no nation would likely invent itself and faihtlully transmit century after century of this nature unless it had autneic core nahum sarna
if your making up history adds richard fiedman is that you descended from gods or kings ,not from slaves souces i got this from a book is the bible the exodus true you heard they said that people never mad up srory of slaves
2006-11-27
05:37:25
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but a expert said people only make up stuff of gods or kings not slaves and id this not true this really conure the devil to see if god exists or not thats only to prove to me god exists conjure up satan
2006-11-27
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I believe that it happened but not exactly like its told in the bible...you should watch the documentary called the Exodus Decoded. It's really well put together and it makes you realize alot of things.
2006-11-27 05:39:25
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answered by Anonymous
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If you approach the subject from a purely historical-critical perspective, most civilizations subscribe to the descended-from-gods mythos to legitimize their existence. To that end, Judaism has the book of Genesis which describes the pre-slave status of the Israelite nation, notably in the person of Joseph, who was portrayed as vice-pharaoh in a foreign land.
But the prevalence of an idea doesn't make it some kind of law. A culture is free to understand its beginnings in its own way. The Jews chose to understand that cultural legitimacy derives from God's choice, rather than a sexual act. The Jewish God creates with "his" mind rather than "his" gonads. (Indeed, as the only god, sexual generation is a logical impossibility.)
The details of the Exodus may have been mythologized, but the fact that the story starts with slaves does not make it an invalid story. Rather, it is an indictment of slavery. The Hebrew mythos is more nuanced than your author is willing to admit. It sounds like a case of grinding the facts to fit his theory.
2006-11-27 15:59:01
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answered by skepsis 7
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Egyptian hieroglyphic records indicate the Israelites were an ethnic group of foreign workers who called themselves the Israelites because they had taken up worshiping Isis and Ra as God or El, Hence the Is-ra-el-ites. They were not exactly slaves but were considered to be a group of mixed low class workers of foreign origin and for various reasons were ordered by Pharaoh to leave Egypt. So the story does have some basis in fact but was greatly embellished. When the Israelites left Egypt is when Hebrew/Jewish history actually began and like Christianity much of the history, stories and rites were borrowed from older civilizations and religions. For instance the story of Noah's Ark was borrowed from the much older Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh..
2006-11-27 14:06:25
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answered by Anonymous
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Immaterial.
The original tribes that wrote the OT had the experience of being exiles, and so their self-story reflects that. Whether the details are historically accurate or not is immaterial.
Later mysticism in Judaism reinforced the idea of exile, even to God being self-exiled from His creation (in the Kabbalah)
This is a paradigm that gave meaning to the lives of the people who wrote that particular self-story.
It has nothing to say about the *factual* truth of any part of that self-story.
When are y'all going to understand that these kinds of arguments are fruitless?
Applying any kind of historical or scientific "test" to prove the validity of a religion is pointless. They exist in separate realms. Religion (mythos) is in the inner realm, and reason and science (logos) belong to the outer realm.
IMO, the only valid religions are those that result in practical compassion.
Any that do, are valid.
2006-11-27 13:58:49
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answered by Praise Singer 6
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lol. u dont think people made up story of slaves? people will make up lies about anything they want. that doesnt prove exodus true, that there were stories of slaves...
even if that part is true, just becuase 10% of a book is true doesnt make the whole thing true.
same way if 10% of a book is false does not mean the whole thing is false.
2006-11-27 13:40:16
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answered by Anonymous
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I've hear that the Exodus was based on an Assyrian text about a man named Mises, though I don't know the whole story. Regardless, stories tend to get changed and exaggerated being talked about from mouth to mouth.
You really need to clean up your question, it is very difficult to read.
2006-11-27 13:42:15
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answered by The Doctor 7
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The Bible is true. The Nation of Israel was chosen by God and through that seed line of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the 12 tribes of Israel came the Lord Jesus Christ to offer the kingdom to Israel but because they rejected Him and had Him killed we can put our trust in what He did. He died for our sins, He was buried and took our sins away and He rose again the third day for our justification. Believe and trust in that and you to can go into God's heaven. 1 Corinthians 15: 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 1 Corinthians 15: 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 4: 25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
2006-11-27 13:49:49
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answered by Ray W 6
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All of the bible is true. I didn't understand your details, but the question was simple enough. In fact, the bible is not just true, it is fact, and the most accurate history book you could ever hope to find.
2006-11-27 13:40:48
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answered by Twojay 3
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The Bible is either a lie or the truth. As for me, I believe the Bible.
2006-11-27 13:44:06
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answered by ? 5
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I do not understand half of things your are trying to say but THE EXODUS in the BIBLE is TRUE.
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2006-11-27 13:40:51
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answered by Kenneth G 6
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