responsibility to the individual decision maker. Should a proof, or an evidence, or even a solid argument, be presented then the need to believe and disbelieve becomes superfluous and the choice is automatically annulled.
Precisely, the whole idea of belief and disbelief and the choice between these two is founded on the absence of such a proof or evidence. In this way the task of man denoting his very reason of being is annulled and man’s life-cycle, and his confrontation with the universe becomes unnecessary. Worldly life becomes meaningless and the whole idea of resurrection, a day of judgment, advanced by religious texts as consequences of the choice, become unnecessary. The task in man’s life is to believe or to disbelieve, act or not act in accordance with religious beliefs.
The Divine Message of Moses and the Choice
The divine message confined, according to the Old Testament, to Moses, assisted by his brother Aaron, was destined to obtain belief of the Pharaoh of Egypt, and to let the Israelites depart from Egypt, terminating an age of slavery and servitude that lasted four centuries:
‘Moses and Aaron went to see Pharaoh. They told him, “This is what the Eternal, the God of Israel, says: “Let my people go, for they must go out into the wilderness to hold a religious festival in my honor.”‘ Ex. 5: 1
The Choice of Pharaoh
The Pharaoh of Egypt was given the choice to believe in the divine message and believe in God or to reject this belief. He had the choice to obey the demand of Moses or to disobey by letting the Israelites go. The Pharaoh of Egypt decided to reject belief in God and refused the demand of Moses and so did not accept to release the Israelites from