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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]

Pretty sure I'm wrong? -- just look it up yourself -- it's quite easy to find that there's no evidence for the exodus -- it's been written about by Jewish archeologists and biblical scholars.  I'll make it easy for you.  Here's a start:  http://www.amazon.com/The-Bible-Unearthed-Archaeologys-Ancient/dp/0684869136
and this http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/f/finkelstein-bible.html  and this http://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/29/arts/bible-history-flunks-new-archaeological-tests-hotly-debated-studies-cast-doubt.html

Let me saying advance, that I don't expect evidence to sway some people, who will use something like "eyewitness accounts" as long as it suits their needs and fall back on 'faith' when scientific evidence refutes what they think they know.[/quote]

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