Quote:(P.S. we can engage in civil discourse.).
Of course we can. That's why I didn't say its a load of shit. I'm still giving you the benefit of the doubt unlike some of the others that I've just given up on.
Archaeology has provided us with enough evidence to know that the OT is a bunch of silly stories written and edited over the course of centuries by the ruling classes of an insignificant province to advance their own interests.
For whatever reason, xtianity attached this ancient drivel to itself and now finds that its foundation is badly cracked. This is not my problem.
