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If the Exodus didn't happen, the Jews wouldn't put themselves under the Mosaic law
November 4, 2014 at 7:34 am
(November 4, 2014 at 7:28 am)Stimbo Wrote: Pinched from their mother's dressing table.
Well, it's not going to be their girlfriend's is it?
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RE: If the Exodus didn't happen, the Jews wouldn't put themselves under the Mosaic law
November 4, 2014 at 7:37 am
Oh yeah - I went there!
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: If the Exodus didn't happen, the Jews wouldn't put themselves under the Mosaic law
November 4, 2014 at 12:14 pm
Quote: What made it even worse was that they were going to spend the next forty years flopping around in the desert.
You know, Wyrd, one of the many interesting little tidbit which emerged from Israel Finkelstein's "The Bible Unearthed" was the difference between Israeli tradition and xtian tradition about that very issue. Xtians seem to think that Moses - no GPS for this guy - led his people around in a fucking circle for 40 years. The Israeli understanding was that they hung out at Kadesh Barnea for 38 years; Kadesh Barnea being the only oasis in the region which could sustain a number of people....although not 2 million!
As is customary, the xtian vision seems nonsensical.
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RE: If the Exodus didn't happen, the Jews wouldn't put themselves under the Mosaic law
November 5, 2014 at 3:13 am
(November 4, 2014 at 12:14 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote: What made it even worse was that they were going to spend the next forty years flopping around in the desert.
You know, Wyrd, one of the many interesting little tidbit which emerged from Israel Finkelstein's "The Bible Unearthed" was the difference between Israeli tradition and xtian tradition about that very issue. Xtians seem to think that Moses - no GPS for this guy - led his people around in a fucking circle for 40 years. The Israeli understanding was that they hung out at Kadesh Barnea for 38 years; Kadesh Barnea being the only oasis in the region which could sustain a number of people....although not 2 million!
As is customary, the xtian vision seems nonsensical.
Is there anything in the fairy tale that suggests that the Moses gang kicked back at an oasis for 38 years?
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RE: If the Exodus didn't happen, the Jews wouldn't put themselves under the Mosaic law
November 5, 2014 at 3:23 am
Well the Exodus did happen to the Jews, , so there is no other answer to why they are the way they are.
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RE: If the Exodus didn't happen, the Jews wouldn't put themselves under the Mosaic law
November 5, 2014 at 5:32 am
(October 28, 2014 at 10:50 am)Chuck Wrote: If Jesus did happen, how come thousands of Jews didn't believe in the "Christ"? Ignorance of their own scriptures. They should really research Pslam 2, 22, 110:1, Zechariah 9:9, Micah 5:1-2, Isaiah 9:6, Daniel 9:25, Proverbs 30:4, Isaiah 53, Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 2, Genesis 22, Deuteronomy 18:15-18, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 55:3, Daniel 7:13-14, Zech. 11:12-13, Malachi 3:1, etc.
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RE: If the Exodus didn't happen, the Jews wouldn't put themselves under the Mosaic law
November 5, 2014 at 5:37 am
If Joseph Smith wasn't visited by the angel Moroni then Mormons wouldn't wear magic underpants.
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If the Exodus didn't happen, the Jews wouldn't put themselves under the Mosaic law
November 5, 2014 at 7:23 am
(November 5, 2014 at 5:32 am)Nintentacle Wrote: (October 28, 2014 at 10:50 am)Chuck Wrote: If Jesus did happen, how come thousands of Jews didn't believe in the "Christ"? Ignorance of their own scriptures. They should really research Pslam 2, 22, 110:1, Zechariah 9:9, Micah 5:1-2, Isaiah 9:6, Daniel 9:25, Proverbs 30:4, Isaiah 53, Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 2, Genesis 22, Deuteronomy 18:15-18, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 55:3, Daniel 7:13-14, Zech. 11:12-13, Malachi 3:1, etc.
That's right, folks! If you want to understand how observant Jews managed to misunderstand their own scriptures for centuries, "research" these isolated passages with an eye to confirming the church's desperate need to find 'prophesies' of Jesus Christ. And remember -- whatever you do, ignore the context!
*This has been Crossless1's daily tip for the budding believer. Tune in tomorrow for 'Quote Mining Academic Abstracts for Fun and Profit. Until then, God bl-- . . . oh, fuck it.*
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