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I wanted to respond to Post #66 but will have to spend some time compiling some information.
Please allow me to itemize and test my references since I have only recently joined this forum.
Your argument is exhaustive but interesting and certainly does compel the Bible believer to question his/her foundations. This may take some time but I will assume that given your zeal for trying to prove the Bible wrong, that you are at least in search for answers. You may end up being pleasantly surprised or I may end up frustrated.
If you want to email me in the interim, it is rmcronal@bm.ibm.com
Zeal for proving the Bible wrong? I call it a dogged pursuit of the truth. Having a conclusion before research is done is exactly what science (including archaeology) avoids. Pre-existing belief taints scientific inquiry and tends to render its results less trustworthy. But I don't see evidence thereof when I read the post in question.