Sam – I agree with that point but it wasn’t primarily what I was trying to say, as I explained above.
Itche – Regardless, the fact that it’s an ofeneh pasuk in Vayikra should make you think for a second. They’ve certainly heard of the question. Do you think in the last two thousand years none of them has come up with a good lomdishe answer? At least one that will satisfy THEM enough not to abandon the tenets of the religion they believe in?