(January 18, 2016 at 10:59 am)Drich Wrote:(January 15, 2016 at 5:52 pm)Irrational Wrote: The burden is on Mahoney and others to show that the currently accepted theory is not better than the one they're proposing. In other words, show that it doesn't better account for the evidence than Rohl's theory and that it is less parsimonious, falsify it, present unique evidence that only Rohl's theory can explain, stuff like that. Don't just drag on about evidence that the currently accepted theory already accounts for satisfactorily.
Rohl's theory is just a small percentage of the total evidence provided by Mahoney. Actually Rohl plays a very small 'Role' is Mahoney's theory. Mahoney compiles a ton of evidence that supports every aspect of the Jewish captivity, from how/when they entered the land of Goshen, to their rise, to their fall into slavery, to the exodus and their entrance into the promised land. All of this was done apart from any contribution Rohl provided with his theory. Rohl's role was to simply shift the time line for those who wanted to make an issue about a middle kingdom exodus.
That's very misleading. Rohl was the main character in the film, aside from Mahoney. Rohl was the one who provided most of the interpretations that allowed Mahoney to take some liberty with Rohl's theory.
