What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? | Bible & Archaeology

[@bigtex4058]

The guys who put the scrolls in the caves were likely on the run from the Romans. Since they never came back for the scrolls the Romans likely caught up with them.

[@acciaacilius6875]

Sadly they mostly likely did not escape the First Jewish-Roman War, which also witnessed the destruction of the settlement at Qumran

[@andyb619]

Question regarding “BCE” and “CE” rather than BC and AD: do you also replace Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday with secular substitute word? Or do secularists only care about removing Jesus from the epochs based on his birth and not on the pagan idols in the names of the week?

[@andyb619]

@@cheddarcheesewoah I asked a question. You responded with an insult. Don't you have an answer...

[@bitterbonker]

Jesus, man, you have a good point

[@METVWETV]

As I just said in my own post if an Atheist like Neal Degrasse Tyson can (properly) use BC and AD SO CAN WE ALL!!

[@ChevyChase301]

@@METVWETVif a Christian can accept transgenders then can’t all of you? Your logic doesn’t make much sense

[@vladtheemailer3223]

BC and AD were made up hundreds of years later, and the decision was arbitrary.

[@brendandoherty1283]

Hmm I have a question. What separates this Before Common Era and Common Era?🤔

[@GeraldineyoCousin]

The birth of a conman

[@kakr4739]

@@GeraldineyoCousin *The death and resurrection of God in the flesh

[@noone-hd1ck]

​@@GeraldineyoCousinhey stop! No facts allowed here! Only fantasies and myths!

[@andyb619]

@@kakr4739 it's actually the birth of Christ. :) the Messiah.

[@andyb619]

@@GeraldineyoCousin funny that you only say that about Jesus. You don't feel so desperate to remove the names of Thor, Woden and Frida from the days of the week.

[@fallacy3733]

Why are you using BCE and CE?

[@LeslieReese-vn5vn]

Exactly what I was thinking 🤔

[@DSMentzer1]

1000%

[@roshinvarghese6879]

BCE?

[@ProudBlack-p8k]

Before Christian Era

[@ergnoor3551]

Yes. BCE.

[@roshinvarghese6879]

I know what it means. It’s utter nonsense. BC should be used and because it’s Before Christ. BCE is just stealing from the Christian worldview and trying to pretend Christ never really came down to earth to save sinners. The greatest event our timeline will ever see. BCE is pathetic. Who cares being “common”?

[@RomanCigić]

Its Before Common Era. People specifically made that name because they would literally erase an entire culture just to remove the word "Christ". Says how mature they are.

[@andyb619]

@@RomanCigić exactly but they don't mind pagan names of the week for Wodens day (Wednesday) Thor's Day (Thursday) and Frida's Day (I'll let you guess this one). It's glaring double standards.

[@cathyandresiak]

Lean not unto your own understanding!

[@stephengerish6978]

What determines "common era" and then something to be before that? Change the letters but you're still using Christ's birth as the marker. To another point, why wouldn't they use a cool latin phrase?

[@ARPine-bt9uo]

Christ's Era and Before Christ's Era. 😉

[@stephengerish6978]

@@ARPine-bt9uo still not Latin but I'll take it. 😂

[@aglaesaitschenko2349]

Secularists consider the two eras “BCE” (Before Common Era) and “CE” (Common Era). Christians prefer “BC” (Before Christ) and “AD” (Anno Domini, Latin, meaning Year of Our Lord-Jesus Christ) which was used for years but it’s (IMHO) silly to use two different languages to define the two eras, particularly Latin, a language not commonly used today. If Christians would simply view “BCE” as “Before Christian Era” and “CE” as “Christian Era”, substituting “Common” for “Christian”, we could all stop arguing and get along just fine.

[@BandlerChing]

Except Jesus was born before 4 BC soooooo. It doesn’t even make sense by Christian standards lol. But then again, not at all surprising.

[@aglaesaitschenko2349]

@@BandlerChing Really? Then what does the term Anno Domini actually mean? What does it represent if not the birth of the savior? When was the date "zero" set and what was the purpose? As a historian, I'd imagine you'd know.

[@1611AuthorizedVersion]

The Gregorian calendar uses B.C./A.D. I'm not a fan of the Jesuits but even i can respect the incredible math and science that went into making the most accurate calendar known to man.

[@acciaacilius6875]

No surprise the KJV onlyist wants things to stay the same lol

[@1611AuthorizedVersion]

@@acciaacilius6875 You don't have to be KJV only to appreciate the incredible science that went into the most accurate calendar known to man.

[@acciaacilius6875]

@@1611AuthorizedVersion True that's a good point. I like B.C. and A.D. but things change no reason to complain.

[@1611AuthorizedVersion]

@@acciaacilius6875 You can't change someone else's scientific creation, do that and people will definitely complain.

[@TonyJack74]

Lmao most accurate 😂😂😂​@1611AuthorizedVersion

[@METVWETV]

If an Atheist like Neal DeGrasse Tyson can still (properly) use BC and AD SO CAN YOU! So should we all!

[@Aa-dc2xu]

Don't think it matters regardless of whichever is used. The meaning is the same.

[@adventuringboysbeatz2945]

@strangehominid you believe in Jesus but you aren’t devout? I’m curious as to how that works.

[@adventuringboysbeatz2945]

@strangehominid I see I see I don’t want to come across as rude but if I don’t say anything your blood is on my hands too. Assuming you believe the Bible is a trusted document, the book of James talks a lot about prayer and why it’s important. Hebrews 10:24-25 talks about why we need to go to church. Proverbs 27:17 famously says iron sharpens iron, as one man sharpens another. In case those verses didn’t get my point across, John 14:21 hits the nail on the head: “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”

[@adventuringboysbeatz2945]

@strangehominid I go through the same thing sometimes, where I have doubts and questions and I begin to question our God. Just like a relationship between friends or foes, your relationship with God ebbs and flows. There will be times when you doubt His existence and there will be times where He is extremely tangible. But I think that’s where the difference between us lies: my family and I go to church quite often and recently I have been looking deeply into the theology of the Bible. Not many of my friends on the robotics team and at my high school are Christian, and I find myself being questioned fairly often about my faith. Therefore recently I have been devoting my life to the purpose of showing them His love and His reasoning. I want to be able to answer any question they can throw at me. I have grown to enjoy atheist/Christian debates to an extent (sometimes they can take a while) I take pride in knowing my identity is in Christ. Personally, I am a person who wants to think freely but sometimes I need solid ground to stand on. The Bible is unchanging, tested and proven to be true. It has held up through thousands of years of trial and criticism, so I know I can always turn to it when I want the truth on the issue. All that to say, God won’t chase you down and force you to love Him. When you love Him and actually believe in His existence, that is when His existence will become apparent. This process can be helped by going to church, youth group, Bible studies, etc.

[@BandlerChing]

@strangehominidok, but you and all Christian’s are assuming that Jesus was born 2023 years ago. There’s no actual proof of that. ETA: actually, Herod died in 4 BC, and since Jesus was born when Herod was king according to the gospels, it’s fair to say, Jesus was was born “before Christ” if that’s what BC refers to. Odd right?

[@vexodus6176]

you might as well just use BC and AD, dude. Literally no one uses BCE and CE

[@alicesullivan001]

So interesting so interesting ❤❤

[@BigA_LongBeachCA]

"Common"? What does that mean? The miraculous birth of Jesus Christ was anything but "Common". Perhaps you meant "Uncommon"?

[@StarTrader6]

So that would mean jesus was a saint and he taught people to leave peacefully. But humans have not evolved much. As it seems.

[@_JamieJ_]

Soooooo coool 😎

[@gutsssz]

BCE and CE? lmao

[@outlawgt3045]

They're fake

[@Small_Clips_Apologetics]

No they're not.

[@andyb619]

@@outlawgt3045 bring some evidence or stay out of the debate.

[@tsgrill]

Haters gotta hate......keep thinking that while in the carpool lane to hell

[@thecuriousservant5549]

Why would you use them thet are not memorised or preserved

[@39robb45]

Love it