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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?

Er, I don't get it. Does Genesis say that Jacob saw God face to face, like he saw his face? Or is it saying something else, like the meaning of the name of the place he named, while Jacob did NOT actually see God's face (if that's what it means to see someone face to face). If Jacob saw God's face that makes John 1:8 nonsense which means Jacob must have got it wrong when he named that place (according to John 1:8) if that's what the name means, meaning he never saw God face to face (if seeing someone face to face means you saw their face)... is that what it reads like though? Does that make sense? Doesn't make sense that no man has ever seen God if Jacob saw him face to face (meaning he saw his face, if that's the correct meaning).

Exodus 24:10 King James Version 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. Maybe John 1:8 means seeing his face? If someone saw God's face they would die right?

Genesis 32:30 King James Version 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. John 1:18 King James Version 18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. I don't get it. Is Genesis saying that Jacob saw God face to face? Hosea might say that it was an angel he wrestled with. Hosea 12:3-4 King James Version 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; Does Genesis clearly say that Jacob saw God face to face? How could no man have ever seen God? And wouldn't Adam have? God walked in the cool of the day in the garden and drove out Adam and Eve (unless I got that wrong). Was he just invisible the entire time in the garden when Adam looked? I don't know if it reads like that. Didn't God talk to Cain and Abel and put a mark on Cain? Wouldn't he have had to have done it invisibly for no man to have ever seen him? And again, by my estimation, it kind of says that Jacob saw God face to face. Did Jacob get it wrong when he named that place like he didn't see God?

Was Jesus crucified? Did Jesus die on a cross?

Is the New International Version a good translation of the Bible?

Can the conversation remain focused on what I'm asking about?

It means that He took the punishment for my sins by dying for them, doesn't it? Isn't that what Paul is saying in 1 Corinthians 15:3, that Jesus took the punishment for our sins by dying for them?

I guess I don't have a good understanding of what "Jesus dying for our sins" means. I guess there might be a lot of meaning in those words. In 1 Corinthians 15:3 is Paul (it's Paul, right?) saying that Jesus died to take the punishment for our sins when he says that Christ died for our sins? Is that what he means? He wouldn't mean anything else in those words would he? If someone said to someone else that Jesus died for their sins would they be saying that Jesus died to take the punishment for their sins if they were saying it in the same way Paul was?

I think there might be a misunderstanding here. I'm just asking the question I'm asking and seem to be getting answers that are kind of answering something I'm not asking and I guess sticking to what I was asking seemed like the best thing to do. Also I sort of misplaced a post and misread a post. Sorry for claiming that you were changing my question, nzkev. What I'm asking is does Jesus "dying for our sins" mean anything other than that Jesus took the punishment for our sins by dying for them. Maybe if this were a real life conversation my question would get across better.

Ok. When I wrote, "They seem to have exceeded the scope of my question.", what I meant was that was how the answers seemed to have exceeded the scope of my question. I guess that's the best answer I could give.