(January 8, 2016 at 10:51 am)dyresand Wrote:(January 8, 2016 at 10:38 am)Drich Wrote: how so?
I never said the movie did not provide alternitive dates, nor did i say it offered evidence to dispute those dates. I simply offered the information that the movie presents as the best canidate for the exodus.
Not to meantion I did indeed say that the dating of the exodus was only one aspect of this movie and that the movie provided much much more evidence than just the date.
So again how am I wrong? or is this just another vain attempt to dismiss the message by discrediting the messenger?
Do you have proof that the jews were ever slaves in Egypt?
Do you have proof of moses splitting the red sea?
Do you have proof that Ramses II was alive during the account?
Can you answer any of those questions with historical evidence?
As I mentioned before, Egypt is used as a metaphor for sin living.
In John 8:34 (CEV) the Jesus character said: "Jesus replied: I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin!"
When Jacob and his thug family went to Egypt they were essentially pagans, living in slavery to sin. The exodus story has Moses rescuing them from the slavery of sin by imposing his hundreds of rules on them. The story is just a long complex parable. It is not based on any historical event. The splitting of the sea symbolizes the birth of the people into a new life of what turned out to be oppressive rules designed to eliminate sin from their lives. It was a break from their past life, although it story says that some wanted to return to a life on Egyptian welfare. They had given up their freedom to live as they pleased. Now they had to live by someone's delusions and they hated it. Moses killed off the more vocal malcontents.
