Zvi wrote:
The difference is that the entire Jewish nation had a supernatural experience at Mt. Sinai and they appointed Moses to be their agent to receive the rest of the Torah.
Not only did 3 million Jews hear G-d speak at Sinai (National Revelation -- the only time in history this ever happened), G-d also fed us in the wilderness for 40 years with manna and gave us a cloud to lead us.  He freed us from the Egyptians.  He brought the plagues upon Egypt.  None of these true miracles were parlor tricks or easily duplicated by magicians or false gods. . .  other religions are based on one person telling of their personal "revelation" (Paul, Joseph Smith, Mohammad) --  these are individual experiences which may be lies, may be emotional hubris, or it may be something else.  It is not anything akin to what happened to us Jews.  The Christian bible makes claims of lots of witnesses, but all of them are anonymous as are the authors of the tales.   Jewish revelation happened to our own ancestors -- nothing anonyous that could have been "made up" by some third party.  Perhaps it is time for some to revisit Mark Equates National Revelation with Anonymous after the fact Stories ?
Only take heed and watch yourself very carefully, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes saw. Do not let [this memory] leave your hearts, all the days of your lives. Teach your children and children's children about the day you stood before G-d your L-rd at Horeb. . . Then G-d spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no image; there was only a voice.

He announced to you His covenant, instructing you to keep the
ten utterances.

Watch yourselves very carefully, since you did not see any image on the day that G-d spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb.. You heard the sound of words, but saw no image; there was only a voice.

Has any nation ever heard G-d speaking out of fire, as you have, and still survived?

Has G-d ever done miracles bringing one nation out of another nation with such tremendous miracles, signs, wonders, war, a mighty hand and outstretched arm, and terrifying phenomena, as G-d did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? . . .

Realize it today and ponder it in your heart: G-d is the Supreme Being in heaven above and on the earth beneath -
there is no other.  --  D'varim / Deuteronomy 4:9-39

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And everything that Sarah tells you, listen to her voice. Bereshit (Genesis) 21:12
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