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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Atheist OP asks a theological question about Christianity's views on Old Testament personages.

Numerous PPs give responses to theological question.

Atheist OP rejects all responses because they are based on Bible and not on non-Biblically based texts.

Christianity is based on the Bible, ergo its theology is based on the Bible, particularly when it concerns personages appearing in the Bible.

Here's a riddle:  How does one answer a Christian theological question about Biblical personages with a response based strictly on non-Biblical influenced texts?

This is like asking a question about people's rights in America and refusing to accept any answer based on texts that reference the Constitution.[/quote]

No one is saying that you don't use the bible as a source.  However, true sources are often cross-referenced in other sources.  No true believer on these threads has cited anything other than lines from the the bible and theories from modern day theologians who also have cited from the bible.   So the reasoning becomes cyclical.

However, in terms of Abraham, Catholics (the Vatican) have an interest in part of the land, too, as the Cenacle is believed to be the site of the Last Supper.[/quote]

Wow, you are obtuse.

A question about the theology of Biblical personages can only be answered in reference to the Bible and theology based upon that.  This reasoning is NOT circular (I think that's the term you are thinking of).

If you are continuing to insist that the Bible cannot be used as a source because there are no non-Biblical works contemporary to the Bible that cite the Bible, give it up.  Accounts of Abraham were written down for the first time more than two and a half millenia ago at a time when few could write and writing materials were very friable.  It is a ridiculous demand that shows ignorance of the conditions of the time.

BTW, PPs have offered many thoughtful posts explaining the Biblical theology of Abraham[/quote]

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