re: Tomb of Jesus dated for first time, built far earlier than originally believed

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history book that was written back then?

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the bible is as much a history book as the iliad

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maybe you should look up what a scientific theory is, it's not simply an idea.

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Tell me yours. You can't without significant googling, wikiing, etc and even then could be shredded by any in depth analysis. Either on your beliefs or even the source itself. It's this entire facade that secularists have built up, or moreso joined or tried to adopt.
You're not fooling anyone.

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Faith in something unseen, unproveable. Yeah it's the same except your God is some scientist(s) making ridiculous extrapolations of studies and data and circle jerking each other to be "peer reviewed".

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No, it’s literally not faith. It’s called evidence. You have to see t and touch it in order to make a hypothesis, and others try to falsify it to determine if it is worth the status of theory. Science doesn’t attempt, nor can it, answer that which t has no evidence for. In that case, I’m perfectly fine with saying I don’t know, instead of believing in something that’s objectively nonsense just because it’s there.

Nothing significant within the Bible is actually provable and all of what can be has been falsified. There is literally no evidence that Jews were ever slaves in Egypt, and the Egyptians kept records at that time.

There is also no evidence, nor contemporary writing that Jesus actually existed. Don’t be afraid to embrace reality.

There is independent verification of the existence of Jesus, and it is generally accepted by historians and biblical scholars that he is a historical figure. While there are some who consider all such independent verifications as interpolations, this is not a widely held view.

Is it just me that thinks it’s really ridiculous that Christians have built churches on all of these sacred sites?

I’m pretty sure there are churches at the locations where it is suspected he was crucified and born.

If I went i wouldn’t be going to visit a church I’d want to see the place

So does this mean we can finally disprove Christianity in addition to the dozens of other religions that Christians have already ‘disproved’?

I don’t deny that there was a mortal man Jesus (or some variation of that name since lost in the countless translations/changes to the Bible since it was written decades after his death) running around the Sinai performing neat tricks and gathering cult status.

But to make the leap that he was sent to Earth as the mortal embodiment of a white-bearded God that had existed for literally hundreds of millions of years without interacting with us seems a little odd to me.

Either way, I’m definitely a spiritual person, I just disagree that the meaning of life came to fruition only 2000 years ago, and anyone who disagrees will spend eternity in a large system of caves sweating their d**** off and getting reamed with hot spikes by a horned-goat boss.

Looks like science has once again helped prove my point.

What do you think I believe in that’s unseen and unprovable?

The average atheist knows far more about religion than the average christian. Usually they are atheist because of how well they know religion.

Edit: I spent years in a seminary.

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No, it’s literally not faith. It’s called evidence.

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No, it's called "best evidence" and it ends up being wrong all the time. And from the perspective of the average believer like you, it's completely a matter of faith. For example, you, like most secularists, don't believe in many things you accept because you actually researched studies and verified evidence, you just accept it at face value. That's called faith. Twist it however you want.

What's your theory on the creation of life?