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If, according to the Bible, hundreds of thousands of Hebrews lived in Egypt for 460 years and there is no trace of them archaeologically, it is difficult to say archeology is wrong and the Bible is right.

Archeology doesn't have to be wrong here for the Bible to be right. All archeology can say is that nothing has been found. That proves NOTHING other than they haven't found anything YET. It doesn't mean they will and it doesn't mean they won't. It is intellectual error to conclude that the Jews were never there because they haven't found anything yet. You have to know that.

You can deny it, but until such time as something is found we just have to assume that Exodus did not happen because evidence shows that it didn't.

Again, you are improperly using lack of evidence one way or the other as evidence. If my client was not at Wrigley Field on Saturday that does NOT prove that he was two blocks away committing the murder. Only someone with an agenda could use the reasoning you are talking about. Therefore, when you say that you are not trying to discredit the Bible, I have a real difficulty with your statement.

Ze'ev Herzong, Director of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University writes ("Deconstructing Walls of Jericho," Oct. 1999)

"This is what archaeologists have learned from their excavations in the Land of Israel: the Israelites were never in Egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the 12 tribes of Israel. … the God of Israel, Jehovah, had a female consort [Aserah, and] the early Israelite religion adopted monotheism only in the waning period of the monarchy and not at Mount Sinai."

And THIS is what you use to bolster your point??? Good Grief!!! Do you really believe that God's consort is Aserah? Why would you quote a certifiable LOON approvingly?

But we do know from other sources of learning, such as biblical criticism, that the bulk of the books of Exodus was composed from four different sources, and over a long period, each contributing different aspects of it. The largest revisions and additions to the book were made c. 400 BC, so we are talking a period of about 1,000 years.

These sources or scholars sound like they have the same integrity as Al Gore's with his proved facts that man has caused global warming. With the starting point being man himself, then scientists and scholars will come up with whatever is necessary to discredit God. God threatens man's sovereignty so He must be put down.

“You can deny it, but until such time as something is found we just have to assume that Exodus did not happen because evidence shows that it didn’t”

I found it; God said it was true.

Jhn 3:14 “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up”

Man, this is UNbelievable! Whew.