(December 23, 2015 at 2:44 pm)Drich Wrote: citations??? what do you have to support any of this ad hoc mess?
At least i came here with a video that cites historical records and interviews actual archaeologist who are digging up said evidence. what do you have besides a 'doo' rag and a trust me look on your avatar?
What? What do you think the names I referenced in my reply are? Those are the names of "actual archaeologists", top-level university professors and writers, and not a couple of random crackpots at the fringes. I did my best to succinctly (for me) reference the knowledge that those fields have gleaned from centuries of work, especially the technology-enabled research done in the past couple of decades.
I don't think you know what ad hoc means. Simply summarizing what can be read in any serious, scholarly work on the ancient near east does not constitute an ad hoc explanation. If I thought you would honestly care about and/or consider citations as valid even when they conflicted with your prejudices, I'd be glad to offer you some (more) references... I also know that these are easily referenced in a number of threads you've seen before, such as those by GoodWithoutGod and Aractus, among others, so you are being disingenuous when you suggest my post is an "ad hoc mess". Then again, what else is new?
Frankly, it's about an hour until my Beloved, our son, plus my inlaws and parents arrive for me to host a Christmas dinner that I am currently cooking, so I just don't care enough to dig up what is readily available to you.
As for my do-rag, since when does a do-rag say "trust me"? What the fuck, man?
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I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
