Hi trad, if you read through a few of my subsequent posts, you'll see that I went into the subject in further depth. If I still haven't answered your question, I'll take another go at it.
You said a lot of things, but not on specifics. Was the Exodus real? Is it a total fabrication? Or is what we ahve now "based on" a true story?
If you celebrate Passover, are you commemorating a real event or not?
And if Moses never went up the mountain and received the Law, if it was a gradual divinely-inspired work, then when did God and the Israelites make their covenant?
The Bible says that Moses spilled blood on the altar and on the people when they accepted the covenant. Did this not happen?
SD
I did see them after I posted, though it kind of went off in a different vein. I'm a bit unclear on whether you view the exodus of having happened sans miracles and then the miracles got added over time or if you believe in the miraculous nature of that event as described in scripture.
The conversation seems to have moved on so I won't hold your feet to the fire for an answer.
Most of the snow went north of us (Des Moines). Is it staying south of you? We've got about 3 inches on the ground and it seems to have stopped.