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You Can't Make This Stuff Up...
Only two minutes long, and worth it. The words mean what they mean. They have for thousands of years. How cool is this!
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Comment by doone on November 15, 2009 at 6:34am -
1. It (the Bible) was made up
2. People are good at finding patterns even if the patterns do not exist,
3. It is a good and original web presentation,
4. Those old goat herders had a good imagination many thousands of years ago.
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Comment by Jeff H on November 15, 2009 at 5:56pm - Except it wouldn't make sense because when those books were penned, there was no concept of the Messiah, but thank you for playing :-)
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Comment by James S Saint on November 15, 2009 at 8:10pm -
Actually, his translations aren't far off. He left out a few and it might be relevant that "Noah" wouldn't really translate to "comfort", but "the end of spirit", which actually makes his sentence make more sense although the conclusion he wanted comes out different.
And "the Bible was made-up" is what has been "made-up". ]:o)
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Comment by Jeff H on November 24, 2009 at 5:35pm
- James: I can see how you got where you did, but I think the rest defined later in the same verse as we first get the name Gen 5:29 . All of the toil and labors of humanity, in fact humanity itself would have been lost except for Noah "Finding Grace" in the eyes of the Lord. God looks always to preserve a remnant. The comfort was that Noah and humanity would continue post flood, and continue God's plan for eventual redemption in Christ.
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Comment by James S Saint on November 24, 2009 at 7:33pm
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I don't know that "Finding Grace" is exactly the right thought. Noah stored the information concerning life so that it could start up again after the devastation (flood). Life is not something easily abated, if at all.
Today, we have our own kind of "flood" to endure. A Noah of today, would merely burn the history of life and its make onto a DVD for preservation. It's a lot easier than building a boat. ]:o)
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