Oh, another favorite, the claim that the Exodus account wasn't true. Who is this bonehead again, who claims that there's no evidence of the event outside the Bible (Michael Shermer, Skeptic magazine)?
I guess this was made before the multiple specials (one from National Geographic; another from the History channel), which investigates the evidence SUPPORTING the Exodus account.
Then, there's the recent study of the Gulf of Aqaba, which Bible critics forget is PART of the Red Sea. There are archaeological finds there, including chariot wheels.
Not to mention, there are ancient NON-BIBLICAL accounts of the Exodus from historians like Josephus and Diodorus Siculus.
So much for the "no evidence outside the Bible" flap.
And, on another note, what manner of foolish atheist ranting would be complete, without their displaying their inability to read Deut. 21:20,21 They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." 21 Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid. [/i]" (NIV).
Did Mr. Shermer bother to grasp in his skull, that the passage DOES NOT STATE that the "son", in question, is a child.
The son is described as a "profligate and a drunkard", hardly words usually cited to depict a little boy. But, never let these simple details interfere with a blathering atheist rant.
