Hey Blü2, how’s it going?
I have time constraints (due to other responsibilities), so right now, I can only address these:
Otherwise, Jesus’ sacrifice of a (perfect) life for a (perfect) life - the Mosaic Law’s standard for justice - has no value or meaning if Adam didn’t exist.
Let’s go on….
So I was intrigued, and went to your link…
And here, you began critiquing the Bible. Unfortunately, though, what you earlier attributed to poetry… you said Psalm 90:4 was “plainly poetic”… now you claim the other scriptures, are not poetic, but reflect the erroneous thinking of the time. (Sounds like a biased interpretation to me.)
If the Bible only represented the ancient worldview, then we wouldn’t have the accurate description of the Earth @ Job 26:7…where it’s situated “on nothing”… or Job 38:16… where God asks Job, “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?”
Who knew of those things back then? Nobody!
Only in modern times, were such things discovered. And they verified the Bible.
I’m curious (completely different subject)…. what is your take on those who claim to “speak with the dead”, and other invisible entities?
And why would the God of the Bible prohibit such activity?
Any ideas?
I have time constraints (due to other responsibilities), so right now, I can only address these:
I say there was.But that's folktale, tribal origins lore. There was no historical Garden of Eden and no historical creation.
Otherwise, Jesus’ sacrifice of a (perfect) life for a (perfect) life - the Mosaic Law’s standard for justice - has no value or meaning if Adam didn’t exist.
No, there’s just one; chap.2 is the same story with added details.Not only that, but there are two Garden stories, not one, in the bible, underlining that tales have local varieties.
I would tend to agree.By the way, the bible gives no basis for the suggestion that a "year" can be read as "a thousand years" whenever the reader wishes.
Oh, so now we get into poetry…I can find only one relevant reference in the Tanakh ─
Psalm 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
and that's plainly poetic,
Let’s go on….
When I was reading this post, I kept thinking about what Newton would say.. (I set out the relevant texts here >Gravitational waves in Newton theory are 4-th order, in Einstein's are 2-nd!!!<.)
So I was intrigued, and went to your link…
And here, you began critiquing the Bible. Unfortunately, though, what you earlier attributed to poetry… you said Psalm 90:4 was “plainly poetic”… now you claim the other scriptures, are not poetic, but reflect the erroneous thinking of the time. (Sounds like a biased interpretation to me.)
If the Bible only represented the ancient worldview, then we wouldn’t have the accurate description of the Earth @ Job 26:7…where it’s situated “on nothing”… or Job 38:16… where God asks Job, “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?”
Who knew of those things back then? Nobody!
Only in modern times, were such things discovered. And they verified the Bible.
I’m curious (completely different subject)…. what is your take on those who claim to “speak with the dead”, and other invisible entities?
And why would the God of the Bible prohibit such activity?
Any ideas?
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