3000 years after Moses, Trump proves we're still as stupid

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So now let's look at ACTUAL EVIDENCE that Alexander the Great conquered all people now believe he did. The earliest account of Alexander the Great's life, from Diodorus, is believed to have been written over 300 years after his death at the earliest. That's the earliest account. All the other texts on Alexander repeat the historian Diodorus. The earliest COPY we have of Diodorus is from 1200 AD, which is 1,500 years after Alexander is reported to have conquered so much, and only a third of Diodorus work survived at all. No one questions how much of it is later elaboration. No one at all. Moreover, there is NOT ONE text from Persia, India, or Egypt even mentioning him. So maybe he just wanted to rename cities and they didn't care. Whatever did happen is almost certainly not what the claimed conquerors said about themselves.

There's tons of evidence of Alexander the Great from different sources, while there's only one source about the biblical patriarchs. The written evidence for Alexander does not contradict archaeological evidence, as the biblical narrative does. Even though there are evident religious myths surrounding not just Alexander, but other historical figures that claimed divine connection, the mythical nature of the biblical story, full of supernatural, miraculous events, is undeniable.

Well personally, I do believe Alexander existed. But all historical accounts are written by victors, and are likely filled with falsities and elaborations for political reasons. The old testament has rather a unique historiography: it was not written by a victor.

Thres a very good book on Alexander the Great, but you actually have to care about the subject, because it is a bit expensive. Heres the first volume:

https://www.amazon.com/Historical-Comme ... sMPVS0VAFI

Looks like a very enjoyable book. The only problem that I have with the official story of Alexander is that unlike other conquerors, he's portrayed as an honorable hero, even though he was at least as bloody as any other cruel conqueror.

While the OT is praiseworthy from a literary point of view, it is still pure legend. I recommend The Bible Unearthed by Finkelstein to get a fine, objective, scientific look at the subject.

There is no end to the books that can be written. There definitely is an end to the amount of postulation stated as fact that a human being can endure. Much is indeterminate, little is provable, and one can find evidence to prove anything you've already convinced yourself is true.

[Baby Augustine]

I studied Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Syriac, Aramaic, was in a Catholic monastery (not taking final vows) studied Bible for more than 3 decades, and taught at a Catholic seminary ---- and most of what is said by everybody on here is either provably wrong or illogical