it can mean era aswell

genesis

isn't the genesis creation story borrowed from the babylonian creation myth

the bible isnt historically accurate at all

and from some other creation stories of that time?

sure they are

most stories of the Bible are taken by nearby cultures

that's why I said "pretty accurate"

yeah

not completely

id say it's hardly accurate tbh

not even pretty

you have to know what to take as a myth and what not to

it isnt historically accurate at all

advance some evidence maybe?

but some loony christians blur the line between myth and fact

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the Exodus, a few problems with it

first, the egyptians didnt use slave labor

other than the exodus?

partially correct

wait _what_?

Egyptians did use slaves for a slight period

they didnt use slave labor in their construction projects

sorry im not educated at all about ancient civilisation

true

so excuse the ignorance

you have to know that the pyramids for example weren't built by slaves

rather by well paid workers

the entire population of egyptian was a couple million, so 600,000 people leaving would be a bit obvious

i think it was about 1/5 the population

again

also the parting of the red sea? really?

ok, the jews didnt sweep into Israel and conquer it

they were already there

distances in the Bible are far off

we all know that

so are you saying that jews didn't go to Egypt at all?

here

the nile region, probably

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