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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (126678)	12/8/2009 10:25:28 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 543026

"If the message were all that important, there must be a better means of communications." Well, the printing press hadn't been invented yet. Egyptians carved a lot on stone, and we still have that. Since the message was given in the desert, papyrus, which we still have, was probably harder to get than stone. Later on, when they probably had time to make some, it was put down on parchment in the Torah by the children of Israel. Or not. The Sunday school lesson had just finished and the rabbi asked if the children had any questions. Little David quickly raised his hand. "Yes, David? What question would you like to ask me?" "I have four questions to ask you, Rabbi. Is it true that after the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea, they then received the Ten Commandments?" "Yes, David." "And the children of Israel also defeated the Philistines?" "Yes, David, that's also true." "And the children of Israel also fought the Romans and fought the Egyptians and built the Temple?" "Again you are correct, David." "So my last question is, Rabbi, what were the grown-ups doing all this time?"