Therein lies the problem for the atheist. Here's where it goes wrong. Answering that question tells us something important about the existence of God and about a special way of knowing. Such bizarre events sometimes hold a key to the meaining of the universe. This argument, though, is replete with unforseen pitfalls.
Recent scholarship reads the same text and finds just the opposite.
Not according to many world-class archaeologists. There's a catch, however, which tells us volumes about modern man and his delimma. However, the attempt is doomed before it gets started. Unfortunately, one of America's noblest virtues has been so distorted it's become a vice. When used properrly, though, philosophy is a friend, not a foe, an ally, not an antagonist.