Quote Originally Posted by General Aetius View Post
Wrong. here are a few examples where the Bible's recordings were correct:

The pool of Siloam, which was always believed to not exist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Siloam

Nineveh. Archaeologist originally thought that the Bible had exaggerated Nineveh's size. But excavations show that Nineveh could easily support a population of 100,000-150,000.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh

The Hittites were once thought to be a Biblical legend, until their capital and records were discovered at Bogazkoy, Turkey.

It was once claimed there was no Assyrian king named Sargon as recorded in Isaiah 20:1, because this name was not known in any other record. Then, Sargon's palace was discovered in Khorsabad, Iraq. The very event mentioned in Isaiah 20, his capture of Ashdod, was recorded on the palace walls. What is more, fragments of a stela memorializing the victory were found at Ashdod itself.

General Aetius
PAST tense Aetius.

The fact historians didn't believe the Bible before other sources became available is proof that they see it as vastly unreliable.

For instance, it claimed Babylon was destroyed, and that it would never again exist.
This was LONG before Alexander happened to march into the city that was supposedly never to exist again....