plo1988

As far as I can tell there is no evidence for the exodus narrative. No evidence in Egypt of the 10 plagues and the national disaster that they would have caused, no evidence of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness, as far as I can tell nothing. All I can really find is the Ipuwer papyrus which is a poem, but it talks about people coming into Egypt, not leaving. It doesn't add up to me how there could be this lack of evidence for such a large number of people leaving Egypt and wandering in the desert, along with what the plagues and loss of slaves would have done to Egypt. It just doesn't add up to me. How can I believe anything else in the Bible if this one thing doesn't make sense to me? I guess the Exodus could just be made up, and if that was made up, why trust anything else in the Bible? Why isn't there any evidence?

I don't know if I can explain it properly but I get a lot of mental blocks when I try to remember things about Jesus (even whether he was resurrected) so I have a lot of trouble recalling things about him, with this in mind is it only necessary to believe in Jesus to be saved? Like not know specifics about him such as whether he was resurrected or crucified etc. I don't know if I explained it properly, I just have a hard time thinking about him and the details about him that would be important. But is believing in him enough to be saved without having a firm grasp on other things that have to do with him such as whether he was resurrected or crucified? Maybe I have ADHD or some other mental disorder, because I just can't say with confidence that he was resurrected or even crucified even if I've read the material in the Bible. I don't know if that makes sense, but I definitely have trouble.

I guess I just have trouble retaining information so I asked the questions. I don't know if that makes sense. I guess I already kind of know the answers but I might have thought it would help to have someone answer the questions.

If I'm not mistaken Jesus ascended into heaven, if he did then it is somewhere physical.

Hello, I just have some basic questions that I would like answered if that is ok. Did Jesus take the punishment for our sins on the cross? Was Jesus raised from the dead? Is Jesus in heaven right now at the right hand of God? Thanks!

Unless I'm mistaken I was reading Answers in Genesis and they said that Neanderthals were humans. Here's a link: https://answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/neanderthal/

Matthew 12:32 I'm just wondering what it means to speak against somebody.

Just wondering. Was it something specific that the Pharisees and the scribes did that cannot be done today?

John 1:12 I might not be able to describe this perfectly but does believing on his name mean like believing in him because you were reading his name or hearing his name and while you were reading his name or hearing his name you believed in him somehow?

Are believers sealed with the Holy Ghost after they believe?

I guess people married younger on Mary's side.

I was reading something on another website and unless I'm mistaken it said Matthew had 27 generations between David and Jesus and Luke had 41 generations between David and Jesus in the genealogies and I'm wondering how is this possible? I think Matthew might be Jesus' genealogy from Joseph's side and Luke might be Jesus' genealogy from Mary's side. How could there be a difference in the number of generations between David and Jesus?

Do you think that they are actually Neanderthal skeletons? If they are Neanderthal skeletons then doesn't that make a literal Genesis and Exodus and so on hard to be the case? I don't think it takes long for bones to decompose in the wild and since they might be found in caves maybe that's just what human bones are like when they are decomposing in caves, or maybe they truly are Neanderthal bones. What do you think?

Was it a different kind of temptation? (also this thread might be better suited for "Do you want to just ask a question?")

Genesis 22:1 King James Version 22 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. James 1:13 King James Version 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: "neither tempteth he any man" How can this be the case when he tempted Abraham?