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"You are trying to disprove what another believes. That is foolish."

No, that is not the point at all. I have no problem with what someone else believes, but I do have a problem with faulty thinking.

The post to which I responded asserted that "archeological evidence" supports Christianity's beliefs. My post was to point out that that is faulty reasoning. I can go to a spot, and dig, and find pottery, and dwelling foundations and evidence of human occupation. If I am lucky, I can even find stuff to help me identify the name of the place and nail down the time. That is all good, however, if I have a story with fantastic, supernatural elements that took place in that setting, finding the place is no more "evidence" of the fantastic portions of the story than was my example of the Wal Mart alien encounter.

Belief in God is a supernatural belief. Pointing to physical "archeological evidence" is inconsistant with the ethereal nature of religious beliefs.

Anyway, my very first post on this thread was to ask why these things are put out here, when they just seem to infuriate folks.

As to arguments such as "they" are poking me in the eye (no matter who "they" are) it takes almost no time to find a variety of signs sure to be offensive to some group, so EVERYBODY has a chance to be the "they" that are doing the poking.

Frankly, I think militant Atheists are just as misguided as over zealous religious types. I would rather they all took a breather. That was my point about not giving a big deal about a Menorah (or Creche) in a public space. Would I protest that? No. Would I contribute money to put up a counter display? No. Again, if you look at my very first post, what I am trying to say here is that there are truly bigger and badder things that are ACTUALLY HAPPENING, that will OBJECTIVELY bring harm to our republic, and we should be mustering our forces toward those ends, and not arguing over who's God is greater, or how many angels can dance on a billboard.