Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrsalso, there are historical records in egypt that seem to match up with the moses story in the bible...

This is an interesting subject. According the the bible Moses was in Egypt during the 18th dynasty. Because there are no other sources that mention him we'll assume that, if such a man lived, he lived when the bible says he did. Unfortunately for you, there are no records from this dynasty of any such disaster as the plagues.

There is only one Egyptian record that tells of anything like any part of the story of moses. It's the Ipuwer papyrus, which describes an event like the nile turning to blood. It's quite an interesting read. Unfortunately for you it was written close to or during the Hyksos invasion which ended the 13th dynasty. That means it was written around 1670.

You do see the problem, don't you? If the exodus happened around 1450 like the bible says it did then the story of the nile turning to blood was already at least 220 years old. That means it's just another stolen myth.

Edit: Date corrected by 30 years, strengthening my point.