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I think "the dog ate my homework" excuse has been well tried over the years, Phil. Is it not possible that these tablets are merely a literary metaphor or am I just being a cynic?Philosophy Explorer wrote: You already know the tablets have been lost for many years
Your first mention of tablets was in response to me telling you that there were six hundred and thirteen Commandments not ten. Your OPPhilosophy Explorer wrote:
Check my OP again as that is not what I said. In the meantime you are contradicting my online dictionary - whose word do
you think I will accept for the Ten Commandments? Yours when you are not a recognized authority or my online dictionary
My online dictionary is right about the Ten Commandments and that settles it. My OP does mention the Ten Commandments which is what I base this thread on (btw the OT starts off with the five books of the Pentateuch).surreptitious57 wrote:Your first mention of tablets was in response to me telling you that there were six hundred and thirteen Commandments not ten. Your OPPhilosophy Explorer wrote:
Check my OP again as that is not what I said. In the meantime you are contradicting my online dictionary - whose word do
you think I will accept for the Ten Commandments? Yours when you are not a recognized authority or my online dictionary
never mentioned them. Your online dictionary is wrong. You can check that by reading from the four books of the Old Testament I quoted
It's possible, but more likely the tablets really did exist. They're mentioned a number of times in the Bible, their importance to the Israelites can't be overstated, they've been housed in the Temple for many years, and certain other stories are turning out to be fact (e.g. King David and the city of Troy). Isn't it also true that for the Babylonians, they had their law encoded on tablets too?Obvious Leo wrote:I think "the dog ate my homework" excuse has been well tried over the years, Phil. Is it not possible that these tablets are merely a literary metaphor or am I just being a cynic?Philosophy Explorer wrote: You already know the tablets have been lost for many years
That settles it then. Blokes living for nearly a thousand years are also mentioned several times and so surely that can't be bullshit either.Philosophy Explorer wrote: They're mentioned a number of times in the Bible,
How many of the Ten Commandments do people break on average?Obvious Leo wrote:That settles it then. Blokes living for nearly a thousand years are also mentioned several times and so surely that can't be bullshit either.Philosophy Explorer wrote: They're mentioned a number of times in the Bible,
I can't actually believe that I'm arguing over the factual nuances of a suite of fairy tales, Phil, so why don't you get to the point you're trying to make.
No not if they were given to Moses by GodPhilosophy Explorer wrote:
more likely the tablets really did exist
Are you saying they never existed? That they weren't carried around in an ark? And that they didn't rest in the Temple for many years? What a bummer!surreptitious57 wrote:No not if they were given to Moses by GodPhilosophy Explorer wrote:
more likely the tablets really did exist
I thought Harrison Ford had got them.Obvious Leo wrote: Which tablets would they be, Phil? One would think that in the modern age a photograph of them would be available online somewhere but I've drawn a blank. In which museum might I find these tablets?
Actually they're resting in a government warehouse.Harbal wrote:I thought Harrison Ford had got them.Obvious Leo wrote: Which tablets would they be, Phil? One would think that in the modern age a photograph of them would be available online somewhere but I've drawn a blank. In which museum might I find these tablets?