You got that right Brian!
Of course I did, it is high school level history to know that no historical theory is ever proven. It is the same with archaeology, nothing is ever proven, it is only implied. Archaeology is excellent at disproving something, but not so good at proving it.
Welcome to the firt step on the road to understanding what history is. Now you should realise that you can stop saying that Wyatt has found the chariot wheels of the Egyptians involved in the Exodus and start saying something like 'it looks likely that Wyatt.....'.
Just like when we find bones of neanderthal man it doesn't mean we were descendant from a common ancestor, and just because we find dinosaur bones doesn't mean they were destroyed by an astroid, and just because we see evidence of an expanding universe doesn't mean our universe is the result of a big bang!
These are all theories Lysimachus. A theory is the best explanation for the evidence available, and it is never proven. Also, a theory has to be falsifiable, there has to be a way to disprove it, if there is no way to do so then it isn't an historical or scientific theory.
You see where faith comes in? Faith is a requirement, regardless of what we believe in.
I have never disputed it, in fact I probably realise this more than most members here.
BTW, where is the Sea of Reeds and how many reeds are there at Ron's crossing?
Brian.