Interesting...
Once the remains are indeed validated, it would be interesting to see how one may explain the error in the timeline of creation as set forth in the 2 creation stories [chapter 1 & 2 Genesis which during scholarly research determined to be written by separate authors] along with the other events which set forth in the Torah/Old Testament.
It is also alarming that answers to the question of the parallels created by another religion which the stories in said Torah/Old Testament were paraphrased from Egyptian Mythology [among the 30 peer-based articles and novels created and studied by theology majors
http://books.google.com/books?id=6g...X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA265,M1
This is not to discredit the existence of a higher being, but the things which are believed to be his word and works that can not be quantified or even held as evidence which by mandate must be taken on faith due to its lack of evidence.
Being based off of oral history and not to be taken as first person witness, as well with the New Testament, they both suffer with hindsight and forced events into arenas which they do not belong, also the ingrained hypocrisy of the stories and the Mosaic Covenant, as well as affirmation by Jesus of Nazareth as to follow said rules.
Those who do not believe, it would be best to leave the argument alone, for it may never reach the logical portion of the mind which dictates fact is required for acceptance, or basically, common knowledge of sense of what is being read.
What you are attempting to do is diffuse
-generations upon generations of blind followers of words which close to more than half haven't fully read and comprehend
-lack of understanding by preachers, ministers, pimps, whatever and their interpretation of wording
-no attempt to seek and find the answer but to fully accept words at face value [pre-requisite of faith]
-a religion passed on by Colonial rapists of the motherland and ingraining doctrine into their slaves [both in Egypt ancient and trans atlantic slavery] and the bastarding of the word to defend their right.
-vague and haunted predictions [with the book written in hindsight, not first person experience] with meanings that again being vague could be placed in numerous situations in time and still meet its criteria.
In order to even get to middleground, one must take one of many meanings of the word GOD to gather the action of perfection, which one must strive for in their daily pursuits. This is not man is God argument, it is lifestyle to achieve perfection in sustained craft.
God as abstract will always be just that, only the pursuit of goals while giving the metaphysical the credit for advantages/disadvantages/ and the concept of fair and/or for those who seek justice.
If the argument is faith is GOD, which means that the belief in the unprovable strengthens the resolve of the believer, then it means that your shaken faith would be a shaken God, your lack of faith would be lack of God, and faith in science and facts are no GOD.
Another concept of the bible indoctrinates the spirt of forgiveness, but forget that the creation of the Christe means the loophole, since GOD does not forgive and required the creation of Christe to seek its forgiveness, the loophole required for gentile or better said 'pagan' to find favor in said religion and the afterlife which was not believed in pre-Greek times [Shoal is considered purgatory until the creation of heaven/hell]
As with any religion, it is filled with advice as well as prejudice and may at times contradict its own meaning, but the spirit of the word should be for those to seek to become 'good' people.
though it won't hurt if one picks up a physics or any other science book once in a while in an attempt to makes sense of present day insanity on the subject.