Tentativity and The Bible

And the intended reader was Israel, not you. That's exactly why the Bible should not be taken literally. It should be taken in the context in which it was meant.If you understand that, why are you a creationist?(Welcome aboard. We have a shortage of creationists here - they tend to wear out fast. I hope you're more robust than the average one. )

The ones most likely to read it like Israelites are modern Jews, who can read the Hebrew. So why is it that fundamentalist CHristians often disagree with the Jewish view of the Old Testament? Then bring reinforcements. If evolution is dying as creationists claim, you should have an endless supply of adherents to inundate us. You don't have to respond to everybody. It's to your advantage to have several versions of an argument to choose from. Respond to the one(s) thatyou have the best answers for.

I assumed that you were a fundamentalist Christian, like most creationists. Aren't you?The basic difference is that Jews read the Bible as literature while fundamentalists read it like a newspaper.

So, the OP says (and Paul says) that we should test all things. How do you test that the Bible was communicated by the Creator Himself? Remember that you can't use what you're testing as the standard for the test, so your test has to be outside the Bible.How do you test whether there even IS a Creator?

Actually, I won't. Ezekiel's prophecy against Tyre is an example that comes to mind:

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Ezekiel 26:14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

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It was rebuilt. Prophecy failed.

I never suggested that you do. You predicted what I would find and I told you what I actually did find. Your prediction, like the prophecy, was wrong. So when Ezekiel said "thou shalt be built no more" what he really meant was "thou shalt be built no more until thou art rebuilt"? That's pretty thin.I agree with you that the prophecy was not intended to apply to the distant future. What Ezekiel actually said was an exaggeration. It was rhetoric, not intended to be taken literally.You can take the Bible literally or you can admit the prophecy failed. You can't have it both ways. You're shooting yourself in the foot. You admitted that the prophecy about Tyre didn't apply to the far future and now you're claiming that the prophecy in Revelation does. You can't have it both ways.

No, we're talking about one prophecy, the prophecy that Tyre would be destroyed forever. The rebuilding of Tyre was not foreseen, thus either the prophecy was not completely fulfilled or it was not intended to be taken literally in the first place.

You have very low standards. You are not "testing all things" as Paul instructed.