Friday 10 August 2018

Mounting A Map Of The Exodus From Egypt

By Harold Watson


Religion is essence, a group of belief that lean towards being spiritual in nature. The beliefs that are purported by a religious faith are not just philosophical musings. No, they are also guidelines for daily living. Life is all about certain things, certain milestones that a person is expected to hit. First, they are expected to cry out, just to let their parents know they are alive. Then are expected to grow up, go to school, and then graduate college. Then they are supposed to find a job, to find gainful employment. Over the course of all of that, they are supposed to find a romantic partner, preferably someone of an opposite gender. The pairing is then expected to produce at least one child, although two or three are preferred. Then, they are supposed to buy a house, a home where they can put their family so they will be safe and comfortable behind a white picket fence. Society also dictates that the whole family is to trudge to a place of worship at least one time a week, where under the guidance of a reverend or a priest, they will ponder on the map of the Exodus from Egypt.

If one were to consult common knowledge and popular culture, there were slaves in Egypt. While recent scholarly discoveries may contradict this, that is the common knowledge. What happened was the eventually, those slaves were freed by their chosen deity using an avatar in the world.

The events that preceded the Exodus are well documented, both in written and oral tradition. Eventually, it was translated into a visual medium. The basic gist was that a whole bunch of plagues were visited upon Egypt. That was enough to convince the head honcho over there to let his slaves go.

Once they were free, to former slaves wandered around the desert. No, while it is rather difficult to tell how long that wandering went on for, it supposedly went on for about forty years. In that time, they were sustained by bread from Heaven.

Tracing the exact route taken can be rather difficult. The names which these lands had has undoubtedly changed. Not to mention there really is not an exact log of where they wandered. Just a few places. A story, in essence, but one lacking details.

Of course, there is still a way to get an idea of where they went. Maps are available online. They should mostly be reliable, since many of them were sketched out by religious scholars. So, to find them, just go on to the internet and that should do the trick.

The option to go older is always there. Religion has fascinated people for thousands of years. It only makes sense that there are Exodus maps from well before the age of industrialization. These surviving maps will probably fetch a pretty penny on the open market, but they would look so good mounted on a wall.

There really is no reason to have one. But maps can be put on walls. Not for any real purpose other than to be decorations. It just looks good. It looks classy, plus having one of the exodus just adds a spiritual dimension to the aesthetic.

Now, people are different from each other. While they are not all entirely unique, there is enough distinction that no two individuals are totally the same. Which is why even faith has many interpretations.




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