學者聯署反對的考古發現被基督教今日報當寶

左圖: 基督教今日報宣佈Gershon Galil的所謂考古發現為"聖經根於歷史佐證再添一筆". 

右圖: 一班學者聯署, 重申"until the publication of finds or research results in a scientific and peer-reviewed publication, any claim made should be related to as unfounded". 

冇幾耐之前, Gershon Galil同Eli Shukron喺未有經過正常學術程序、未能提供高清圖片的情況下, 就上電視公佈可比"驚世啟示"的考古發現. 基督教今日報如獲至寶, 聲稱"聖經根於歷史佐證再添一筆", 但其實許多學者對此等做法很有意見, 一些更發起聯署, 重申未經學術驗證同討論的發現同結論, 就不應當作事實咁樣宣傳. 

我認為基督教傳媒應該按照呢個聯署的立場嚟處理呢類驚世發現, 而呢個立場唔係咩新鮮立場, 例如學者James Davila一直都咁主張, 佢稱之為Lottery Rule: "If a reported new discovery is the scholarly equivalent of our having won the lottery, we should be skeptical of it unless and until we have strong evidence that it is real."

基督教傳媒的名聲係十分重要的 (門徒媒體同錫安日報例外), 冇必要為咗呢D未經證實的發現押自己的reputation上去. 

 

基督教今日報: https://cdn-news.org/news/N2212300010

學者聯署: https://gath.wordpress.com/2022/12/24/public-statement-on-publication-of-archaeological-finds-%d7%92%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%99-%d7%93%d7%a2%d7%aa-%d7%a2%d7%9c-%d7%a4%d7%a8%d7%a1%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%9e%d7%9e%d7%a6%d7%90%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%90/

James Davila's blog: https://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/2022/12/sensational-claims-about-new.html