No, Orthodoxy cannot be reconciled with reality

Shilton Hasechel recently made a post about this in where he discusses various fundamentalist "bat aways" at arguments against TMS via science.

A classic "bat away" is the so called "God is above science". Well if that is true then there is no point in me arguing with you, and this is for you more than me. You are making a claim, the burden of proof is on you. If you wish to use such a cop-out, then fuck off. Sorry for the language, but I am just pissed that this ignorant, stupid, and baseless argument is even taken seriously by the most ignorant and stupid people who should see through this easily. By this logic, I can easily "disprove" Hashem by saying I believe in an uber-God, and he is beyond all comprehension that God does not even know he is there! This argument fails for other reasons, but you get the point.

For one to reconcile reality with Torah you would need to accept this statement: Your God lied to you. He lied to you about the origin of species, he lied to you about the flood, and he lied to you about Egypt. Of course the apologists can find excuses for this epic fibbing, but whether it is a benevolent lie or a malevolent lie, it is a lie.