A footnote is required for clarity: The graphics were added by Dan. His maps help to visualize the approximate borders and dates from so many centuries ago, but they are only approximations. This is especially true of the second map, which has serious errors, both in dating and especially on boundaries. For example, the map fails to show Assyria engulfing Samaria. And the Babylonian empire that rose right after Assyria was profoundly larger than shown.

“I am sorry I will have to miss whatever “wonderful and interesting” came after the needless insult.”

And this is the biggest problem of all with religion; it successfully gets people to resist and pre-judge anything that challenges it.

Justin True:

“So… Until the Loch Ness Monster attains 501c3 status and writes his own supernatural reasoning on why we should worship him and his creator, no comparison here.”

You are on a roll! LOL.

The DNA of those claiming Jewish ancestry and those claiming Palestinian ancestry may be shocked to know:

“[...]according to a new scientific study, Jews are the genetic brothers of Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese, and they all share a common genetic lineage that stretches back thousands of years.”

“And all have preserved their Middle Eastern genetic roots over 4,000 years”
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/05/000509003653.htm

Genetic analysis suggests that a majority of the Muslims of Palestine, inclusive of Arab citizens of Israel, are descendants of Christians, Jews and other earlier inhabitants of the southern Levant whose core may reach back to prehistoric times. A study of high-resolution haplotypes demonstrated that a substantial portion of Y chromosomes of Israeli Jews (70%) and of Palestinian Muslim Arabs (82%) belonged to the same chromosome pool

Who first occupied the land is actually a moot point – in religions’ evolution, first came the pagan beliefs, then the Jewish faith, followed by Christianity and lastly, the religion of Islam – all groups are predicated on the same genetic pool, and all are entitled to the land they and their ancestors have occupied for at least four thousand years – land for which they have spent years fighting over.

Mr. JT, the things horrible things you speak of were committed by horrible people.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/2013/01/10/25fb83bc-5b6e-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html

Mr. Gresham, and others like myself are not “against” god. We can’t be against something we don’t believe in. But what we can do is share our point of view in search for tolerance and understanding for our ways of thought.
You can disagree with what this piece of writing says, but don’t attack the individual for stating his case. Ad hominem.
I think if you have something to say to challenge the case he has presented, great! But don’t attack him solely for his point of view and giving good reason for his point of view.

Besides, the Loch Ness Monster has yet to destroy whole groups of people over a faith. The Loch Ness Monster has yet to rape little boys… has yet to call someone derogatory names just simply for being different. So… Until the Loch Ness Monster attains 501c3 status and writes his own supernatural reasoning on why we should worship him and his creator, no comparison here.