exodus

Prompted by "The End" thread, I thought I'd post some notes I'd been putting together about this story. I didn't want to derail that thread... I’ve just been reading an excellent book entitled “The Bible Unearthed”, by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman. For those of you who’ve not...

So, I saw this History Channel special last night featuring scientific explainations for ALL of the events that occured in the Bible's Exodus. I found all of the explainations 'plausible', but was left feeling pissed at God. The story teller went through great efforts to note how there was...

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Well I just finished watching "EXODUS DECODED" on the history channel. I thought I was going to see a good science based show on what evidence there is on if the Jew's ever were enslaved by the Egyptians and ever did the wilderness walk. Instead I was assaulted by the biggest jump of supposition...

I'm relatively new, and don't know if this subject has been discussed before. If so, my apologies. In view of the increasing presence of fundamentalist groups in the USA, the power they have in the government, the influence they have or could have in the judicial system, the social pressure...

Okay, this has probably been answered a thousand times, but for me, it's the biggest 'contradiction' there is: How can people say that God gives us free will, when certain passages in Exodus show us, beyond a doubt, that if He wants to make a point, our free will is removed?

From religioustolerance.org I can't find any other source for the veracity of the slave reference. There are thousands of words written about stealing in general, how can they have forgotten the original meaning? I know about the confusion about which commandments are the supposed genuine ones...

Exodus 21 : 22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. So if an abortion takes place, the HUSBAND has...

From ABC News (USA): Of greater interest is a potential explanation for the fabled burning bush: It is possible that some folks saw a real burning bush, and that it led to the generation of part of the Moses story. There are other examples of strange events reported in the Bible that really do...

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP55603 :jaw: