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I think you missed the point entirely. Why is it so important to people who claim faith (ie., belief without proof) that there be proof? They contradict their own faith with the constant pretense of scholarship. They're putting on a show that hasn't had an intermission in two thousand years and the audience is still lapping it up.
My favorite scene is where the faithful continually attempt to throw the entire planet into war and then blame their invisible, abstract entity for doing so. He predicted it and it happened, He must be real.
The irony of god having to work through men is that we cease to differentiate our actions from His when we imagine that we are His vessels. But, none of the faithful seem to care about this conundrum, about how acts of base, human hatred gets re-imagined as divine justice. But, faith is famously endowed with a narcotic effect that can numb the mind and conscience of the most (especially the most) dedicated believers.
The problem with inspiration based upon a violent anachronistic myth is that it inspires too many to be inhuman. When you no longer care about humans and the earth, that's how you know you've transcended and are truly a spiritual being.
I didn't miss it. I ignored it because it's clear you want to use this thread to attack religion in general. This is about viewing history and the possible inspiration it might effect in some who participate. Is this really the tomb of Jesus? Doesn't matter. Jesus could have been laid in a tomb in Selma, AL, and it wouldn't make any difference at all. I have no interest at all in changing your view of religion and it's impact on humanity. If you find inspiration in gazing at the heavens, and many do for various reasons, it's fine with me. I simply allow that people should take whatever positive inspiration that they can find, where they find it. Believing or not, you should have the grace to do the same.