[quote='Minimalist' pid='973128' dateline='1435182989']
Abraham is as phony as all the rest of the bullshit. What else have you got?
I don't understand what your point is about them being similar? The jews thought they were a special property because of the covenant god made with their forefather. It didn't matter that these other men were their distant cousins
Quote:Archaeology has shown that there was precious little difference between the Canaanites and the so-called "Jews." Until the Persian era they were virtually indistinguishable.
Quote:Is that a problem for theists? Jews were just the offspring of Abraham whom god made a covenant with.
Abraham is as phony as all the rest of the bullshit. What else have you got?
I don't understand what your point is about them being similar? The jews thought they were a special property because of the covenant god made with their forefather. It didn't matter that these other men were their distant cousins