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If there is such a thing as a sanctuary veil, you can bet archeologists have looked for it -- and not found it -- or it would be big news.   They also looked for and didn't find any evidence that the red sea parted, no evidence for Jews being enslaved in Egypt,  no signs of anyone living in the desert and lots of evidence of early jews being in Israel during that time, no Noah's ark, no mount Sinai (they just named a mountain that much later) Moses supposedly broke the rock the 10 commandments were written on (very convenient) and there were no signs of any walls around the city of Jericho.

These are stories.[/quote]

I'm curious: do you think you've converted a single person to atheism (or islam, if you're Muslim Woman) with this approach?

A major problem with your approach (besides the off-putting aggression) is that you aren't the greatest historian. So people roll their eyes and move on.

For example, there is a whole lot of evidence that there was a huge flood around the Black Sea before Christ; yet nobody actually thinks a wooden ark would have survived to the present day, or more than a few hundred years. Similarly, a piece of fabric/temple veil will not have survived 2000 years, or even 1000 years.  I'm also pretty sure you're wrong on the archeological evidence for the parts of historical Judaism you've cited, but maybe someone else wants to take that on.

You've set up some straw men here ("you haven't found a 2,000-year-old piece of fabric! So your religion must be false!") that just makes most readers roll their eyes and conclude you aren't too bright.[/quote]

People don't "convert" others to atheism.  It's not a religion.

And I really, really, doubt that Muslims are posting here.  That's paranoia.

Pointing out inconsistencies and asking questions is the name of the game on a Religion Forum.  That's what this is.  It doesn't mean someone's a hater, not too bright, an atheist, a Muslim, or a troll.  It means they are participating in a debate.  Respond or just move on to the Gardening Forum.

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Oh yes indeedy, atheists proselytize with the best of them, it's like the continued existence of believers drives some of you crazy. You're only fooling yourself if you deny this.  Also, how have you managed to miss self-identified "Muslim Woman" here, and her many scourges of other peoples' (non-Islamic) religions? Pointing these things out doesn't make anybody paranoid, it makes them grounded in reality.

You're ignoring the point, which is that you've set up some fairly ridiculous straw men: "prove your religion by showing me a piece of fabric that's 2,000 years old!" Instead, you try to turn into calling others paranoid, but it can't hide the basic silliness of what you were criticized for. [/quote]

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