@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:This all shoots right over your head, doesn't it?
No. I have the matter well in hand.
Setanta wrote:My point is that you are attempting to introduce a biblical narrative as though it were reliable history--which it is not.
I can hardly be introducing a subject that has been the topic of discussion from the beginning of the tangent.
That there are Egyptian records attesting to Iron Age Israelite culture as far back as 1200 BC is very reliable history.
That there are even earlier Egyptian records attesting to the existence of the Hebrew deity at a specific location in the lands of the desert nomads is also very reliable history.
The textual analysis giving an ancient date to the part of the Bible covering the crossing of the Red Sea is good science.
Setanta wrote:Wikipedia has been vandalized by christian fanatics since at least late 2013, if not earlier. Wikipedia is an entirely unreliable source for any christian or biblical subjects.
The fact that Wikipedia accurately reflects the fact that science and history show ancient dates for the Israelites and their religion does not mean that they've been vandalized.
Setanta wrote:You make your remarks about the origin of the Jews as Canaanites without a shred of substantiation.
Correct. At the moment I am not bothering to substantiate that claim in this thread. It is tangential to the points that I am making, and the history is pretty straightforward and noncontroversial. Better to devote my limited energy to substantiating my points.
Setanta wrote:You're peddling bullsh*t, a long established habit of yours.
Wrong on both counts. My posts here are entirely factual, and all my posts elsewhere are also entirely factual.