(May 1, 2015 at 3:11 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(April 29, 2015 at 12:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Precisely. They claim they have evidence. The rest of us have bupkes except their word which is worth exactly shit.
There have been so many of these scams lately ( remember the Lead Codices, or the Jehoash tablet, or the James Ossuary, or the First Temple Pomegranite, or the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to name a few.)
Even when there are legitimate archaeological finds like the Ebla library or the DSS we go through a period which scholars call "the silly season" where every religious shitwit pronounces the new find as "proof" of their fairy tale. They are not.
But when you have an emotional need to believe something, you're not going to question anything that claims to be proof of what you believe.
sadly, i can attest to that during my christian days (and even some struggles i had after departing from christianity) i'm glad that's behind me. i'm finally comfortable with reality, and not needing to believe in a pseudo reality.