Contradiction

[OraProMe]

[quote name='MithLuin' timestamp='1283917343' post='2169575']
What makes you think there's no evidence that the Egyptians kept Hebrew slaves? While it would be difficult to find evidence for the story of the Exodus as told...there's plenty of evidence of Hebrews in Egypt, IIRC.

The history channel has stuff on this all the time

As for Herod, he's a minor footnote on history. If it weren't for Josephus, we'd be asking who Herod even was. The slaughter of the holy innocents was one small and not terribly significant deed, so it is lost to most of history.

But that begs the questions...why are the gospel accounts not included as historical records? They really should be....
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It was in a book I read at the start of the year. I might have gotten it wrong though, now I think about it I think the question is why isn't the sudden death of every first born in Egypt recorded anywhere other than the bible? Especially when the Egyptians recorded their history in so much detail, surely something as massive as a massacre of first born sons would be mentioned somewhere.

[Mark of the Cross]

[quote name='MithLuin' timestamp='1283917343' post='2169575']

But that begs the questions...why are the gospel accounts not included as historical records? They really should be....
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What do you mean that they are not included in historical records? They are in the most published History book on earth the New Testament, as well as encyclopaedias! I would have thought that the New Testament would at least be considered an undisputed historical account of the man called Jesus. Many of the OT stories have never been validated, they've found lumps of wood on Mt Ararat for example but the story of Noah could not be considered as an historical account because there are so many controversies and lack of evidence. Many of the OT stories may be metaphors.