Which is more likely: Exodus is a myth, or a loving God commits genocide against firstborn Egyptian children?

Question

Occam's razor says Exodus is a myth. What do you say?

Answer 1

For some people, love doesn't exclude violence.

I've said it before, I'll say it until the day I die, Jehovah often comes across with all of the logic of an abusive spouse.

"Israel, if you hadn't worshipped those false gods, I wouldn't have had to get Nebuchadnezzar to invade your country, kill your young, and forcibly relocate you."

"Egypt, if you had only listened to Moses, I wouldn't have had to kill your babies. Yeah, I know I hardened Pharoah's heart against listening to Moses... his mouth said no, but I know he meant yes. I just had to open his eyes a little."

"I love you. Why did you make me hit you? Baby, if you'd just stop making me mad, I wouldn't have to punch you in the face anymore."

Do you see the parallel?

Maybe it's time to put the Bible down and step away.

Answer 2

why would those two choices be the only ones?
You are looking at it as if people are static, unmovable, not subject to the winds of history. The earth is like a box filled with jig-saw puzzle peices. The earth stays still, the jigsaw starts trying to form the solution to the problem, then suddenly, the box gets messed up again. That's all.

Without Exodus, there would be no passover. There would be no Manna. You do not understand the significance of that. The story, taken as a whole, the simplest solution is Exodus, not the 10 plagues of Egypt. For Exodus led to many other things.

Answer 3

It is a myth based on facts. All of the plagues in the Exodus can be attributed to a nearby volcano that erupted. The water turning, frogs getting the hell out of the water. First born Egyptians had a special bed down on the ground while younger siblings would be stuffed up in a loft. C02 moving down along the ground would have killed the children down in the beds.

There is no god and all prophets are false.

Answer 4

Ramesses heart hardened after each and each and every evidence of Moses' God's ability and would. So Ramesses son replaced into the purely right way hence to exhibit that Moses' God replaced into the best God, now no longer a solid of idols the picture of the Egyptians believed in. The Egyptian youthful ones died on an same time because the angel of death exceeded over the Israeli youthful ones.

Answer 5

Have you seen the Discovery Channel lately? They did an entire expose on the Exodus by scientists, geologists and historians. You either believe it or you don't. Those are real places, and real people that did exist. Ramses is on display in Cairo Egypt too by the way! Luxor was a real place so was the Reef Sea! Take some African/Egyptian courses. Artifacts are all over the world including Europe and the United States.

To go against God is asking Nature to rebel. They broke the rules and paid the price, just like Sodom and Gomorrah. They worshipped other gods, including themselves, were greedy. Romans 1.

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Answer 6

well sorry to disappoint but my logic says that there is every possibility a plague wiped out many new borns/ young children in a certain area of egypt and then with all the screwed up manipulation of the original wording in the Bible it has been changed to first -born instead of young child and from a great number to every hmmm this also seems logical I'm not attributing any spiritual signifiacnce to such an event but I assume a more primitive culture say one that existed over 3000 years ago would

Answer 7

Both are wrong. Exodus is not a myth, it has been proven to be correct by history and archaeology.
A loving God commits genocide againts firstborn Egyptian children, is wrong as well, because it was the Egyptian Pharaoh led by the devil who committed the genocide.

Answer 8

all I can say about it is that 'God' had nothing to do with any of it... non-entities don't do anything.

The whole story is most likely just a distortion based on some obscure events of the day (...thousands of years ago - Good gosh, the dust has settled and re-drifted again and again since that period. It's time to let it and the rest of the Bible stories die.)

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Post Script to sean e: Dude, I read your answer and I almost puked... You need a Head Dr. and a padded cell really bad. Reread the disgusting things you are in support of.

Answer 9

God did not commit genocide on the firstborn of Egyptian children, the disobeying King of Egypt did. If he was not so proud and stubborn and obeyed God's word, it would have never happened.

Answer 10

There is no way that the "Loving" God I believe would ever commit genocide against anybody for any reason, so of course I believe that exodus is a myth.

Answer 11

They've found evidence of Joseph and the tribes of Israel in Egypt.

Yes, God did kill the firstborn. I guess we think that God is supposed to always be kind and sweet. You know just like we humans are.

Basically, that was a punishment for 2 things.

And hey plenty of non-Jewish people were helped in the Old Testament when they stop worshipping idols and worshipped God. Ruth is a great example.

What about Naaman, don't think he was jewish.

1. The slaughter of Hebrew first born children
2.the refusal to let His people leave.

(Sorry, but Pharoah was asking for it).

And God was pretty patient in His retribution.