Responses:Hi Rocio Joya
I have read your post, and I find it inarguably interesting. Indeed you have talked about the common misconception that most people usually have. I also want to add that I have always found archeological findings fascinating. Dr. Smith echoes an idea in (introduction to the bible part 3, 10:25) ” if our God is a God of truth, then these archeological findings are going to be manifested in the bible.” As a Christian, I couldn’t agree more on that note. The psalmist echoes the same thing in a way and notes in psalms (85:11) that “the truth shall spring out from the earth.”
I also agree with you that God’s truth cannot be tested by human understanding. (Ecc 8: 16-17) states that ” I tried to understand all that happens on earth, I saw all that God had done. Nobody can understand what God does on earth”. I conclude, therefore, we should be good students fr both the bible and archeological findings and pray that God will give us the understanding we need rather than trying to prove which one is more right or wrong. Thank you.
Hi Jana Jones
The fantastic post you have there. I concur with your illustration that archeologists challenge the interpretation of a written source. I want to add that we lose a lot as Christians if, for whatever reasons, we choose to ignore a specific test over the other. Striving to understand both pieces of work is the pinnacle of a good student and Christian, for that matter. Dr smith video in ( video part 3, 10:22) illustrates, ” we should be earnest students of the bible and archeological findings and utilize them to understand things. Lastly, it is also true, as you have mentioned, that methods used to date archeological findings could have a lot of errors, and that’s why we should often view the two as illuminating one another. Thank you.