I'll take this argument further if pressed.
I deem the Abrahamic God to be a preposterous impossibility.
The "perfect" word of God is a collection of short stories that contradict each other and makes mythical claims that violates the internal consistency of the Abrahamic God in a way that proves beyond a doubt that several concepts of God from a wide variety of ancient religions were blended.
Direct influence from Egyptian and Babylonian mythology are clear, just as the New Testament has multiple references to Zoroastrianism (The family religion of Freddy Mercury's family) especially the story of the "wise men" from the East. The word used was "Magi" the title from Zoroastrianism for their priest class.
The Bible is anthropological literature that demonstrates the evolution of human religion and cross cultural influences more than anything else. It demonstrates in several places how rewriting history has been used to validate culturally impoverished ethnic groups like the mythical ancient Jews.
There's Zero anthropological evidence of any kind that Israel ever even existed as much more than a tribe, and that was driven by conflict to move from time to time, never actually owning a "land" which is why the Bible stories emphasizes the whole "Promised Land" narrative. It's like the Napoleon Complex but for an entire ethnic culture.
The Israel of Roman times probably existed for at most 500 years, and that's being generous. The political map changing frequently throughout, just as Louisiana at one time went all the way up to the Canadian southern boarder, so maps in the middle east changed every few decades.
That's very good. But I bet you could not say that to a theist, without getting interupted fifty times. LOL
@Fernapple I just stay with the argument that there's no evidence, and it's on them to provide said lacking evidence because they're making the claim, not us.
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