Posted on 08/22/2002 3:45:31 PM PDT by xzins
AWESOME
This is almost overwhelming when you think about it.
You MUST read to the end: (smile)
Moses and the people were in the desert, but what was he going to do ith them?
They had to be fed, and feeding 2 or 3 million people requires a lot of food.
According to the Quartermaster General in the Army, it is reported that Moses would have to have had 1500 tons of food each day. Do you know that to bring that much food each day, two freight trains, each at least a mile long, would be required!
Besides you must remember, they were out in the desert, so they would have to have firewood to use in cooking the food. This would take 4000 tons of wood and a few more freight trains, each a mile long, just for one day.
And just think, they were forty years in transit.
And Oh yes! They would have to have water. If they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes, it would take 11,000,000 gallons each day and a freight train with tank cars, 1800 miles long, just to bring water!
And then another thing!
They had to get across the Red Sea at night. Now, if they went on a narrow path, double file, the line would be 800 miles long and would require 35 days and nights to get through. So there had to be a space in the Red Sea, 3 miles wide so that they could walk 5000 abreast to get over in one night.
But then, there is another problem: each time they camped at the end of the day, a campground two-thirds the size of the state of Rhode Island was required, or a total of 750 square miles long........ think of it! This much space for camping.
Do you think Moses figured all this out before he left Egypt? I think not!
You see, Moses believed in God. God took care of these things for him.
Now do you think God has any problem taking care of all your needs?
Moses had a great faith and we could all learn tremendously from him. A drop of the faith Moses had would assuredly bring us eternal salvation.
Don't expect myths to make much sense when misinterpreted as history.
Don't expect myths to make much sense when misinterpreted as history.
It has been a few years, but when I was in high school latin class, I did some study on this. I can not longer give the sources for this informaiton (One of those few times I wish I had kept my old term papers), but I will pass on the information that I remember,
When the greek forces arrived in Troy, the word went out and other neighbors of Troy rallied around her. By the 10th year of the war (which is at the point that the Iliad begins), the allies of Troy had either lost interest in the war, were defeated, or had been bribed into leaving her.
Troy had her allies and supply lines until this time. Thue, until the 10th year of the war, food was not an issue to her.
One more fact, while the events of the Iliad are myth, the city that is believed to have been Troy has been found, and it does show that the city had been attacked and burned.
But hey, if it brightens your life to believe things that obviously can't be true, feel free.
Given birth/death rates, what are probable/realistic numbers of descendants of that original band after 400 years?
Then go to the texts and compare that with the numbering of fighting men. Factor that in with numbers of old-timers, male youth, women and children and see if the reported numbers are reasonable in terms of the forecast numbers.
Historically, there really is evidence of a mass movement of Mabiru (Hebrews) through this region.
Skepticism is OK. It makes some people go check out the data.
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