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Indeed some aspects of the story cannot be historical. The sheer magnitude of the event, that the firstborn male of every Egyptian household died, that the entire Egyptian army pursued the Israelites to the sea and were subsequently drowned; that the number of Israelites who escaped from Egypt were 603,550 men of fighting age, not counting Levites, old men, women, and children, renders it historically impossible.
If this is the case then the Passover did not happen either. For if it is not possible for God to move against the first born of the Egyptians, then what is the point of the Passover account.....and Passover itself?
If you follow catholic logic then the catholic has to bring into question the rest of the Biblical account....of everything....and I mean everything.
Was Moses real?
Was Abraham real?
Isaac?
David?
Solomon?
Adam?
Eve?
The list could go on and on.
It renders Luke who wrote in Acts 7:36-41 as a liar. You might as well lump Paul in there as well.
If this reflects what today's "top" catholic scholars can come up with, I'm beginning to understand the problems with catholicism.
The ignorance and disbelief is stunning.
Indeed. And yet this unholy amalgam is what RCs insist we must be part of, based upon the error of sola ecclesia (the Roman church alone is the supreme authority on Truth).
Division because of Truth is superior to unity in error.
Tis a slippery slop they have woven ...
Indeed some aspects of the story cannot be historical. The sheer magnitude of the event, that the firstborn male of every Egyptian household died, that the entire Egyptian army pursued the Israelites to the sea and were subsequently drowned; that the number of Israelites who escaped from Egypt were 603,550 men of fighting age, not counting Levites, old men, women, and children, renders it historically impossible.
But "the assumption" of mary, eating the real physical body of christ , and all those "visions" are all completely possible
1 Cor 1:For it is written, "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE." 20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?…