Great Thinkers

» Brian Tubbs - Also....

For someone who decries Bible-believing Christians for NOT "thinking," you should recognize the fallacy in your reasoning that if Matthew's account of Herod slaughtering babies is wrong then therefore the historicity of Genesis is also called into question.

For one thing, the Bible is a collection of books. Sixty-six books in all. Granted, a Bible-believing Christian logically has to embrace all sixty-six. But, a skeptic like you can't just prove ONE of the sixty-six books wrong - and then assert the the other sixty-five are wrong as well. That doesn't work. You have to evaluate each as a stand-alone.

Second, just because Herod's chroniclers didn't record the slaughter of the babies does NOT mean it didn't happen. You have a historical document - the book of Matthew - that says he did. Now, you need to apply fair, objective historical analysis to the book of Matthew to see if it's reliable. You also need to ask if such an act is consistent with who Herod was. Unless you're willing to engage in those exercises, don't wave your hand and dismiss the story as untrue and condemn those who believe it as a bunch of stupid non-thinkers.