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   From: prochoice@here.now   
      
   On Tue, 11 May 2004 10:36:29 -0500, "MrD"  in   
   alt.abortion with message-id  wrote:   
      
      
   >>   
   >> Well, in the case of Hezekiah's tunnel, the Bible says it was dug to   
   >> hide the water of Gihon spring from the Assyrians who were attacking   
   >> cities of Judea and would certainly attack Jerusalem.  There is no   
   >> doubt that the Assyrians did attack cities of Judea.  The ramp they   
   >> built over the wall of the city of Lachish still exists to this day.   
   >> Accounts of their seige of Jerusalem all agree.  185,000 Assyrian   
   >> soldiers died in one night, and the Assyrians withdrew to Ninevah in   
   >> great fear and confusion, where Sennacherib, the Assyrian king was   
   >> murdered by two of his sons.   
   >   
   >Just as I said, you do not want to talk about proof that Hezekiah ordered   
   >the tunnel be dug.  You want to talk about fiction.  What accounts agree   
   >that 185,000 Assyrian soldiers died in one night?  I don't believe you.   
   >   
      
   You are aware the entire conversation is a demonstration in futility.   
   He has been saying the same thing for years, has been proven wrong for   
   years, and has not changed his statements at all.  He is incapable of   
   ever changing his position on anything.   
      
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