AustinG writes:
I don't care how many "kinds" there were (I want to throttle Kent Hovind right now for coining that rediculous word).
Hello AustinG.
Welcome to EvC.
FYI: Kent Hovind did not coin the term "kinds." The expression comes directly from the Bible itself.
quote:
Gen 8:19 - "Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark."
And prior to that:
quote:
Gen 1:12 - "And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good."
And so on, throughout the first chapter of Genesis and beyond.
Please do not make the mistake which so many others have made: of debating a biblical issue without reading the relevant text (in this case the first page of the first book of The Book). Or does your Bible use a word other than "kind"?
BTW. Both "genus" and "species" are Latin
Words which may be translated "kind."
In fact, at Genesis 1:12, where the word "kind" appears twice, the Latin Bible gives it as "genus" in the first instance, and "species" in the second.
I hope such mysterious complexity does not discourage you from a hobby in Bible study. It is a truly marvelous, and for me eternally fascinating, word puzzle.
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