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There never was a Moses and I think you know that you cretin!

Originally posted by Blakemore
There never was a Moses and I think you know that you cretin!

Historicity of Moses is a pretty damn cool topic and a rabbit hole you can go down that could lasts months, depending on your interests.

The modern "historical" method did not really see "birth" until the Hellenistic Period. Which would have been a bit less than 800 years-ish, after the events of Moses. Imagine that. That's comparable to 1,200 C.E., if you compare it to now. But we have many factual events and people that can be properly attributed to people and events from 1200 C.E. The difference between 400 B.C.E. historians and 2020 historians is modern technology and methods, however. So any writings or descriptions we might have of Moses and the ancient Jews could be conjecture or opinion: never primary source or secondary source information.

A great way to summarize "Moses" from a historical perspective: it would be foolish to say no "Moses" character existed that matches the legend. It would be equally foolish to say Moses definitely existed that matches the legend.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Historicity of Moses is a pretty damn cool topic and a rabbit hole you can go down that could lasts months, depending on your interests.

The modern "historical" method did not really see "birth" until the Hellenistic Period. Which would have been a bit less than 800 years-ish, after the events of Moses. Imagine that. That's comparable to 1,200 C.E., if you compare it to now. But we have many factual events and people that can be properly attributed to people and events from 1200 C.E. The difference between 400 B.C.E. historians and 2020 historians is modern technology and methods, however. So any writings or descriptions we might have of Moses and the ancient Jews could be conjecture or opinion: never primary source or secondary source information.

A great way to summarize "Moses" from a historical perspective: it would be foolish to say no "Moses" character existed that matches the legend. It would be equally foolish to say Moses definitely existed that matches the legend.

Originally posted by Eon Blue
Watching Teletubbies. Baby Sun is the most powerful fictional character in the past decade.

haermm

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Sargon of Akkad....... not Moses.

Witchboard is weird

Originally posted by Surtur
Witchboard is weird

They take their witchboarding seriously cuz this preppy guy thinks his flat tire is cuz of witchboard magic.

How else do tires become flat if not witchboarding

the babadook will sometimes decide to mix it up and instead of causing you to need an oil change far too soon it gives you a flat tire

I couldn't stand the Babadook because of the nigh constant autistic screaming of the kid. Would have been decent horror if they only had removed that.

Amazon Prime will recommend all kinds of crazy horror movies.

Something called Nomads with Pierce Brosnan from the 80s

Lol you can tell the marketing guys went "yeah nobody will know how to pronounce the name of the movie if they call it ouija board" because despite the name of the movie they do not call it a witchboard really

Originally posted by Surtur
Amazon Prime will recommend all kinds of crazy horror movies.

Something called Nomads with Pierce Brosnan from the 80s

I know I saw that, barely recall but I don't think it wasn't very good. They're

Spoiler:
vampires or evil spirits

Maybe I should rewatch, as I do like Brosnan in most films.

My fave of those dodgy old horrors is the Serpent and the Rainbow.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
My fave of those dodgy old horrors is the Serpent and the Rainbow.

That one I really enjoyed, though I do wonder how it's aged.

Originally posted by Robtard
That one I really enjoyed, though I do wonder how it's aged.

Aye, agreed

I always like the fall and the shit spooky films around this time of the year🙂

Anyone remember basket case?