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Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible

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Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible
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RE: Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible
April 26, 2013 at 1:08 am
Precious little has any historical validity so far as I've been able to determine. Genesis is entirely nonsense. Moses never existed, the bondage in Egypt never happened, consequently there was no Exodus. There is zero evidence for any Davidic Empire, the priests just added that for propaganda purposes. Whether a certain 1st Century itinerant preacher ever actually walked the earth, that is debatable. The slaughter of all male children under two by King Herod never occurred. There was no census as described necessitating going back to Joseph's ancestral home of Bethlehem. There's more, but that is all I can come up with off the top of my head.
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Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible

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Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible - by rexbeccarox - April 25, 2013 at 4:05 pm
RE: Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible - by Tonus - April 25, 2013 at 4:12 pm
RE: Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible - by Jackalope - April 25, 2013 at 4:23 pm
RE: Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible - by Tonus - April 25, 2013 at 4:26 pm
RE: Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible - by Godschild - April 25, 2013 at 6:05 pm
RE: Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible - by Tex - April 25, 2013 at 6:37 pm
RE: Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible - by Ryantology - April 25, 2013 at 10:22 pm
RE: Allegory vs. Literal Fact in the Bible - by Raven - April 26, 2013 at 1:08 am

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