[khnyny]

Very cool article.

From the article: “Nonetheless, archaeologists have had little opportunity to search for physical evidence to sort legend from reality. For one thing, the site remains a place of active worship. The authority that controls the compound, an Islamic council called the Waqf, has long forbidden archaeological excavations, which it views as desecration.”

So much for truth and science, eh?

[airborne]

Natsheh won’t say if he believes in the existence of the First Temple, given the current political climate. “Whether I say ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ it would be misused,” he tells me, fidgeting. “I would not like to answer.”

This guy is lying, and he knows it.

He also knows he would be killed for telling the truth.

Muslims are as animals.

[gleeaikin]

Alas, truth, science and religion rarely coexist peacefully.