Exactly. Perhaps the primary point that Dan makes is that it's simply impossible to glean a consistent narrative from the collection of inherently ambiguous and contradictory mythology. The Bible is a 2000 year old meme full of barbarity and absurdity but it remains influential.

theology*@@kentstallard6512

And.... there's the Moabite stone, giving the Moabite perspective of Chemosh defeating YHWH and even looting his timple. Talk about a dibble bind, Ken Ham proudly displayed a replica of said stone as proof of the historical accuracy of the Bible yet it shows that Yaweh was defeated. So YHWH is real, but a rival god beat him. Yhwh is not all-powerful.

This also proves the Bible is just nothing more than a story book as well. I can write anything I want and make it sound like it comes from ancient times or that my character is more powerful than god. Stan Lee did this all the time.

@@matthiascronqvist13 - Well, it's a book of actual mythology - meaning that it was created organically, by many believers over a long period of time, rather than by a single creator deliberately creating fiction for the purpose of entertainment. The Venn diagrams for folklore and fiction may overlap a bit at the edges, but they're not quite the same thing. Mythology and folklore only become dangerous when people try to use them, as Dan says, to structure power. Being overly literal is one way they try to do that.

I'm always reminded of fandoms fanwanking their long-running series (whether Star Trek, Star Wars, comic runs, whatever) whenever apologists are defending the bible. The fandom jumps thru so many mental hoops trying to resolve conflicting plot points when the simple explanation is that the episodes were written by different writers who forgot or ignore what has been written in a previous episode. Or simply coz the writer got something wrong. Like that stupid Kessel Run thing in Star Wars. All those pages of fan theories and arguments to resolve that single line of dialogue and the simple truth is that Lucas mistakenly thought parsec was a measurement of time rather than distance.

Not me, that's superfluous stuff. I focus on the argument.

​@@nightwyrm4354 stick to fantasy Mythohististry isn't the fiction you think it is !

You get that vibe because it's basically the same. It's always a "how dare you touch my favourite narrative" thing.

Yea yeah, whatever, now let me explain to you why it is that Spider-Man would beat the Hulk in a fight.

It’s like Chemosh and a shaved guinea pig fighting

@@ericlipton7640 Why are just repeating what OP said?

Don't worry, the apologist has promised YHWH that if he wins the KZfaq fight he'll sacrifice the first thing to greet him when he comes home from recording the video. I'm sure it will all work out fine for him.

@@Nymaz Brb, I need to go set up this mirror...

​@@ericlipton7640you need a shave! LOL 😂0

He's so annoyed that someone who disagrees with him is popular. It's like Mean Girls

Didn’t sound like a compliment tbh. Compares Dan to someone who has the gift of the gab and is entertaining regardless of substance. A compliment would be “sought after lecturer”.

That's Christian love. (From Dan's part, I mean, just so we're clear).

premature baldness has deeply upset him

He woulda said dreamboat but he's too insecure about his masculinity.

@@rainbowkrampus "Listen up, you Bible Scholar Beefcake! ... Whoops, I said too much."

To me what's funnier is how if fundamentalist Christians believed God wrote the bible or at least divinely inspired it, then God didn't make it clear enough why they lost. Like you would think in his omniscience he would write down the actual reasoning and be clear where the wrath was coming from if he knew that several thousand years later people would be arguing over it on social media.

Even more, if God is truly omniscient, then he would have known that man would fall even before he created them. He would have known that Lucifer and a third of the angels would rebel, and that there would be more than one rebellion in heaven.

For the first 15 centuries or so of Christianity, genocide, chattel slavery, misogyny, etc. were virtually universally embraced. It wasn't until the Enlightenment and the rise of humanism that a schism on slavery developed, with 600,000 Christians warring over it nearly 200 years ago. Now? Almost no Christian apologist will, as you note, even admit slavery is in the Bible. They claim it's all indentured servitude, an obvious falsehood given Leviticus 25:44-46. Nowhere in the OT or NT is the practice repudiated but is instead reinforced. This is a result of humanism and our species continuing to evolve socially. Now, the schisms are occurring not over slavery but LBGTQ+ and abortion rights. Progress, I suppose. I wish I could live long enough to see religion gone, or at least very marginalized. But our species also craves the illusion of certainty and security that religion offers.

There's a verse that shows up in the Abraham story where someone indicates that YHWH has blessed Abraham with slaves.

@@beemixsyno joke, many claim that these were only servants and that the New Testament ended it completely with the verse of Paul that there is no woman, man, slave etc. anymore . 🤣

We are the best humans to exist.

Yes, definitely. Apologist thinks he's competing with Dan, but they're playing two different sports.

Totally agree

Hey. Hey hey. Let's not make fun of people's appearances. Dan literally wears Walmart comic book tshirts most commonly worn by 5 year old boys.

We prefer the Lord of darkness, as Exodus 20:18 states: "Moses drew near to the opaque darkness, where God was." He forbids idolatry.

your god was defeated accept it@@hrvatskinoahid1048

LOL 😂 Dan only represents one side of Biblical Scholarship! Many scholors disagree with Dan : Do you ever see a real scholor on these videos: NO because Dan finds the low hanging fruit and by association thinks he is defending all of Christianity. Minions like U buy this far left Fringe redaction scholarship. Dan's meme is his Data ( Dogma) is better than others Data ( Dogma).

​@@davidjanbaz7728I'm sure he agrues against other scholars in his scholarship. obviously he doesnt here because they dont make videos responding to him like these low hanging armchair scholars do

gods not an author at all, humans writing as god is clearly confusing

@@JimmyTuxTv Yup.

The Author of The Canon Ezra 7:6 This Ezʹra came up from Babylon. He was a copyist* who was well-versed in* the Law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. The king granted everything he requested, for the hand of Jehovah his God was upon him. The expression “Bible canon” came to denote the collection, or list, of books accepted as genuine inspired Scripture. The term “canon” is derived from the Hebrew word qa·nehʹ (reed). Reeds were used as a rule or measuring device. (Eze 41:8) Fittingly, the Bible canon, or catalog of inspired books, enables the reader to “measure” faith, doctrine, and conduct. The canon of the Hebrew Scriptures was established by the end of the fifth century B.C.E. According to Jewish tradition, the skilled scribe and inspired Bible writer Ezra began the work, and it was completed by Nehemiah. (Ezr 7:6, ftn.) The writing of the Christian Greek Scriptures was completed during the time that the gifts of the spirit were operative on Christ’s followers. (Joh 14:26; Re 1:1) Some Christians had the gift of “discernment of inspired expressions.” (1Co 12:10) Thus, they could, without referring the matter to a supposed church council, determine which of the letters the congregation received were inspired of God. With the death of John, the last apostle, this reliable chain of divinely inspired men came to an end. Therefore, with the book of Revelation, John’s Gospel, and his three letters, the Bible canon was closed. The testimony of later, noninspired writers is valuable only as an acknowledgment of the Bible canon, which God’s spirit had guided and authorized.

​@@JimmyTuxTvstick to reading comics!

@@davidjanbaz7728 I don’t read comics, I do read a human written book called holy by several religions.

That must have smelled very good.

@@JopJio 🤣👍

Except this dad has no interest in letting the kids win 😂

Jews are commanded not to tattoo the skin in Leviticus 19:28. For Gentiles, tattoos are forbidden if one intends it for idolatry.

Did you search KZfaq/google with appropriate keywords? Dan has hundreds of videos: very possible he’s already covered the topic.

@@pansepot1490 I will!!!! Thank you 😊

He has already addressed that concept a few times. Search before asking, you'll save a lot of time.

theology@@beemixsy

It's rarely about getting through to the entrenched apologist. It's about demonstrating to the people that are actually open to persuasion just how much those apologists have to twist the text to defend their interpretation.

I think he probably has fun making these videos. At least I hope so

Dan’s channel is about spreading Bible literacy from a scholarly pov. If the creator was making a theological point Dan wouldn’t care but if he insists that his interpretation is textually/linguistically correct Dan has to set him right.

What a silly and terrible burden to bear.

if you are worried you commited the sin, you didnt commit it. Also Dan isnt the best person to ask about this

@@funkatron101 what do you mean with that?

@@supk7793 Why?

You'll be fine. If you didnt intend to blaspheme than how could you be held responsible. Surely a God who knows that hearts of all people woukd know your intent

Bible god simps, for one.

Dan cares.

I'm not. this stuff s great!

Yhwh failed, it doesn't say anything about yhwh allowing something 🤣 HE failed; Chemosh won. They could not capture every city. He failed, made a false prophecy and a false promise= not almighty= not all knowing

2 king 3 18 This is an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord; he will also deliver *Moab into your hands.* *19 You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town.* You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.”

are you a troll?That's a serious question because you don't seem to know the original definition of the word mythology in Greek where it comes from and it has nothing to do with being real or fake @@beemixsy