So it seems my friend may have been duped by some Netflix documentary that "proves" the Exodus.

At the time we were talking, he couldn't recall the name, thought he was descriptive enough that I may have found it. Called 'Patterns of Evidence: Exodus', this documentry seems to reek of apologetics. My friend seems to take this as proof based on the claims made in it because of how convincing it all sounds.

Now to be fair, I have not watched it yet due to my lack of netflix. However, I did my due diligence and researched the crap out of this thing the next day. The director, sources, claims, reviews and counter statements. Boy if only my friend did the same....my alarms were going nuts investigating it, especially while reading Hector Avalos critique of the work [debunking-christianity.com]

Now my alarms always go off when I hear 'Netflix documentary', so I initially told him to be wary but he still seems to have bought into it. I even read the Ipuwar admonitions, the Akhenaten correspondance, and other important historical claims proofs that are brought up. No secular sources I could find would vindicate this documentaries claims. It's been 2-3 years since this documentary came out, yet the general consensus among archeologists and historians is still that exodus didn't happen.

I dread having to being this up to him next we meet because I can see the stubborn pushback. He isnt religious per say, but he is definately softer on it than I am so we butt heads sometimes.

Has anyone else seen Petterns of Evidence: Exodus? If so, I'd like ti know what others think. Or even your own stories of people you know getting duped by apologetics.