Wake up!

[rob_hollar]

[Cerrone]

[Rev. Rye]

[Minimalist]

written and then translated from two ancient languages (Aramaic & Hebrew)?

If I might offer one small observation, we have no evidence that the OT existed in Hebrew or Aramaic. It was all written in Greek c 275 BCE in a version known as the Septuagint.

Perhaps the Jews translated it into "Hebrew" when they got around to it? In any case, there is no evidence of the Torah existing in "Hebrew" prior to 275 BCE.

The closest they can come is two versions of the same prayer found in 1979 by Gabriel Barkay on the so-called Silver Scrolls.

[FadingW]

The strongest support for lack of faith in god seems to me the absence of evidence for the existence of god.

Sure there are mountains of both reprehensible matters advocated as morality and contradition/impossibilities in religious text, but if that is relied upon, it could always be argued "But what about X?"

But as to your question, people behave strangely in groups; are not purely rational actors. I recall a study that when subjects were questioned on simple observable attributes, they were more likely to change their answer if the many other people around them confidently answered the wrong result.

Have you ever seen Life of Brian?

You are all individuals!