05-28-2026, 05:05 PM
(05-28-2026, 03:50 PM)Byrd Wrote: You're going to have a hard time with that argument.
Yes, it's a compilation of books and there's a lot of sources for several of them. But it's not a book of history or science and it gets a lot of things wrong.
For instance, when the Hebrews are headed for the promised land, they pass the city of Pi-Ramesses... which was built by Ramesses the Great, and we know that neither he nor his father drowned or had their reign cut short. Likewise, in Deuteronomy 1, the Amorites are reported to live in cities whose walls "stretch up to the sky" and that they're all giants.
We have the remains of their cities. Nothing giant about them.
...and so forth.
More accurately, Pi-Ramesses is the location where the Exodus began. Which was built by the Isrealites for Ramesses II. The bible does not mention him by name only by "pharoah"
Exodus 1:11 "Therefor they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with thier burdens. And they built for Pharoah treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses"
Not sure what drowning has to do with it?
No they are not all referred to as giants, OG The king of the Amorites in Canaan was beleived to be the last decendent of a Rephaim race of giants. It is thought he stood 9-13 feet tall (taller than Goliath).
There are many modern accounts of "giants" or people born with "gigantism". This should come as nothing new or surprising or mythically unrealistic.
Many of the ancient amorite cities had great walls, Babylon, Heshbon, even Jerusalem were surrounded by large fortified walls...
But thank you for pointing out the historical truth in the bible
If the truth hurts, then you are doing something wrong.
