
priests before the ordinations of Aaron and his sons is examined. Added 4/12/08
Samson: The Hebrew Version of the
Strong-Man Myth - This is not a part
of the original Twilight-Zone series, but it complements the original
articles.
Added 08/04/05
What Will the Bible Tell the Court?
- A satirical look at a murderer's
attempt to justify his crime by the Bible.
Added 03/16/05
Biblical Babble about Babel - A
look at absurdities in the biblical
story of the Tower of Babel.
Added 03/16/05
Ouch! - A look at silliness
in the rite of circumcision.
Added
03/16/05
When All Is Not All - An
examination of silliness in the story of
Aaron's changing all the water in Egypt into blood.
Added 03/16/05
Pharaoh, the Nincompoop - An
examination of conduct that showed Pharaoh
to be rather dimwitted.
Added 03/16/05
The Amazing Livestock of Egypt
- An examination of the exaggerated
resilience of Egyptian livestock during the plagues.
Added
03/16/05
Those Resilient Heathens
- A look at biblical silliness in stories of
heathen nations, which were said to have been "utterly destroyed" only
to appear in later Bible stories.
Added 03/16/05
Great Balls of Fire! - A
satirical look at Yahweh's apparent aversion
to crushed testicles.
Added 03/16/05
Scooping and Copping -
Silly laws that Yahweh required of his "chosen
ones."
Added 03/16/05
Love Thy Sister - The
silliness of the Levirate law is
shown.
Added 03/16/05
A Story Your Sunday School
Teacher Never Told You - A biblical tale of
debauchery and murder that started an intratribal war.
Added
03/16/05
How to Inquire of Yahweh
- An incredible tale of how the Israelites
kept inquiring of their god after he had twice led them into defeats.
Added 03/16/05
Even Holy Massacres Can Have
Their Drawbacks - The silly results of the
intratribal holy war are examined.
Added 03/16/05
Pioneers of Loophole Religion
- The Israelite rationalization of a
problem they had created shows that loophole religion is as old as the
Bible.
Added 03/16/05
Child Abuse Yahweh's Way - A
great "hero of faith" considered loyalty
to an oath more important than the life of his own daughter.
Added 03/16/05
Talk to the Animals - A
silly tale about a talking donkey.
Added
03/16/05
