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Google To Shut Down 411 Service
taco8982 writes "After three years of providing free directory assistance in exchange for voice samples, Google has announced plans to shut down the GOOG-411 service, in order to focus on 'speech-enabling the next generation of Google products and services across a multitude of languages.' The service will close on November 12th."
The Bible has six unique things about it that provide proof that it came from God.
1.) It's a unique book - It's the most widely distributed book in history. The Bible has been printed at least 4.7 BILLION times, in more than 2,400 languages. The Bible has endured bans and attacks from opposers.
2.) It is historically sound - People who are named in the Bible have been found to exist. Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor of Judea - his name was found on a stone in Caesarea in 1961. Events that happened in the Bible are proven to have happened. The account of Edom and Israel battling was one such event that proved to be true.
3.) Candor and honesty - Not only are their achievements recorded, but the people of the Bible also recorded their shortcomings and errors. Moses told of a mistake he made, Jonah made a big mistake and landed in the belly of a fish. Even the Apostle Paul humbly admitted that he made mistakes.
4.) Internal Harmony - There were 40 men who wrote the Bible in the span of some 1,600 years. And yet, they wrote about the same theme - a harmonious message - God's Kingdom. From Genesis to Revelation, this theme can be found.
5.) Scientific Accuracy - People used to believe that the earth was flat, but the Bible told that it was round. (Isaiah 40:22) People believed that the earth was held up in th universe by a giant animal, the Bible told that it hung on nothing. (Job 26:7)
6.) Fulfilled Prophesy - Bible predictions are usually precise and have been fulfilled down to the last detail. Consider as an example - Isaiah prophesied that Babylon would fall, that the leader "Cyrus" would be the conqueror, and that the river Euphrates would dry up. Two hundred years later, the prophesies all came true as confirmed by historian Herodotus of the 5th century.
Is it just my observation, or is eldavojohn an idiot?
You forgot the part where Creationists say the Earth is only 6,000 years old and science flatly proves that wrong. And also - So what. Was is your point exactly? The Bible has also gotten more people killed than any other book in history. I don't see you bringing that little point up either.
If those are the factors that matter, then I'm sorry but you're drooling over wrong piece of art - Qur'an nicely supercede it in all of those criteria (it's easy to become a Muslim, just one honest declaration needed, go ahead, you know you want to worship the right book...)
One that hath name thou can not otter