Creationism, Evolution and the Public Schools

Arachnid,Some comments:
Item #1...then was divided (henceforth never a nation again until after WWII when it was artificially made one), conquered by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks under Alexander, and the Romans. All before your cited crusade.Item #2...Where did you get this idea?Item #3...Only under Saul, David and Solomon (if you accept the OT as reliable history of the era) was the area under united Jewish control as a nation, and even then "control" is hardly the correct word to use; they were constantly fighting to keep order and "control."Item #5...What about Tel Aviv, 1948?Item #7...Jerusalem was a city (by the name of Salem) long before David took control of the Jebusite city. Melchizedek is mentioned in Gen. 14.18 as its king; also see Psalms 76.2.Item #9...When fleeing a war zone, it is common (and advised) to leave before seeing the enemy. By then it's too late.Item #12...What about Armenians, Montagnards, American Indians, and the Jews before the re-establishment of the Jewish State? To not be absorbed in 50 years is not suprising at all.As for refuting the facts...which facts were you refering to?-Shiloh

Hey Arachnid,
Do you think this post is in keeping with the notion of non-personal debate? In keeping with forum rules?I know that you are pretty new here, as am I, but do you think this sort of post aids your credibility?Curious,
-Shiloh

Arachnid,Thanks for taking the time to cite the quote. Having said that, I must add that simply having no hall monitor is hardly a reason to do what is destructive to one's own purpose. The forum rules may not be enforced, but they do establish a standard we might ought to remember...all of us.One would think that in a forum such as this we would all hope to appear either like(in no particular order!):A.) Reasonable, level headed "scientific" type folks; or,
B.) Reasonable, level headed "Christian" type folks;Neither of which is spoken well of by attacks, name calling, etc., even if it is completely warrented.Example, I personally disagree with your take on this particular issue, but that's okay by me.-Shiloh