(May 24, 2018 at 9:54 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: So the ancient Israelites have suffered slavery in Egypt until a certain Mr. Moses frees them.
To get free, they witness the plagues of Egypt.
While fleeing they witness Moses part the Red Sea, and drown the Egyptian army.
Then, after a few days, Moses wanders up a mountain to get his rocks off, and the moment he turns his back, they're off creating new gods!
They witnessed these events and still chose to create new gods and idols the moment Moses buggered off for a quick wank!
So, were the ancient Israelites really that fucking stupid...
..or, perhaps, is the story a complete work of fiction?
Not "perhaps", "IS a work of fiction"
Slavery was common worldwide in the age of kings yes, but there is no evidence whatsoever that Egyptians ever kept Jews as slaves. And they most certainly never would have allowed their captured or slaves to work on monuments to their kings in any case. Even today, if you look at how Palestinians and Jews act towards each other, it is mere blasphemy for each other to even enter the other's holy place.
The story of God killing off the Egyptian firstborn is immoral on top of that. He kills them over a beef he has with an adult. That would be like today, if a sitting judge had the children of a convicted bank robber murdered for something the kids didn't do.
