Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Oh Noes! Their History Conflicts with Our Dogma!

On November 18, PBS is airing "The Bible's Buried Secrets," a history documentary which puts forth the following claims:

  • The Old Testament was written in the sixth century BC and hundreds of authors contributed.
  • Abraham, Sarah and their offspring didn't exist.
  • There is no archaeological evidence of the Exodus.
  • Monotheism was a process that took hundreds of years.
  • The Israelites were actually Canaanites.
  • The Israelites believed that God had a wife.
So, in true religious style, when told that history conflicts with their dogma, the AFA's response is to kill the messenger. They are compiling a petition urging congress into ending financial support of PBS. But why stop there? Why not beg their sky daddy to starts making evidence fit his stories? And throw in a little plague and pestilence for those nasty unbelievers.

Read on...