"300 years before 'the time of Moses'"
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:05 am
I'm not sure where to put this post, sorry if it's in the wrong place.
Following on from the discussion elsewhere about religion and science: I was reading this article about heart disease in mummies - http://news.aol.com/article/heart-disea ... ies/771746. The article is presumably written by a science writer who part way down places the age of a particular mummy as, "some 300 years before the time of Moses and 200 prior to King Tut."
? Surely we don't know for sure that Moses was a historical figure, let alone know exactly when he lived? Yes, people say it was during the reign of Ramses II but we don't actually know that do we? Speaking of biblical figures as though they were historical figures when we don't know that they actually were ... annoying! What we have here is an article about science, placed in history, with mythology mixed in as a reference point. Argh.
Thank you for listening. : )
Following on from the discussion elsewhere about religion and science: I was reading this article about heart disease in mummies - http://news.aol.com/article/heart-disea ... ies/771746. The article is presumably written by a science writer who part way down places the age of a particular mummy as, "some 300 years before the time of Moses and 200 prior to King Tut."
? Surely we don't know for sure that Moses was a historical figure, let alone know exactly when he lived? Yes, people say it was during the reign of Ramses II but we don't actually know that do we? Speaking of biblical figures as though they were historical figures when we don't know that they actually were ... annoying! What we have here is an article about science, placed in history, with mythology mixed in as a reference point. Argh.
Thank you for listening. : )