(November 30, 2014 at 7:30 pm)abaris Wrote: Yeah, the Romans had some great fun. But as opposed to the goat fuckers in Palestine they also had a great civilization.
They were the original Law And Order gang, to be sure.
I'd like to add on to something Boru said:
Quote: But if you visit the hill and your excavations find no sign of a that specific structure, the source is at fault. This is the case with the First Temple (Temple of Solomon).
I can't remember where I saw it...might have been Hitchens or Harris...but the observation has been made is that bible thumpers doing archaeology are like tourists who go to Paris with a map of London and then, when things don't work well insist that the map is right but the city is laid out wrong.
I actually had one of those morons tell me that the very fact that there was no evidence for the exodus was proof that the bible story was true.
As you might imagine with my temper the ensuing discussion did not go well.
Boru, ever heard of the temples at Ain Dara or Tel Tayinat?
