Quote: Something of God’s presence in the Ark of the Covenant seems to be lost in the church today.
The exodus story is later bullshit. No ark. No plagues. No conquest. No Moses. No Joshua. The villages which later coalesced into the northern and southern polities of "israel" and "judah" cam centuries after this particular bullshit story was supposed to have happened and they arose from within Canaan not outside of it. This is what happens when archaeology examines actual evidence instead of silly old books.
The bigger question is why do xtians praise such a bunch of murderous stormtroopers as the ancient 'israelites' are portrayed to be? They make ISIS look like shlemiels. Why are you so fond of murdering bastards, Randy?
Why is your god such a dick?