Archeology Question and Answer Help
The "Archeology Question and Answer" web page consists of a table that is used to display questions asked using the "topic/question" input field (above the table and after the "Topic/Question:" label). Each question that is asked can then be answered by selecting the images for the various web sites that can be queried using the specified question.
Each question should be asked using the input field above the table. This question should be about archeological topics related to the Bible (e.g., "Have Sodom and Gomorrah been located?", "Has Noah's ark been found?", "Is the Shroud of Turin truly Jesus' burial cloth?", etc.) but not questions about the tenets of our belief. Each question should normally end with a question mark (?) indicating that it is a question. However, rather than a question, input that requests a response (e.g., one that starts with "explain") can be entered.
The "Voice input" button can be used to use voice input to specify the input question/request. When this button is selected, the text in the button changes to "Listening" to indicate that voice input is activated. When the user stops speaking, the button text will revert and the question/request will be added to the table.
The following screenshot shows the table after the question "Have Sodom and Gomorrah been located?" is entered. Once the question or request is entered, the images for that row are used to relay the request/question to the various web sites capable of answering that question.
Archeology questions often overlap with apologetics questions. Therefore, many questions should be directed both to the apologetics question and answer web site as well as the archeology question and answer web site.
The columns in the table and the action taken when an image for that column is selected are:
- uses the ChatGPT chatbot (https://chatgpt.com) to generate an article that addresses the question/request for that row of the table. The request to ChatGPT is prefixed with "According to the LCMS," in order to flavor the response based on the LCMS. When ChatGPT is used, a simple web page with the question to ask ChatGPT is displayed. This question/request should be copied, which will bring up ChatGPT in another window. The question/request should then be pasted into the ChatGPT input field to request ChatGPT to answer the question/response.
- uses the Perplexity chatbot (https://perplexity.com) to generate an article that addresses the question/request for that row of the table. The request to Perplexity is prefixed with "According to the LCMS," in order to flavor the response based on the LCMS. Perplexity, unlike ChatGPT, incudes the references it used in its article.
- uses the Google search engine (https://www.google.com) to generate results for the question/request for that row. "LCMS" and "archeology" keywords are added to the question/request to have Google flavor its response accordingly.
- uses the Yahoo search engine (https://search.yahoo.com) to generate results for the question/request for that row. "LCMS" and "archeology" keywords are added to the question/request to have Yahoo flavor its response accordingly.
- uses the DuckDuckGo search engine (https://duckduckgo.com) to generate results for the question/request for that row. "LCMS" and "archeology" keywords are added to the question/request to have DuckDuckGo flavor its response accordingly.
- uses the Associates for Biblical Research web site (https://biblearchaeology.org), a non-profit Christian apologetics ministry dedicated to demonstrating the historical reliability of the Bible through archaeological and Biblical research, to answer the question for the selected row
- uses the Biblical Archeology Society web site (https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org), a nonprofit organization dedicated to information about archaeology in the Bible lands, to answer the question for the selected row
- uses the Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology web site (https://armstronginstitute.org), a nonprofit, academic and education institution headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel, to answer the question for the selected row. Armstrong Institute sponsors and participates in archaeological excavations to promote Israel’s biblical archaeology.
- uses the JSTOR web site (https://about.jstor.org/), which provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines, to answer the question for the selected row.