You are nit picking, Atheist. Your post is as intellectually dishonest as Hitchens book.
White's argument is that Hitchens intentionally ignored educated Religious opinions, and attacked the ignorant ones. In addition, White says,
If you want to ignore the essentials and quibble about achaeological details (I have no opinion either way here, and am wholly unfamiliar with Hoffmeier's book), go for it. But that is merely obfuscating the issue through distraction. Who cares whether archaeological evidence supports the Jewish Exodus from Egypt? This is important only to Fundamentalists and the New Atheists (and archaeologists and historians, of course, for different reasons).
Here's another key point in White's article:
Since this is a literary board, it seems appropriate to quote another essential piece of the article:
Here's the beautiful Wallace Stevens poem:
That strange flower, the sun,
Is just what you say.
Have it your way.
The world is ugly,
And the people are sad.
That tuft of jungle feathers,
That animal eye,
Is just what you say.
That savage of fire,
That seed,
Have it your way.
The world is ugly,
And the people are sad.
For anyone interested, here's a link to another article on Hitchens, Dawkins, et. al.:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critic...books_gottlieb