lolol
this is hilarious
heres a few inconsistencies in the old testament story for you to consider Andrew
1) the israelites at the time they were being handed ten laws written by god were illiterate
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"Exodus (original version)
35,1 And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them: 'These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
And the congregation did say "what is the first law of God" master
And moses did reply "something something something, Kill" i think "
2) Why were the commandments written on tablets. Thats a mesopotamian legacy and according to their own lips the Hebrews hadn't been enslaved by the Babaylonians yet. Surely as Moses was allegedly an egyptian the commandments would have been written on papyrus, in hieroglyph
3) The slavery in egypt was circa 1500bce with Moses acting as Patriarch. The slavery in Babylon was circa 500bce with Ezekial acting as Patriarch. Seems YHWH was intent on having his chosen people enslaved once every millenia as a matter of course.
4) There has never been any evidence proving that the Israelites were slaves in egypt, nor any evidence for the existence of Moses, however the babylonian captivity is a historical fact and at the time the name "Moses" was well known in mesopotamia due to the diplomatic ties that existed between the two nations. bit like calling a fictional character "John Smith"
5) The wandering in the desert lasted for 40 years and the israelites were led by a flame at night and a column of smoke by day. It's less than 250 miles from the red sea to israel
what were they doing, sightseeing ?, that means they averaged less than 10 miles a year, whereas Jonah who is dropped off by "the whale" on the coast makes it to nineveh in less than a day, a journey of no less than 1000 miles, thats averaging over 40 mph. clearly whoever wrote those two accounts had no idea of the geography of the local area because they'd never been there.
5) the ark of the covenant which they allegedly placed the fragments of the tablets into after moses had broken them exists no where outside the bible, yet it was allegedly carried throughout the land and shown to the people, however in mesopotamia scribes learnt to read and write by rote, the first few words that appear on hundreds of students tablets are "gods" "holy" "wooden" "box". These would have been accessible by the Jews exiled in babylon during the babylonian exile who would have been trying to learn the language of their captors at the time. Bit of a coincedence that they should see that after claiming to have had one. is it cart before the horse or horse before the cart
6) this one i know all regular posters at Maat will agree with,
here is a description of the tower of babel which everyone knows was a mesopotamian ziggurat
"They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
they were exiled in babylon for 70 years and that is their description of what they saw there.
yet in 400 years of slavery in egypt they didn't mention a single pyramid
not one. they wrote an account of their time there and neglected to mention the one awe inspiring sight that every visitor to egypt sees and comments on. How many of you reading this have visited Egypt, and how many of you have written about the pyramids since you returned.
The old testament is mostly fiction
and the catholic church agrees
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Sorry
have you considered Polytheism, its just as unlikely but at least its more fun. Ask Akhenatons priests, they'll agree with me on that one I'm sure