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   "Robert B. Winn"  wrote in message   
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   > > "Robert B. Winn"  wrote in message   
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   > > > > "Robert B. Winn"  wrote in message   
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   > > > > > "MrD"  wrote in message   
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   > > > > > > "Robert B. Winn"  wrote in message   
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   > > > > > > > > tunnel in the bible calls for did not mean that the tunnel   
   was   
   > >  cut   
   > >  before   
   > > > > > > > > the biblical writer thought it a good idea to give one of   
   his   
   > >  heros   
   > >  credit   
   > > > > > > > > for it.  In other words, you do not want to discuss the myth   
   or   
   > >  the   
   > >  facts,   
   > > > > > > > > you want to blindly believe that which is unsupported in   
   fact   
   > >  and   
   > >  libel   
   > > > > > > > > other people.   
   > > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > > Well, if you want to believe that Hezekiah did not have a   
   tunnel   
   > > > > > > > built, you are free to believe that.  There will be water in   
   the   
   > >  Pool   
   > > > > > > > of Siloam no matter what you believe.   
   > > > > > >   
   > > > > > > There will be water in the pool of siloam no matter who had the   
   > >  tunnel   
   > >  dug   
   > > > > > > as well.   
   > > > > > > I guess that point escaped you while your brain was playing   
   > >  hide-and-seek   
   > > > > > > behind one of your nose hairs.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > There was water in the pool of Siloam at the time of Christ.  How   
   do   
   > > > > > you account for that?   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Quite easily and obviously.  The tunnel was dug by someone before   
   > >  Hezekiah's   
   > > > > attempt to take credit for it.  It was probably dug by someone   
   willing   
   > >  to   
   > > > > work rather than spend their time on their knees worshipping a   
   > >  baby-killing   
   > > > > deity like you do.   
   > > >   
   > > > Well, it seems a little more believable to me that the tunnel was dug   
   > > > for military reason as Isaiah and the writers of 2 Kings and 2   
   > > > Chronicles stated rather than being dug at an earlier time so that   
   > > > pro-abortion people of the last days would have something they could   
   > > > say that was true.   
   > >   
   > > Perhaps it was dug generations earlier for military purposes and   
   Hezekiah   
   > > was just given the credit.   It certainly wasn't dug to give anyone   
   > > something they could say was true.  That's the dumbest theory I've heard   
   you   
   > > come up with lately.  Why do you think the tunnel was dug, so that you   
   could   
   > > be correct now?   
   > > There is no proof that Hezekiah ordered it other than what is recorded   
   in   
   > > the bible.   
   > > There is plenty of question about what is recorded in the bible, it is   
   > > commonly found to be totally inaccurate and written well after the   
   matter by   
   > > third hand sources.  It's useless for anything beyond entertainment.   
   > > But, of course, you wouldn't know that.  You haven't even read it well   
   > > enough to know that Jesus had sisters.   
   > > What else don't you know about Jesus?  You would have no way of knowing,   
   > > would you?   Oh, I forgot, you just make things up and then say God said   
   it.   
   > > Blasphemy is your way of dealing with your lack of education and your   
   lack   
   > > of honesty.  Jesus will not look upon you, you curse the light.   
   >   
   > Well, in the case of Hezekiah's tunnel, the Bible says it was dug to   
   > hide the water of Gihon spring from the Assyrians who were attacking   
   > cities of Judea and would certainly attack Jerusalem.  There is no   
   > doubt that the Assyrians did attack cities of Judea.  The ramp they   
   > built over the wall of the city of Lachish still exists to this day.   
   > Accounts of their seige of Jerusalem all agree.  185,000 Assyrian   
   > soldiers died in one night, and the Assyrians withdrew to Ninevah in   
   > great fear and confusion, where Sennacherib, the Assyrian king was   
   > murdered by two of his sons.   
      
   Just as I said, you do not want to talk about proof that Hezekiah ordered   
   the tunnel be dug.  You want to talk about fiction.  What accounts agree   
   that 185,000 Assyrian soldiers died in one night?  I don't believe you.   
      
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