NOTE TO ALTER COCKER: I AM NOT TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU, MY POST ARE FOR YOUR READERS WHO ARE ON THE FENCE. AS CHAZAL SAY, DON'T TRY TO CONVINCE A JEWISH APIKORIS: We don't have to show that there are no false national events. The burden is on you. We are presenting a form of evidence -- a nationally experienced event which would change the face of the nation perpetually -- and we say that until we find a false event, we have no right to assume that our evidence is fallible. Why do you assume that it it fallible? The fact that there are no miraculous national events doesn't imply that our evidence is fallible. If you were standing at Sinai, and you'd experience the miracles, would you doubt your experience of eating the manna for 40 years because other examples of people experiencing miracles aren't recorded? The point is that if we are presenting evidence that may be infallible, it is only your wishful thinking that allows you to ignore it. I mean, think about it. The Beis Hamikdash, specifically the Second one. Its existence changed our nation forever. Its existence is seared in our collective memory. It left at least two yearly commemorations -- Tisha B'av and Chanukah -- in its wake. Arguing against Sinai is like arguing against the existence of the Temple: utter nonsense. I pinned a chapter to my twitter account which you may be interested in. NOTE: IT IS ONLY A VERY SMALL SLICE OF THE ARGUMENT.