They are not Christians!

[rogue06]

Two words.

Baghdad Bob.

Ignore the evidence for buildings behind me
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That's really a tent

[Sparko]

So this is basically eider's method of determining truth:

[rogue06]

So this is basically eider's method of determining truth:

I like Mythbusters -- even if Adam is a twit.

[NorrinRadd]

I like Mythbusters -- even if Adam is a twit.

He's no Tory Belleci.

[NorrinRadd]

But he keeps repeating himself so he probably thinks that's substantiation.

It goes beyond substantiation. It's TRANSUBSTANTIATION!

[eider]

So you have no evidence that they lived in tents, yet you reject archeological evidence that they lived in permanent dwellings? Can you explain that?

Yes. The archeological evidence suggests one or two buildings from the 1st century. Now please show me your evidence that buildings were the general habitations in, say, 1 AD.
Can you do that, please?

[tabibito]

Yes. The archeological evidence suggests one or two buildings from the 1st century. Now please show me your evidence that buildings were the general habitations in, say, 1 AD.
Can you do that, please?

What is known from archaeological digs about first century Nazareth

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...-a9470716.html
The new archaeological investigation – the largest ever carried out into Roman period Nazareth – has revealed that Jesus’s hometown is likely to have been considerably bigger than previously thought. It probably had a population of up to 1,000 (rather than just being a small-to-medium sized village of 100-500, as previously thought).

The archaeological evidence suggests a fair sized population, significantly larger that would comprise a (by 20-21st century definition) hamlet - and perhaps as much as a good sized village.

https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/arti...-first-century
In general, archaeological evidence for the early first-century settlement contains nothing inconsistent with the presentation of Nazareth in the Gospels. If Nazareth were a Jewish village functioning as a center for surrounding agricultural communities and associated with craft-working and quarrying, then this was exactly the sort of place where one might expect there to be a synagogue, whether as a building or public assembly, like that mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, and where one might find a τέκτων (tekton), a craftsman, a term used for Jesus and Joseph in the same Gospels.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/listen...gist-explains/
There are geographical, environmental explanations for Nazareth being so small, she said. Nazareth was set in a small basin surrounded by hills and wasn’t very accessible. It did have a water supply from what is called today Mary’s Well, and there is evidence of some limited terraced agriculture, as well as pasture fields.

[Diogenes]

It goes beyond substantiation. It's TRANSUBSTANTIATION!

Ba dum tss

[Mountain Man]

So you admit you have no evidence in support of your cockamamie ideas, but stubbornly handwave off actual physical remains of buildings including houses that have been unearthed from that time.

Apparently his approach to archeology and history is the same as his approach to Biblical theology, where he arbitrarily discards any facts that don't support his position.

[Cow Poke]

Yes. The archeological evidence suggests one or two buildings from the 1st century. Now please show me your evidence that buildings were the general habitations in, say, 1 AD.
Can you do that, please?

You do realize that even "one or two buildings" having been discovered destroys that narrative that there were none, yes?
And, if "one or two buildings" have been discovered, there's a distinct possibility - heck, even probability - there are more.

[tabibito]

You do realize that even "one or two buildings" having been discovered destroys that narrative that there were none, yes?
And, if "one or two buildings" have been discovered, there's a distinct possibility - heck, even probability - there are more.

However, investigating further would require demolishing currently occupied buildings, so this is about as much as we can get.

[Cow Poke]

However, investigating further would require demolishing currently occupied buildings, so this is about as much as we can get.

On our last trip to Israel, our tour guide was an Israeli woman who had been a Tank Commander Trainer in the Israeli Defense Forces - quite a fascinating young lady.
She was a 'secular Jew', but she did her due diligence on the New Testament, knowing that Christians would want to know Israel from a Christian perspective.

She had a keen interest in archeology, and would often point out "there was a public school being built right over there, but when they were excavating for the foundation, they found significant archeologic remains of another building, so they had to notify the Israeli Antiquities Authority, and that was 8 years ago, but they can't continue building until IAA gives them the go-ahead".

I can remember at least a half dozen such "interruptions" on our tour, some of which were both in Bethlehem and Nazareth.

[eider]

You do realize that even "one or two buildings" having been discovered destroys that narrative that there were none, yes?
And, if "one or two buildings" have been discovered, there's a distinct possibility - heck, even probability - there are more.

There was a foundation from early first century known about 20 years ago.
So what are you talking about?

But one of two do not make a street of houses.
Nazareth was a busy place like all the opther hilltops around Sepphoris, once Antipas had commenced a restoration of the 7 acre city.

[Cow Poke]

There was a foundation from early first century known about 20 years ago.

"a foundation"?

So what are you talking about?

I'd ask the same about your statement above.

But one of two do not make a street of houses.
Nazareth was a busy place like all the opther hilltops around Sepphoris, once Antipas had commenced a restoration of the 7 acre city.

You really are a very strange fellow.

[rogue06]

He's no Tory Belleci.

Tory will always have a place at roguetech lab and bait shop

He'd fit right in.