Was the story of Moses and the burning bush just made up by someone?
No. The claim that the account of Moses and the burning bush was merely a figment of some good Jew's imagination is absurd and ridiculous. It is just as absurd as calling the Old Testament a compilation of Jewish myths and campfire legends.
Les explains that the statement from a well-known seminary president—that the account of Moses and the burning bush was a figment of some good Jew's imagination—is absurd. He groups it with the false charge that the Bible is nothing but Jewish myths and legends, or that the Old Testament arose from ancient Jews exchanging stories around a campfire and later deciding to write them down. He says such claims are as ridiculous as equating a multi-thousand-dollar Swiss watch with a five-dollar alarm clock.