< I'm certainly open to new research and so forth but as far as I know Jim every single time that some geographic or historical incident has been mentioned in the Bible it's been proven out by research. />

That’s not true. The very existence of Moses has been called into question. There was a wonderful show on A&E a few months ago about the “historical Bible”. I think the Bible is a matter of faith – a metaphor so to speak. Some of it is based on truth – as are all legends, and some of it is not. Does it matter?