Actual archeological evidence shows that the events of Exodus and the Israelite conquest of Canaan never happened and instead the Israelites were originally a Canaanite tribe from the Judaean highlands (modern-day West Bank) who later became the dominant tribe. The earliest known reference to “Israel” is the Egyptian Merneptah stele from the 13th century BC which refers to “Israel” as one of the many Canaanite tribes pharaoh Merneptah conquered and subdued (something curiously omitted in the Old Testament). The Hebrew language itself is a Canaanite language, no different from Phoenician, Edomite, Moabite, and Ammonite. It was even written in the same script as other Canaanite languages as the “Paleo-Hebrew” alphabet is just the Phoenician alphabet, the independent Hebrew alphabet we know didn’t emerge until the 2nd century BC.Yahwism, aka proto-Judaism, evolved out of Canaanite paganism. Yahweh was originally a Canaanite storm god from Edom whom the Israelites later made their chief god and syncretized with the already-existing Canaanite chief deity called El (El’s name is also a generic term for deities and in fact, the word Elohim is actually the plural form of it). The demonization of Baal comes from a distorted memory of Yahweh replacing Baal as the pantheon’s main storm god (at least among the Israelites) and many of Baal’s functionalities were actually reassigned to Yahweh (Psalm 29 for example is believed to have originally been a hymn to Baal). Yahweh also had a consort named Asherah (likely as a result of being syncretized with El as Asherah was originally El’s consort). The Israelites didn’t actually become properly monotheistic until after the Babylonian exile, which is interestingly around the same time they made contact with the monotheistic Zoroastrians.
>>18242808The events described in the Old Testament are at most based on distorted oral memories of real events. There probably was a king David and king Solomon, but they were very different from the ones described in the Old Testament. Only the Israelite priests were taken to Babylon, not the whole populace. The events of Exodus are most likely based on a distorted oral memory of the Hyksos being expelled from Egypt (the Hyksos were a Canaanite peoples who ruled over Egypt as its 15th dynasty from the 17th to 16th centuries BC and were later overthrown and driven back to Canaan).There’s a bunch of other historical inaccuracies in the Old Testament as well, which only shows that its stories are either distorted oral memories of real events or outright fabrications. The Book of Jonah claims that the prophet Jonah converted Nineveh in the 8th century BC. But according to actual history, Nineveh never converted to Yahwism at any point and still worshiped their native gods until the Christianization of the Assyrians in the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. The Philistines are mentioned in Abraham’s time (18th century BC). But the Philistines didn’t exist until after the Bronze Age collapse (12th century BC). The books of 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles claim that Damascus fell to king David. But archeology shows that Damascus never fell to the Israelites at any point. Around the time Exodus supposedly happened, Canaan was controlled by the Egyptians, so why would the Israelites escape Egypt by fleeing to a land controlled by Egypt? It’s like trying to escape from the US government by fleeing to Guam.
>>18242810“Judaism” as we know only fully emerged during the Hellenistic period. The Torah might have been completed sometime during the Persian period, but the rest of the Old Testament didn’t wasn’t written until much later; for example the Book of Daniel was not actually written in the 6th century BC, but rather in the 180s BC under the reign of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and (along with the non-canonical Book of Enoch) it was written in the context of the Maccabean revolt.It is for this reason why I reject Christianity and Islam; they are rooted in Judaism and if the Old Testament is ahistorical, then why should I trust the New Testament or the Quran? They are all worshipping a specific god that has roots in Canaanite paganism, therefore all three Abrahamic religions are false since they lie about the origins of their religion. What is Christianity without the Old Testament? What is Islam without any of the previous Abrahamic religions?
>>18242808>the independent Hebrew alphabet we know didn’t emerge until the 2nd century BCTo add to this, "Hebrew" script is really Imperial Aramaic script, it's not the native writing system of the language
Actual archaeological evidence shows that the events of the famous race between the Tortoise and the Hare never happened, and instead the Tortoise and Hare were originally just ordinary animals from the ancient Mediterranean woodlands who later became the dominant characters in a simple moral fable. The earliest known reference to a “race” involving a tortoise and a hare comes from fragmentary Greek pottery inscriptions from the 6th century BC, which depict them as one of many competing animal pairs in Aesop’s stories—curiously omitting any mention of actual speech or boasting (something later versions curiously added).The language of their alleged dialogue itself is pure Attic Greek, no different from the speech attributed to foxes, lions, ants, and grasshoppers in other fables. It was even written in the same style and rhetorical devices as other animal tales, and the independent “voice” we imagine for the Tortoise and Hare didn’t emerge until much later retellings.
>>18242834The moral framework of the story, aka proto-fable ethics, evolved out of earlier animal proverbs and wisdom sayings common in Near Eastern cultures. The Hare was originally a symbol of reckless speed in Mesopotamian and Egyptian tales, while the Tortoise represented stubborn persistence in Levantine folklore; Greek storytellers later made the Tortoise the unlikely victor and syncretized it with the already-existing motif of the overconfident loser (echoed in tales of boastful deer, wolves, and frogs). The demonization of the Hare’s overconfidence comes from a distorted memory of the Tortoise replacing the Hare as the story’s moral hero (at least among later audiences), and many of the Hare’s original sympathetic traits—like cleverness and energy—were actually reassigned to other fable characters (such as the fox). The Tortoise also had an early “consort” in some variants—a steady oak tree or patient beetle—likely as a result of being syncretized with earth-bound symbols of endurance.Storytellers didn’t actually settle on a single, fixed version where talking animals deliver clear moral lessons until after the Hellenistic period, which is interestingly around the same time they made contact with more structured Indian animal fables like the Panchatantra. Yet many people to this day genuinely believe that rabbits and tortoises can talk, boast, nap mid-race, and teach profound life lessons through their supposed historic contest.
>>18242808>The earliest known reference to “Israel” is the Egyptian Merneptah stele from the 13th century BC which refers to “Israel”No it's a mistranslation. It's referring to the Assyrian invasion that had been ongoing over the previous century.
>>18242808>>18242810>>18242811Yes, everyone who knows anything about history knows this. The bible is not even remotely historically accurate, and this is well known by biblical scholars, historians, and archeologists.
>>18242834They didn't actually talk. It must have been some guy standing behind a tree or something, and the reseachers missunderstood . There must be a trick to it. It can't just be a spiritual story. The author was clearly trying to document his understanding zoology.
>>18242808Jews are liars?? No, it cannot be.
>>18242866>>18242840>>18242834Everyone who knows anything about zoology knows this. Aesop's fables are not even remotely zoologically accurate, and this is well known by biologists, and zooligists.
>>18242866There might have actually been a rabbit and a turtle that some guy saw, but was there really a race? Maybe they were just running away from a predator. There is no way that they understood that they were competing with eachother. Maybe the fox was the predator, and the researchers thought he was judging a race. People back then were pretty stupid, so I bet they just missinderstood what was actually happening.
>>18242834>>18242840>>18242866>>18242873>>18242878Extreme low IQ cope.The bible being wrong about historical claims disproves it as being divinely inspired or the word of God. Aesop's fables were never purported to be the word of God, they were always meant to be moral lessons that could be taught to children and such.
>>18242845So Freemasons "found" an Egyptian inscription calling Israel ysrir but never found anything calling Egypt Miṣr.Kek
>>18242879>taught to childrenIf anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the seaJesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable>word of GodIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was GodIts a spiritual book, not a science manual.
>>18242891>MiṣrThe native Egyptian name for their country was Kemet. Misr is the semitic name and only came to be used by Egyptians after the Arabization of Egypt.
>>18242895there was no beginning, the universe is eternal.Don't allow your spirituality to be stifled by this nonsense. Jesus did not rise and he's never coming back.
>>18242896>The native Egyptian name for their country was Kemet.Indian-Euros don't use hotep terminology they use their Greek-Roman Aígyptos terminology and Misr is the same as Mizraim, it's what their Semitic neighbors called them.
>>18242898>there was no beginning, the universe is eternal.>Don't allow your spiritualitySource?
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>>18242898>the universe is eternalWho said we were talking about the beginning of the "universe"?In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. Sounds to me like there was already a formless and empty, darkness in the beginning. As well as water. And by water, I mean chaos, because that's how the word water was used back then.
>>18242898>JesusJesus is the salvation of God. What this might mean to you, is that he can be thought of as the fittest survivor. The manifestation of an infinite chain of cause and effect; the chosen one; the one that has been naturally selected buy the judge (Theos).I am the way, the truth, and the life.I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
>>18242808Tick tock.
