Evidence for the Biblical Record

Hey Buz.ZenMonkey can correct me if I'm wrong, but since he hasn't responded to your post, perhaps I can attempt to clarify his what I think his position may be.I believe he's referring not to evidence (or lack thereof) for the actual Red Sea crossing, but for evidence (or lack thereof) for a large number of Hebrews inhabiting what would be, for all intents and purposes, a large chunk of Egypt for 400-odd years. Should we not find some trinket, pottery, etc. unique to the ancient Israelites in some area of Egypt, if a unique people occupied a certain area for this long? Should there not be some record of this captivity in Egyptian records of the day? Should there not be some Egyptian cultural influence on the culture of their captives? Something? Anything?I think he's drawing the parallel to what we should find (and do, in many cases) if a large group of non-native peoples (aka Norsemen) occupies an area not intrinsic to that people's culture. Sojourn(In light of full disclosure, lest I'm accused of quotemining, the website goes on to discuss why, especially in the absence of such evidence, we must, therefore, believe the exodus is a factual event. )Have a good one. {abe: If my representation of ZenMonkey's innermost thoughts reveals my failures as a psychic, then I present this as my own original question. }Edited by Apothecus, : psychic failings

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"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964

Hey there, Buz. So what, a few hundred then? Up to a thousand?What you're saying (correct me if I'm wrong) in this latest "perhaps" of yours is that Egypt sent a modest military force in pursuit of a group of people numbering in the millions? I'll allow that men of fighting age would maybe have accounted for 1/4 of this total, and that they (I'm being generous to you here, Buz) were possibly armed with little more than clubs.You're saying that (I'm admittedly pulling these numbers out of my arse) 250,000 able bodied Isrealite men ... no, I'll even drop this to 100,000 able bodied Isrealite men just to keep you honest ... would have been pursued all the way from Egypt by some token Egyptian force who intended to ... what? It's not like there were WMDs back then, Buz (excluding magical floods, that is). Fighting was hand-to-hand. Do you really think a few hundred chariots could carry enough piercing weapons for this many Isrealites? Would not they have fought back, and with overwhelming numbers? Would not the well-trained Egyptian forces have recognized this?I realize you say "I may be mistaken, but..." but if by this you mean "I made this up sitting right here at my desk", I'm going to have to call bullshit on you, here.

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"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964

Thank you, Buz, for that well-reasoned and thought provoking response to the questions I asked (which were all on-topic, BTW, in stark contrast to your various continued red-herrings).Maybe the next time I have the urge to construct a thoughtful response to one of your inane posts, I'll just kick myself in the jimmy instead of wasting my time.

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"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964

You mean like this: ...refers to modern day television?For pete's sake, Buz, even Peg shot you down on that one. Peg! Admit, please, that interpretation is in the eye of the beholder and let's be done with this rot.Sheesh.

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"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964