This religion was formed when a person in the 1820's discovered golden plates with ancient Egyptian inscriptions (from ~ 2000 years ago) about 300 miles inland from the Atlantic in NY State. Absolutely no evidence that anyone from Egypt or the middle east was ever roaming around what is now upstate NY.
Mystified isn't a strong enough wording to describe how people aren't rationalizing many aspects of the world's religions with all we know today.
Mystified isn't a strong enough wording to describe how people aren't rationalizing many aspects of the world's religions with all we know today.