Do you honestly believe the plagues really happened?

Question

A river of blood? Killing first born sons? Come on, really?

Answer 1

We've had plagues many times throughout history - and you visit your average cemetary in Europe, its easy to see evidence (gee, why do all these stones have the same death years?).

However, if you're thinking of Biblical plagues, its harder to come up with historical cooberative evidence, due to the amount of time that has passed.

I think more likely that there were events that "inspired" the writings in the Bible.

For instance, I believe the story of Noah was based on a "great flood", but not a world-wide flood. Remember, if your world consists of every place that your donkey can carry you, you tend to think of the world as being a lot smaller than it is.

Answer 2

Doesn't matter what people "believe", the question should be, "Did it happen?" The short answer, YES. I saw a few months ago on the history channel a documentary (NOT based on the Bible; in fact, basically, anti-spiritual) that proved they did happen. I wish I could remember the name of the documentary, but you could look it up and order it. It showed logical ways that each plague could happen, plus it showed WHY they proceeded in the order they did. For example, due to all the dead frogs' bodies, there was a natural increase in flies. Now, believe what you want...either God choreographed events such as volcanic eruptions to have the desired and prophesied effect or he didn't. Either way, they really happened.

Answer 3

To cleanse via suffering replaced into an previous testomony concept. Jesus as much as date that with Matt 12.7. We would seem to the previous and notice that we did that, yet we don't ought to shop doing that using fact forgiveness modifications your techniques the place the thought in sacrifice lies. The plague is over once you are able to bypass via your existence and forgive honestly everyone, alongside with your self.

Answer 4

If you're talking about the Moses-era plagues: probably not. Or if the disasters happened, they resulted from quirks of nature, not from direct actions of God. For example, we have cricket infestations and droughts now, but they happen either because of nature or humankind's mismanagement of it.

And as far as passover goes - no, I think that's literary fabrication.

Answer 5

God is a God of infinite love but He is also a God of Infinite power. Yes He did the plagues and He can do anything that He wills. It does cause one to think if He did that to the Egyptians what will He do to those who persecute His followers?

Answer 6

'Red plague' is caused by planckton in a chilling sea; which happened last year in NE China, and other places. It poison kills all fish. Fish die and float to shore, rot and attrack flies and mosquitos, which attrack frogs and locust, while spreading disease. Locust decimate grass which causes cattle to starve. Straw is necessary to create bricks which was denied to Moses by pharoah.

Answer 7

Perhaps not exactly as the story goes, but the lesson is there for all eternity. We were strangers in a strange land -- we must treat the stranger with loving kindness.
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Answer 8

Black plagues, plagues of locusts, etc. Those things happen, yo, and I don't even believe in the Bible.

Answer 9

Read Egyptian history.

Answer 10

Definitely!!!