Young Earth Creationism Vs. Science (Statler Waldorf Contd)

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I doubt the reality of the exodus because, agian there is not actual evidence for it.

This from Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus

Historicity debateBiblical scholarship identifies the Exodus narrative as a founding myth intended as the history of the relationship of the God of Israel and his chosen people, the Israelites,

it is best seen as theology set in a narrative framework, illustrating how the God of Israel acted to save and strengthen his chosen people, the Israelites; from this point of view, it is inappropriate to approach miraculous events such as the burning bush and the plagues of Egypt as history.

Archaeology

A century of research by archaeologists and Egyptologists has found no evidence which can be directly related to the Exodus narrative of an Egyptian captivity and the escape and travels through the wilderness,[18] and it has become increasingly clear that Iron Age Israel - the kingdoms of Judah and Israel - has its origins in Canaan, not Egypt:[22] the culture of the earliest Israelite settlements is Canaanite, their cult-objects are those of the Canaanite god El, the pottery remains in the local Canaanite tradition, and the alphabet used is early Canaanite. Almost the sole marker distinguishing the "Israelite" villages from Canaanite sites is an absence of pig bones, although whether this can be taken as an ethnic marker or is due to other factors remains a matter of dispute