Well, Daniel, he never accused you of being uninformed, and I dare say you are probably very informed...if by very informed you, of course, mean you are very well aware of what is in the bible. But you know what? One thing I have learned dealing with people is that the more certain they are about something involving themselves, the less likely it is to be true. So you know what? Let me test how informed you are. Lemme throw you a doozy: Did the Exodus actually happen? The founding element of the abrahamic religions...did it actually happen?
No. As Min has pointed out elsewhere on this forum before I could pounce on this myself, there is no evidence showing that Hebrews ever actually existed in Egypt at all. Two centuries of archaeology later and not a trace. Not a hint, not a clue, not an allusion or anything. It's almost like they were never there at all...which is, of course, the point.
So, if the Hebrews were never in Egypt under Pharaoh's despotic rule...then, where is the basis for the entire story that follows? Where is its weight in its meaning, if it's little more than a work of fiction?
No. As Min has pointed out elsewhere on this forum before I could pounce on this myself, there is no evidence showing that Hebrews ever actually existed in Egypt at all. Two centuries of archaeology later and not a trace. Not a hint, not a clue, not an allusion or anything. It's almost like they were never there at all...which is, of course, the point.
So, if the Hebrews were never in Egypt under Pharaoh's despotic rule...then, where is the basis for the entire story that follows? Where is its weight in its meaning, if it's little more than a work of fiction?
