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Author Topic:   Original Intent Of the Bible
werd19
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Message 40 of 42 (10298)
05-23-2002 4:31 PM
Reply to: Message 39 by PeterW
05-23-2002 9:39 AM


ok heres the real story.
the flood in the bible correlates to the euphrates bursting its banks and flooding mesopotomia. this flood is similarly documented in mesopotomian literature (worldwide flood, only one family survived, etc). they figured out the time period that the story is looking at and backed it up archiologically. the flood story in the bible is based upon this story. that is why you cant figure out the timeline and such of the flood across the world.
similarly, in egyptian relion, there is a man named hesus i think or soemthign similar to that, who is born of a virgin, and led a life similar to that of jesus. this isnt to say that jesus didnt exist, or anything like that, im just saying, the facts of his life are twisted and embelished upon.
now for creationism. the story of adam and eve does not refer to the origins of man, but rather to the origins of society. in mesopotomia, a place called eden existed, (edin in mesopotomian religions, also the birthplace of man) where farming societies first arose, and the time refered to in the bible is archiologically backed up. man existed before this time but there were no cities or anything of that sort.
in sandland you have hinduism (which worships cows), islam, christianity, judaism. muhammed in a short amount of time got many many many followers. and he didnt live THAT long ago. the moral of the story is that the bible is based on other religions of long ago and also that sand people will beleive anything.

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