Sunday The 22nd! (aka It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Xmas)

[Greenguy]

Originally Posted by ecchi

Umm, you can argue that the religious dogma is not true, and the "miracles" probably never happened. But the main story is historical fact. Calling it fiction is a bit like saying that the Mayflower never sailed and that America was never colonised by Europe!

I was thinking about this today. I can believe that the crocodiles started eating each other & everything else they found in the river, causing it to turn red & kill all the fish, and causing all the frogs to leave the river & go on land & then die because they had no fresh water, then rot & cause maggots & flies that carried some skin-rash forming bacteria. I can believe that locusts attacked the region right after all of this. I can even believe that the Red Sea "parted" due to an underwater earthquake, causing the water to recede where Moses & his people crossed. As EXTREMELY coincidental as all those events might be, there is a chance they happened.

Hell, I can even believe that Moses thought he spoke to God on numerous occasions. People think they talk to people that aren't really there all the time. What I can't believe is that every 1st born male son was killed by whatever (aka Creeping Death) UNLESS you had recently painted your door with lambs blood. Come on.

...and yes, I did actually like Battlefield Earth! Maybe it's because I had no idea who L Ron Hubbard was and didn't really know it was supposed to be attached to Scientology - I just thought it was a decent sci-fi movie

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by Greenguy

I can believe that.....

That is not exactly what I meant. I meant the Exodus actually happened. The "miracles" may have happened (either coincidence or genuine "acts of God") or they might never have happened, and the stories got exaggerated by retelling before the story was written down (the earliest description of the Exodus we have was written generations after the events actually occurred).

Originally Posted by Greenguy

and yes, I did actually like Battlefield Earth!

You know, I find it easier to believe that God parted the sea than I do to believe that someone actually enjoyed Battlefield Earth! If the film had not been a piece of religious dogma for a crank religion it would still have been necessary to mock it, simply because it was a really bad movie!