nothing up the sleeze...

So having realized that Yahweh doesn't know anything about the world beyond the Levant and I do, and that renders his declaration that the land of Canaan is "the promised land!" nonsense, I wondered just what else in this tale is nonsense. Keep in mind that my new creed is rational honesty. In other words no mental gymnastics to justify ones faith. And no sleight of hand on the part of the proclaimers. Look for the source where the evidence leads, not where the proclaimers misdirect.

Item #1: By the time the five books of Moses are written down, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Code of Hammurabi, and the tale of Sargon the Great being rescued as an infant , in a pitch lined basket, from the river, were all more than a thousand years old.

This is a good starting point. Moses is clearly a created character, just like Jesus in the New Testament. Both characters ask you to believe the impossible:

MOSES JESUS
Born poor/slave becomes prince Born poor becomes God

Highly educated he becomes leader of the Endowed with special knowledge he
poor/slaves. imparts it to the least trained.

He receives messages from God He receives messages from God
which no one else hears which no one else hears

He insists that his and only his view He insists that his and only his view
of God is acceptable of God is acceptable

He insists that his followers be He insists that his followers be
willing to abandon all for his view willing to abandon all for his view

He dies and disappears prior to the He dies and disappears prior to the
payoff of his faith (the promised land) payoff of his faith ( the church)


Note: Humans neither part nor walk on water.