True. I'm always interested when more of the historical reporting in the Bible is discovered to be true, though. I hate when Bible critics say dumb stuff like Christ didn't exist. Among other things, those people were recording their history and it's ignorant and arrogant to say it's all fiction.
I thought the exodus did happen?
No. For one, there would be evidence of nomads in the Sinai Desert if it happened, like camps, pits for waste, etc etc etc. None of that is in evidence, and that is after many hundreds of years of looking. The evidence is the Hebrew culture of that time developed from the Northern Canaanites, not from the migration of Hebrew escaped slaves from Egypt. There might be some historical basis, but nothing that is provable. At best, it is taking a minor event and exaggerating the heck out of it. There definitely is some egyptian influence, but since they are a much more advanced civilization that is just next door, that would be expected.
Is there any proof of Moses existence?
Yes. More likely, but I still wonder if that event did take place. Not 40 years, not the 10 commandments, but some Hebrews got stuck as slaves in Egypt for a time, and then got away when Egypt went through a time of chaos due to social unrest, etc. At least, I don't count that out.
I don't know. A Superman type story. Is there?
I was never arguing for the historical accuracy of the Book of Exodus. But it's a humdinger of a tale, is it not? People hunger for heroes, epic history, super powerful forces on their side.
There was a Rabbi that was asked if the Exodus was a true story. His response was 'It's absolutely true. It just might not be historically accurate'
Well, that sounds just like what a Rabbi would say. Confound all these learned folks, anyway, saying clever stuff I don't understand.
It means at a story, it tells a lot of moral lessons and lessons about humanity, but it really didn't happen.
Thankee!
One think you might want to look at is The Legend of Sargon
Good movie material.
Hum yes and no You have to remember that, like all media, they do have certain bias, and as a Israeli news organization, they do post articles that highly exaggerate things like that, just like you will see western news papers talk about 'discoveries' about Jesus in Israel around this time of year. Some amount of their evidence is taken out of context and exaggerated. It's to see papers and promote Judaism. So, like the western news papers making stories about Jesus this time of year, so they make claims about evidence for the exodus. Many of the things they mention might be true, but they are not evidence for the exodus. It is evidence of the fact the two cultures interacted.Interesting read, if anyone's interested.
Alright.
I could introduce you to a few of them residing right here on DP. Just a simple search with the words "the Bible is myth" would do the trick. I would cite the specific examples, but then you might choose to defend them with nuances and I would be tempted to debate something which is really not pertaining to the thread.
Ok. Enjoy your day.
Then you haven't been paying attention...
evidenceforchristianity.org
