well, your reasoning is an option, as in the uk, a place is only considered a city if it has a cathedral,(population numbers don't really come in to it) i think...which i doubt cain's city had...also, perhaps it was a city at the time of the book being written by moses as no city is built as a...
wahey! why don't you just go ahead and say the whole bible is just made up, fabricated, chinese whispers that 1. never happened and 2. is a load of rubbish?!
would you say that you believe in the bible or not? i bet the only thing you believe about the bible, is that it a book that you can...
I 'd like to stay on topic as to the prophecy about Jesus and other prophecies for that matter. but on the subject of God planning Adam's sin, why do you think he did? that would be a contradiction. God's 4 main qualities are Love, Justice, Wisdom and Power. and he is perfect in all these...
well, according to the scriptures it was. Matthew 1:23 quotes Isaiah 7:14 in relation to Jesus. so i guess it really is a messianic prophecy...be it an apparently stupid one!
can i ask, which version of the bible do you use, or which is your favorite? and is there really such a big difference in doctrine between these versions of the verse?
KJV
8When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of...
well, perhaps not as elegant as others. i wouldn't say it's not elegant, fullstop. there are plenty of nice scriptures in the NWT, but at the end of the day, that's not the important thing. and again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
So it's more a matter of personal taste rather than accuracy or message...
and i mean, look at the this one from the new living version. 'He said, "The young woman, who has never had a man, will give birth to a Son. They will give Him the name Immanuel. This means God with us." '
i mean that...
what? the word jesus, or the word jehovah? seeing as JW's are the ones that know so much about the subject, check this link out for more info
http://www.watchtower.org/library/na/article_02.htm