More ignorance of the very thing you criticize

Submitted by Noah Wilk (United States), Nov 26, 2006 at 18:40

Pir, you really should learn to get a clue about what you're talking about before commenting. You said:

"The people whom Moses leads out of Egypt are the 'Children of Israel', and remain so irrespective of whether they worship God or the golden calf"

In reality, God made the Israelites wander the desert for 40 years, until everyone who had worshipped the golden calf was dead, thus denying them access to the promised land as puninshment for their sins. He also did this to test the descendants, who had to prove their faith in God during their wandering.

Your arguments are always weak, poorly formed, and only manage to scratch the surface in a superficial manner. This is why we get nowhere talking to you.

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