Quote:1. The absence of evidence isn't always evidence of absence
Misstated, Jeff.
The absence of evidence is most assuredly evidence of absence. It is not "proof" of absence.
Were I to assert the existence of invisible pink unicorns drinking maragaritas in a Tiajuana bar at Mardi Gras you should damn well doubt that assertion.
The fact that archaeology has found nothing at the site of 10th century Jerusalem to support the existence of a capital city of a great empire is indeed EVIDENCE that the stories of David and Solomon are horseshit.
The fact that 200 years of excavations in Egypt has failed to produce any evidence of a mass Hebrew enslavement casts considerable doubt on the Exodus story.
The fact that archaeology shows that there was no blitzkrieg "conquest" seriously damages the fundies who insist that "joshua" was real.
It is now up to the fundies to get out there are start digging because they are losing the battle.