(December 3, 2018 at 12:49 pm)Cherub786 Wrote:(December 3, 2018 at 12:41 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Why, why is it a mistake, lol? Much of the semetic religions -are- pagan mythologies. Those kings and prophets you just mentioned are legendary..at best. That significant mythmaking has occurred in the case of their persons is also true, even if those characters are legendary rather than mythical in the first place.
I suppose you think the Assyrian captivity of the northern kingdom of Israel in the mid 8th century BCE under the historic Assyrian rulers Sargon II and then Sennacherib was a legend too?
And then the Babylonian captivity of the Jews in the late 6th century BCE under the historic Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzer was a legend?
And then the conquest of Babylon by the Persians under Cyrus the Great, and the subsequent return of the Jewish exiles to their homeland?
And then the rise of the Seleucids and Antiochus Epiphanes, then the Jewish revolt of the Maccabees which freed their country and restored the Jewish monarchy?
All of this was mythology and never happened?
I can't help but notice that all of your "examples" are relatively late.... late 8th century BC or later.
The difference between these 4 events and the supposed earlier exodus, patriarchs, conquest bullshit is that we have actual archaeological and or historical evidence for them.
So what you have are historical events but in one way or another the priest class of Judah who later cobbled all this folklore together embellished these events to give their fucking god a starring role. The "return of the exiles" is one in particular that does not stand up well to scrutiny. Perhaps when I get time I'll get back to this and tell you how. Even though you clearly do not want to hear anything that upsets your holy little apple cart. Sadly, your feelings on this matter of no concern to me.