@chaney3 saidI doubt that you asked about the ages of books, I gave you the answer. What Moses wrote was about the earliest of times, whoever wrote Job wrote about Job's times.
So technically, Satan's first mention would have been in the exchange with him and God in regards to Job..... before he was mentioned in the garden of Eden.
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-Removed-More circular and contradictory reasoning.
Circular thinking, yes, perhaps it is, but contradictory...no. There is nothing contradictory about admitting that a higher power or intelligence could very well be living proof of what Moses wrote about all those years ago. I would also add that Moses himself attested to the fact that it was God - not Moses, that inscribed the commandments onto those stone tablets that were carried in the ark, so attacking Moses' credibility for that part of scripture make little sense, because he didn't write the commandments in the first place.
It's rather clear that you added "contradictory" on to your statement about circular thinking only as an afterthought.
@fmf saidWriting X Is proof that Y exists
Circular reasoning is a ubiquitous characteristic of theistic religious thinking.
Writing X Is proof that Y exists, and Y's existence is proof that writing X is true.
I never suggested that X Is "proof" that Y exists, I don't know where you're getting that. I only suggested that it would be folly to discard the writings of Moses until one has all the facts - and you don't have all the facts.
Please resist the urge to misquote me.
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@fmf saidBut you said: "God has made his existence and wishes explicit and unequivocal many times.
But you said: "God has made his existence and wishes explicit and unequivocal many times." One example of this according to you, was that "Moses gave us his law".
Yes, I did. Did I specifically state this was proof of anything? - No.