June 27, 2009, 7:42 am by dc-agape.

Genesis Chapter 26

For some odd reason, the editors of the NIV believe that this Abimelech and Phicol are not the same as in chapter 20.  Yet, we know that Abraham lived for 175 years, and only 2 of the men in Isaac’s lineage from Shem had passed away. We are talking about 10 generations of Isaac’s parents are still alive.  When Jacob was born 4 men of those generations were still alive.  Why can’t Abimelech and Phicol be the same men in both chapter 20 and 26?  Not a single man in from Noah to Abraham lived less than 148 years.  YHWH did not follow his decree from Genesis 6:3! 

The interaction between Isaac and Abimelech was similar to Abraham’s experience.  Isaac, also, believes that since he is married to a HOT woman, everyone will try to take her from him by force.  It begins with Isaac lying about his relationship with his wife.  This time Abimelech is smarter and does not fall for the trap.  In fact, he makes a decree that if any man molests either Isaac or Rebekah they will be put to death.  Abimelech learned his lesson well from Abraham treachery!

Conflicts arise between Isaac and Abimelech’s peoples.  In the end Abimelech asks Isaac to move away.  But everywhere his servants (slaves) did wells the resident claim the well as their own.  Isaac continues to move, his slaves did a well, and then move farther away.  He finally finds a well at Beersheba that he can use.  Could this be the exact same well that YHWH showed to Hagar and where Abimelech made a treaty with Abraham in chapter 21?  Most likely!

The chapter ends with Esau marrying 2 Hittites.  One named Judith and the other Basemath.  Isaac and Rebekah, being good YHWH fearing parents, are sorely distraught.  They would much prefer that their sons would marry Rebekah’s nieces, just like Jacob will do in chapter 29!  And we know that Laban is the son of Nahor.  Just to remind you, Nahor is the brother of Abraham and the son of Terah.  Terah was an idolater of the moon god Sin.  So what exactly makes inbreeding the proper religious practice for YHWH?  Since both Laban and the Hittites were idolaters, what makes one family better than the other?  So Isaac and Rebekah are bigots and hypocrites, just like Abraham!

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June 27, 2009, 7:20 am by dc-agape.

Exodus Chapter 10:21-29

I have finally reached the one truly indescribable plague in this entire series.  Somehow Egypt was in darkness for three days.  Nothing in nature can produce this type of phenomenon.  But does that mean it really happened?

I believe in my post on the plagues that I have given well enough reasons to know that all these plagues may have been Tall Tales.  I believe that I have covered the possibility that Moses used the natural disasters to his benefit.  And I believe that I have also given good enough reasons to know that many errors have occurred in the retelling of these events. Should we believe that the darkness lasted for three full days?  Should we believe that the Egyptians could not light a torch and continue to carry on as if it was a normal, but extended, night?  But this is what the Word of God claims:

Exodus 10:23 No one could see anyone else or leave his place for three days.  Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.

This of course, adds one more mistake to a growing list.  For the very next verse claims that the Pharaoh summoned Moses:

Exodus 10:24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the Lord.  Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”

If no one could see in Egypt, and no one could leave their houses, how did someone reach Moses to summon him and how did Moses reach the palace of the Pharaoh?  The Word of God clearly states that lights were only available in Goshen!  So without a doubt here is another error in the Word of God.

I will end this reminding my readers that here again YHWH took freewill from the Pharaoh:

Exodus 10:27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go.

If anyone claims that we have freewill and that YHWH exists they are making a contradiction.  YHWH had planned these events from the time of Abram, he controlled the entire nation of Egypt and Israel so that these things would be able to occur.  From each and every birth, to the natural disasters that forced Jacob to move to Egypt, and all the way to hardening the Pharaoh’s heart, YHWH controlled every little event required for these plagues to take place.  This would include formation of the Red Tide that turned the water to “blood” and all the consequences of that single natural phenomenon.  It would also include allowing the Egyptians to “sin” against YHWH so that he could “punish” them.  And it would also include the cold blooded murder of millions of Egyptian people, livestock, and crops.  This combination of events proves without a single lingering doubt that if YHWH existed, Satan is the good guy!

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