leonarde

So now you drag in a thread non-participant to....what? Trash him?

Cheers!

leonarde

Entire post from page two:Yeah, some REAL serious history students here.

Doctor X

"Try, dear Zyrkov, to cultivate a sense of humor!"

I would recommend not engaging in argumentum ad veritatem obfuscandam and actually provide the evidence asked for or just admit that it does not exist.

--J.D.

leonarde

And I would recommend that you not insert unidentifed quotations from who-knows-where to do the very same thing: obscure the inconsistent attitudes reflected in this thread, attitudes wholly inconsistent with a true love of history, archaeology or, for that matter, veritas....

In archaeology, people seldom say "evidence does not exist", they merely say "we haven't found evidence of that sort yet".
Like the grave of Caiaphas before 1990.....

Cheers!

Doctor X

On the contrary, the allusion applies as well to the above attempt to Poison the Well. The fact remains that we have asked for evidence and "answer there came none." Whine all one wants about "true love of history;" it proves rather hypocritical when no history has been cited as rebuttal.

Non sequitur. This has nothing to do with the Exodus-Conquest.

Would recommend either production of the evidence or admission of failure to do so.

Otherwise, "why don't you relax and play a nice game of solitaire?"

--J. "Kindest, Warmest, Most Lovable Human Being in the Whole World" D.

leonarde

Apparently you've given up reading your own posts. For here is what you said in your previous post: So you:

1) Demand either (unspecified) evidence or

2) an 'admission' that is doesn't exist.

So when I answer:it is not a non sequitur but an observation about your own illogic:
no one can claim that 'evidence' doesn't exist unless they are claiming an omniscience. But we've seen a bit of that on this thread too.....from the people who don't believe in omniscient beings......

Doctor X

Then you engage in argumentum ad ignorantiam.

Unable to admit that you have no evidence for the Exodus-Conquest, you can only try the "perhaps we have not found it yet" apology.

This is not, of course, history or scholarship.

You have also been given evidence against the Exodus-Conquest you have yet to address.

Until you do so, you engage in non sequitur at best and argumentum ad veritatem obfuscandam at worse.

--J. "There are 57 Card-Carrying Communists in the Defense Department!" D.

leonarde

Youses "asked for" evidence of

1) things I never claimed(but which you've made a fetish of demanding that I 'prove').

2) that "Moses" is an Egyptian/Egyptian-derived name, something I learned in grammar school and which is universally accepted.

I have the vague impression that were this a thread about baseball, youses would demand proof that Mickey Mantle played the outfield for the New York Yankees.......sorry but if you don't know the ABCs then we have nothing to discuss. Better luck with the pseudo-Christian SPs.....

Doctor X

We have evidence of the existence of Mickey Mantle.

You have yet to provide evidence for the Exodus-Conquest.

Now if you wish to backtrack and admit you have none, then that would be a moment towards intellectual honesty. You attempted it with a reference to Moses which others have demonstrated--with reams of bandwidth--did not actually prove or support an Exodus-Conquest.

You have also ignored the evidence against.

I would also not recommend you attempt humor in your argumentum ad hominem, particularly when you show up to the baseball diamond wearing a bikini.

--J. "How Did the Ladies become Russians?!!" D.

Weltall

Apparently you missed the last two words of that sentence. Give me EVIDENCE; You haven't done so yet. We have as much evidence that the Exodus story is correct as we do that Zeus and the other Olympian gods exist (read none). Stop insulting us and try to actually provide some evidence if you want us to take you seriously.