Moses As Author Of The Torah/pentateuch

[Matthias]

Not sure you can make a solid claim from that scripture.

If you read a book about Hercules, would that make him real?

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Do you not think Moses is real?

Do you not think that Jesus thought Moses is real?

 

[St. SteVen]

Do you not think Moses is real?

Archaeological history says "No."

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[Matthias]

Archaeological history says "No."

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What do you say?

 

[St. SteVen]

What do you say?

I'm torn.
This is in the same category as whether the creation account in Genesis is literal, or figurative. ???
The church/Bible says "Yes", the science says, "No."
I have explored these questions and found believers on both sides.

Does our faith crumble if Moses was a legend and Genesis is figurative? I'm torn.

What is the affect on The Fall and The Atonement, if Adam was not the first human?

Was the Transfiguration a vision, or an actual appearance of Moses and Elijah?

I seem to stand alone in my position that it probably wasn't a vision. Even though some of our Bible translations use the word in the passage. The controversy seems to surround whether we can speak to the dead. Most say, "No." therefore it had to be a vision. Jesus was with the disciples for...

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[St. SteVen]

What do you say?

We are told that Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles.
However, I'm not sure that is conclusive.

But we can certainly refer to what Luke wrote in Acts and be universally understood.
Even though the facts may lead elsewhere.

It could be the same with Moses. A reference to the legend would be universally understood.

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[St. SteVen]

--- PARODY ---

Christian: Do you believe in the Bible?
Skeptic: Who wrote the Books of Moses?
Christian: Well, Moses obviously. ???
Skeptic: If Adam wasn't a literal human then he didn't literally sin.
Christian: Adam's transgression was the original sin.
Skeptic: If Adam didn't literally sin, then there is no original sin.
Christian: We were all born sinners.
Skeptic: If there is no original sin then being born in Adam's race does not make you a sinner.
Christian: Well... ???
Skeptic: If we are not redeemed from original sin by Christ's payment of the death penalty...
Christian: I suppose, but...
Skeptic: Then the Atonement was of none effect.
Christian: Say what?
Skeptic: If the Atonement was of none effect, we are lost in our sin and awaiting judgment of our works.
Christian: That can't be right... ???
Skeptic: We all fall short of the perceived standard and stand condemned.
Christian: Well, yes, but...
Skeptic: Faith in Christ can't help us, the Atonement is null and void.
Christian: What? !!!
Skeptic: Where does that leave us?
Christian: We need to take the Genesis account as literal history.
Skeptic: Indications are that it is a mythology.
Christian: A mythology means it isn't true!
Skeptic: There is your problem.

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