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@GeePawHill@mastodon.social hmm. I think there's a difference here in that the cave was explicitly a story​ for teaching purposes, while the Babylonian exile was a record of historical events (of whatever accuracy, but it definitely wasn't considered made up to teach a specific point). No arguments with the commentary on the hypocrisy of effectively exiling people and then being surprised they find more truth in the old testament than your 'helpful' theology though...

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[@GeePawHill@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/users/GeePawHill) hmm. I think there's a difference here in that the cave was explicitly a story​ for teaching purposes, while the Babylonian exile was a record of historical events (of whatever accuracy, but it definitely wasn't considered made up to teach a specific point). No arguments with the commentary on the hypocrisy of effectively exiling people and then being surprised they find more truth in the old testament than your 'helpful' theology though...