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Originally posted by Captain Canada
What historical facts are you refering to - The Isrealites genocide of the people of Canaan - the exedous - these are not facts, just biblical stories that rely on nothing but faith.
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I agree. See below.
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You say you have studied anthropology - why not look to more scientific proof such as the Stela or the Egyptian records of the period.
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History is written by the winners. That information could not be used outside of that context.
True anthropology is via eyewitness study. That area would be more suited for sociological and historical study.
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There is absolutely no proof - nothing, zero, ziltch, that these events ever happened.
Show one single shred of evidence or proof that does not rely on biblical stories or history or so called "biblical fact"
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Agreed. See below.
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Ironically you could argue that the most important philosophical period in Judaism was in Spain when the Jews were under Muslim rule.
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I would argue the Babylonian enslavement had the most profound influence on Judaism as we see it today.
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The you quickly jump up to WWII when you state that they forced Britain out of the area and won the land by terrorist actions -
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I never said they forced Britain out. I said they used terrorism to influence. I never elaborated beyond that.
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Palestine was never a national country the way we know it - it was always a geographical term, the people did not associate themselves with the area that is now Israel.
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That is not what I was, or have been arguing.
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Historical fact is just that - it should not be based on any religious beliefs or writings.
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Agreed.
Thank you for proving my point.
Ask a Zionist what his claim to the land is based upon.
Could it be his misguided notion of biblical "fact"?
Yes... it is.