AW Questions Historical Validity of Genesis

By COGwriter This morning I noticed that Gavin Rumney of the anti-COG Ambassador Watch website included the following in his post: Even more basic is the assumption that Genesis relates real history. Was there truly a garden called Eden in prehistory, a place which we might find if we had H. G. Wells’ Time Machine […]

Chinese Characters and Early Genesis

COGwriter  Is there any evidence that Chinese people ever knew about the early accounts in the Book of Genesis, such as a devil in the Garden of Eden, the great flood, or the Tower of Babel? Yes, as some evidence seems to exist in early Chinese writings.  Notice for example that an ancient Chinese character […]

Tisha B’Av- Jewish Temple Mourning Tonight

Although there is no biblical requirement (which is why we in the COGs do not observe it), a Jewish holiday called Tisha B’Av begins Monday evening at sundown, which is the ninth day (Tish’a) of the Jewish month of Av.  It commemorates two of the saddest events in Jewish history…the destruction of the First Temple built by […]

Nahum’s Possible Tomb to Be Studied

Antiquities Department to renovate synagogue holding Nahum’s tomb Azzaman (Iraq) -July 15, 2007 The Antiquities Department has included an ancient synagogue where Biblical prophet Nahum is purportedly buried in its 2008 renovation plans. “The Antiquities Department has added the tomb of Prophet Nahum, peace be on him, to its 2008 preservation plan,” said department’s chief, […]

Archaeology Again Proves Bible is Right

Tiny tablet provides proof for Old Testament The Telegraph (UK) – July 11, 2007 The sound of unbridled joy seldom breaks the quiet of the British Museum’s great Arched Room, which holds its collection of 130,000 Assyrian cuneiform tablets, dating back 5,000 years. But Michael Jursa, a visiting professor from Vienna, let out such a […]