Was Moses able to read and write?
Seeing he was raised as a prince of Egypt, he should be trained in writing hieroglyphs and maybe a second language?
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If he existed in the first place, then we know that he could read and write, because God told him to carve the 15 commandments onto pieces of stone. In order to do the carving, he must have known how to read and write.
We know from the stories in the bible that he was not the most confident of speakers.
Of course he could read and write. He brought the fifteen commandments down, but he was clumsy, not unconfident. But he cut our workload by quite a bit, so we should be grateful for that.
Not necessarily, considering that the prophet Mohammed (pUbH) and the All-American Prophet Joesph Smith were illiterate and both wrote the final word from God (he really means it this time). Through God all things are possible.
There were ten commandments!
@janbb There were 15, Mel dropped one tablet when he was carrying them down from the Mount.
And I thought I knew the Bible!
@janbb – The Mel Brooks version is more realistic.
LMAO. This thread is so fun.
@elbanditoroso Indeed – isn’t the common wisdom that there were never actually Jewish slaves in Egypt at all?
@dappled_leaves – I’ve read that, but I’ve also read that there are some proofs that there were ancient Jews in Egypt. I don’t know that there will ever be “proof” in the sense of an irrefutable fact.
But does it matter? In religion, it seems that proof is not required, only faith and a whole lot of assumptions. So whether there were Jews in Egypt as slaves or not doesn’t matter – believers will believe, and non believers won’t. And they’re not going to change their minds.
A number of years ago, I hiked to the top of Mt. Sinai (back when it belonged to Israel). It was cool – impressive mountain in the middle of the desert. Did I see slaves? (no!) Did I see anything that confirmed that Moses went to the top of the mountain? (no). All there is a lot of legend and retold legend.
@elbanditoroso But I’m betting you sneaked that broken third tablet home in your knapsack. ;)
Of course.
He was fluid in ancient Java Script as well as Klingon.
(since he never existed, all claims about his abilities are equally in/valid)
Yes. Being raised as a prince of Egypt, he would have been taught such things.
What were the other 5 commandments?
11. Do not rape children
12. Do not enslave other humans.
13. Women have equal rights.
14. Doubt everything.
15. Follow the Geneva Convention on the Rules of War.
Needless to say, Moses deliberately smashed those tablets.
He learned everything from his tablet, took ages to charge though.
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@ragingloli Maybe there were more than 15. Where is “Thou shalt not torture?”
@ragingloli Well, that pertains to war. What about everybody/everything else??
11. Thou shalt not be a dick
12. Thou shalt not value money over your fellow man
13. Thou shalt not mix your religion with your government
14. Thou shalt not spoil your environment
15. Thou shalt respect the right of others to live and believe as they see fit
Thou shalt pry my gun tablets from my cold dead hands
I think Jesus was smarter than his father was. He summed all 10 (or 15 or 20) into one sentence, supposedly, with The Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” That covers just about everything, don’t it.
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