The "Circle of the Earth"

Actually, that would be cooler than a flying saucer. I can totally imagine God as Fred MacMurray in Son of Flubber.

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In many respects, the Bible was the world's first Wikipedia article. -- Doug Brown (quoted by Carlin Romano in The Chronicle Review)

Seems to be a common theme among a certain portion of the religious types. If they think that the facts support their case, they'll rub your nose in it. But when it becomes clear that the facts support the opposite, then suddenly it's, "but we can't really be sure that we understand this correctly."

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In many respects, the Bible was the world's first Wikipedia article. -- Doug Brown (quoted by Carlin Romano in The Chronicle Review)

In fact, I believe that the consensus is that at least two people were responsible for writing Isaiah.

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In many respects, the Bible was the world's first Wikipedia article. -- Doug Brown (quoted by Carlin Romano in The Chronicle Review)

So God can create people with free-will who won't sin and go to Hell. So creating Adam and Eve knowing that billions of people would go to Hell for eternity was entirely gratuitous on his part. That's what I thought, but many literalists disagree. Thanks!

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Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory. -- Rick Perlstein