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Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by DeusXmachina: 5:20pm On Sep 27, 2020
kingxsamz:


Common sense would tell you that the story was based on someone who actually existed. But the other claim that this someone's Donkey talked like a human is what the research has failed to prove.
Or are we really arguing that Animals can talk like humans? undecided
So if someone writes a book about how Hitler had super powers, with no witness whatsoever to support the claim, it automatically proves that Hitler had super powers?
Make una dey reason sometimes. undecided

Well in we know that in this modern day there exists substances that when inhaled or ingested that can make even the trees talk to you. To the person that uses such substances the experience is real, but that still doesn't mean that animals and trees in reality can talk to people, it just means you are high.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by fof1: 5:27pm On Sep 27, 2020
CAPSLOCKED:
WE ALL KNOW THE BIBLE IS A COMPILATION OF TALES FROM VARIOUS CIVILIZATIONS.
IT'S JUST LIKE CHINUA MENTIONING ORLU AND AWKA IN HIS BOOKS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE AMADIOHA REAL.

BELIEVE THE BIBLE AS GOD'S INSTRUCTIONS TO GUIDE MAN OR KEEP QUIET FOREVER UNTIL U FACE ITS REALITY OF DIVINITY AND JUDGEMENT FOR IGNORANCE AND INIQUITOUS LIFESTYLE.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by musicwriter(m): 5:29pm On Sep 27, 2020
Image123:


It is just things like this that make you believe that Caesar, Aristotle and co existed. But here you are almost having an epileptic fit because a Bible name is mentioned.smh

That's not why people believe in Julius Caesar or Aristotle and co, rather its because they were real historical figure who lived in time and space here on earth.

Julius Caesar died on March 15th, 44 BC, so here you have the exact date and year quoted by many sources. Caesar also wrote a book called the Gallic Wars.

Same with Aristotle. Aristotle was born in 385 BC. He died in year 322 BC. Here you have real year of death of a real person. What more? Aristotle wrote so many books too many to mention. Its said he wrote more than 1000 books, though, I personally don't believe he alone wrote all of them. But that's a different story. Important books by Aristotle include Metafisica (Metaphysics), The Nicomachean, Rhethoric, etc.

All information is in the public domain.

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Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 5:31pm On Sep 27, 2020
DeusXmachina:


Well in we know that in this modern day there exists substances that when inhaled or ingested that can make even the trees talk to you. To the person that uses such substances the experience is real, but that still doesn't mean that animals and trees in reality can talk to people, it just means you are high.

True.
I'd say Balaam was high on some weird sh!t that day.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 5:33pm On Sep 27, 2020
sonofElElyon:
he has a passion for winning souls.. if something is important to you, you'll create time for it.. it doesn't mean he's jobless..

you may not appreciate his posts but other people do .


So why are you crying on his behalf?
I don't appreciate his post, and he also appears jobless. Many folks would agree on that.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Arkmanbuddy(m): 5:35pm On Sep 27, 2020
kingxsamz:


Common sense would tell you that the story was based on someone who actually existed. But the other claim that this someone's Donkey talked like a human is what the research has failed to prove.
Or are we really arguing that Animals can talk like humans? undecided
So if someone writes a book about how Hitler had super powers, with no witness whatsoever to support the claim, it automatically proves that Hitler had super powers?
Make una dey reason sometimes. undecided

Would you have believed if the research also mentioned a donkey talking? How could you believe that a man who didn't go to college could have researched and discovered electricity generation from magnet? Doesn't that rank with stories of talking animals that you ilk you?

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Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Arkmanbuddy(m): 5:38pm On Sep 27, 2020
kingxsamz:


Common sense would tell you that the story was based on someone who actually existed. But the other claim that this someone's Donkey talked like a human is what the research has failed to prove.
Or are we really arguing that Animals can talk like humans? undecided
So if someone writes a book about how Hitler had super powers, with no witness whatsoever to support the claim, it automatically proves that Hitler had super powers?
Make una dey reason sometimes. undecided


The Bible cannot be understood through canal-mindedness. One has to be led into by the spirit of God.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by thaoriginator: 5:44pm On Sep 27, 2020
Daeveed:
Lol... Jamaican Mafia.. I love this accent man.. TOO BLOODCLAAT..!!!
yah man!

Dis addi Blackman culture you don't know.


Ah we the true mankind pon di earth dem whitee dem ah cave dwellers dem nuh expose enuh. Ah we teach how Fi walk, and how Fi dress plus how fi take bath. Dem p u s s y dem ah so primitive too bloodclaat!

Dem ah too bloodclaat barbarians, ah Africa addi place weh di gods dem ah live!


Peace god!
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by SniperAssassin: 5:49pm On Sep 27, 2020
Arkmanbuddy:



The Bible cannot be understood through canal-mindedness. One has to be led into by the spirit of God.

In order words, one must throw away reason and logic to understand the Bible?��
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Arkmanbuddy(m): 5:59pm On Sep 27, 2020
SniperAssassin:


In order words, one must throw away reason and logic to understand the Bible?��

What's the reason in believing that the perfect orderly arrangements of cells in living things came about by chance? What's the reason that the universe came about with the big bang of some 'stupid' object in space? You've got your opinion and I'm okay with it. Of you don't believe in the Bible or Jesus, that's also okay with me
But, I'd love for you to pick up the Bible and read with an open mind and let's see what happens.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 6:08pm On Sep 27, 2020
Arkmanbuddy:



The Bible cannot be understood through canal-mindedness. One has to be led into by the spirit of God.

As usual, you guys are pointless.
You can never argue using logic.
Small point I gave you, you're telling me about something irrelevant.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 6:10pm On Sep 27, 2020
Arkmanbuddy:


What's the reason in believing that the perfect orderly arrangements of cells in living things came about by chance? What's the reason that the universe came about with the big bang of some 'stupid' object in space? You've got your opinion and I'm okay with it. Of you don't believe in the Bible or Jesus, that's also okay with me
But, I'd love for you to pick up the Bible and read with an open mind and let's see what happens.

How did you know the guy believes the big bang theory?
undecided
That's the same thing your colleague did up there, claiming that I know Ceasars and believe he existed .
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by SniperAssassin: 6:23pm On Sep 27, 2020
Arkmanbuddy:


What's the reason in believing that the perfect orderly arrangements of cells in living things came about by chance? What's the reason that the universe came about with the big bang of some 'stupid' object in space? You've got your opinion and I'm okay with it. Of you don't believe in the Bible or Jesus, that's also okay with me
But, I'd love for you to pick up the Bible and read with an open mind and let's see what happens.

OK 1st of all, nobody says it is by chance that life came about. I do not know. You do not know. No one does. Currently scientists are making great strides towards the discovery of the origin of life but they are still not there yet. But that does not give you an excuse to say that it was and angry Middle Eastern deity, who commanded mass murder and infanticide and then present an old book as the only form of evidence. The same way I cannot claim that it was the Flying Spaghetti Monster who did it and present The Gospel of the FSM as my only evidence.

As for the Big Bang, I suggest you actually go and read what the theory proposes because what you wrote up there is entirely different from what it entails.

And as far as reading the Bible goes, I have done that for the greater part of my life, but I cannot, for the sake of open mindedness believe that a donkey, which does not have vocal cords, spoke clearly. As Christopher Hitchens said: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Nobody: 6:24pm On Sep 27, 2020
musicwriter:


That's not why people believe in Julius Caesar or Aristotle and co, rather its because they were real historical figure who lived in time and space here on earth.

Julius Caesar died on March 15th, 44 BC, so here you have the exact date and year quoted by many sources. Caesar also wrote a book called the Gallic Wars.

Same with Aristotle. Aristotle was born in 385 BC. He died in year 322 BC. Here you have real year of death of a real person. What more? Aristotle wrote so many books too many to mention. Its said he wrote more than 1000 books, though, I personally don't believe he alone wrote all of them. But that's a different story. Important books by Aristotle include Metafisica (Metaphysics), The Nicomachean, Rhethoric, etc.

All information is in the public domain.
Welcome back, bro.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by freeborn02: 6:57pm On Sep 27, 2020
SniperAssassin:


I have already shown you how your so-called proof does not hold water. Your argument is basically that the Bible is true because it is old, but yet there are other religious texts that tell stories that are entirely different from what you see in the Bible. Are you saying that those texts are true?

For example, DeusExMachina above me has already given a rundown on The Epic of Gilgamesh(Sumerian flood myth). It is far older than the Bible.(In fact the expert opinion is that the Bible's version was based on it. But yet do you believe the version of events that you read there?

The bibles opinion is true. They were written by historians, like Moses, Joshua, David, Solomon, Paul, Mark and poeple that can be traced in history. These events happened in their presence and I believe their reports.

The Bible is a combination of many books written by different people and they agree with one another.

Read the Bible yourself from page one to the last before you argue about the verity of its content. If you haven't read it, then you are not qualified to talk about its content.

As for those other books you mentioned, I don't profess their creeds and I don't know about their contents.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by musicwriter(m): 6:58pm On Sep 27, 2020
gensteejay:

Welcome back, bro.

Good evening my brother. But I am not really back, though. I think I may comment once in a while if need be. I am working on my forum FOR REAL.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Nobody: 7:01pm On Sep 27, 2020
malvisguy212:
which god bless him ? you mean the atheist god ( darwin) ?
The real God
The almighty God
The creature of the universe...

I'm not referring to the christian god though... undecided
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Nobody: 7:11pm On Sep 27, 2020
musicwriter:


Good evening my brother. But I am not really back, though. I think I may comment once in a while if need be. I am working on my forum FOR REAL.
Great to hear. Looking forward to it. Kudos to you!
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by sonofElElyon: 7:13pm On Sep 27, 2020
You are the one intolerant of other people's preferences...

Even if you don't like his posts you need not call him jobless. It's totally uncalled for..

If there's anything in his post that you disagree with then address the issue instead of insulting him..

It's his time and data..



kingxsamz:


So why are you crying on his behalf?
I don't appreciate his post, and he also appears jobless. Many folks would agree on that.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by atonement12: 7:33pm On Sep 27, 2020
kingxsamz:
It's not rocket science.
Certain stories/names in the bible were adapted from somewhere or events that actually happened. Same way the Spider-Man movie is based in a real location, (New York) but we can't conclude that a man who shoots spider webs and flies in the air exists.
But I don't expect much from folks who won't read the article but jump into conclusions that a donkey once talked simply because an inscription which contained a name was found.
It's only a brain dead mofo that'll believe a snake and donkey talked simply because a 2000 year old book said so.
But you'll call these same archeologists liars when they show you 'alleged' bone fossils of Dinosaurs. Who is fooling who?
I think you are the real "brain dead mofo"!
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by pragmatistm(m): 7:40pm On Sep 27, 2020
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Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 7:50pm On Sep 27, 2020
sonofElElyon:
You are the one intolerant of other people's preferences...

Even if you don't like his posts you need not call him jobless. It's totally uncalled for..

If there's anything in his post that you disagree with then address the issue instead of insulting him..

It's his time and data..




Well, if he won't stop spamming threads with his religious bullcrap, he should take whatever that comes with it. Why are you pained on his behalf?
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by zoedew: 8:49pm On Sep 27, 2020
kingxsamz:


He should love those dying kids in Africa first, then we can talk.

Friend, He does! Honest!!
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Ayobami7(m): 8:59pm On Sep 27, 2020
nice
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by donnie(m): 9:03pm On Sep 27, 2020
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Image123(m): 9:32pm On Sep 27, 2020
kingxsamz:


Eyah... Sorry.
Hide your head in shame, because my initial post was referring to the talking donkey and snake story, untill you quoted me from nowhere asking about Ceasars, as if Ceasars had anything to do with this thread. Clown.

Oh it's suddenly no more a conversation about talking donkeys and snakes. It seems you were inebriated then. The thread OP was about the existence of Balaam. Nobody asked for your anthem about talking donkeys and snakes.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by ade002: 9:33pm On Sep 27, 2020
CAPSLOCKED:
WE ALL KNOW THE BIBLE IS A COMPILATION OF TALES FROM VARIOUS CIVILIZATIONS.
IT'S JUST LIKE CHINUA MENTIONING ORLU AND AWKA IN HIS BOOKS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE AMADIOHA REAL.

MAYBE , MAYBE NOT - BUT YOU CAN TEST YOUR THEORY WITH AMADIOHA, JUST LOCATE A SHRINE AND ASK THE PRIEST FOR CONFIRMATION.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Image123(m): 9:37pm On Sep 27, 2020
SegFault:

We are talking about a talking donkey here, the man might have existed but the talking donkey part is obviously unreal.

Okay, it must have been you Samuel was having the illusion of a conversation with. The OP was talking about the existence of Balaam the prophet, not about a talking donkey.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by Image123(m): 9:41pm On Sep 27, 2020
Palehair:

Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

yea.... If you ask me, this excerpt from the verse sounds more like gay porn to me. We see you King James

In some quarters, this phenomenon is called seeing apparitions. It's common with schizophrenic people. They see the unusual. Bro, it's time you did medical and lab test. A stitch in time still saves nine.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 9:43pm On Sep 27, 2020
Image123:


Oh it's suddenly no more a conversation about talking donkeys and snakes. It seems you were inebriated then. The thread OP was about the existence of Balaam. Nobody asked for your anthem about talking donkeys and snakes.

cheesy
You love being delusional. Na your way.
Read the title of this thread again and tell me you don't see "Balaam, whose donkey talked" written boldly. Clown.
Re: 2800-Year-Old Inscription Affirms Bible Character, Balaam Whose Donkey Talked To by kingxsamz(m): 9:48pm On Sep 27, 2020
Image123:


Oh it's suddenly no more a conversation about talking donkeys and snakes. It seems you were inebriated then. The thread OP was about the existence of Balaam. Nobody asked for your anthem about talking donkeys and snakes.

grin grin

Couldn't even keep up in one lane in a conversation. Started mentioning Ceasars...
Wetin concern Ceasars concern talking donkey? grin

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