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Darwin Storm
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Message 5 of 196 (6166)
03-05-2002 10:51 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by wj
03-05-2002 9:50 PM


Hmmm, didn't Jesus teach in parables? Makes you wonder, if parables were an acceptable teaching method for him to use, then why wouldn't the same hold true for the bible? Oh , my bad, the bible was LITERAL, and therefore be true down to its very core. Even to the controdictions. Oh, and about those translantions. If you ever pick up a King James version (probably the most liberally translated verision) and say, a Giddeon bible, and read them side by side, you will notice some major differences. Another quandry? Nah! : )

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Darwin Storm
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Message 6 of 196 (6167)
03-05-2002 11:21 PM
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03-05-2002 10:51 PM


By the way, if I offended anyone with my sarcasm, I apoligize. I wasn't trying to attack anyone's religious beliefs. My statement was about the validity ( or lack there of) of a literal interperation of the bible. ( My points stand, just ignore the sarcasm, I was in a bad mood when I wrote this, and was out of line. Have a nice day. : )

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Darwin Storm
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Message 12 of 196 (6218)
03-06-2002 10:46 PM


A few points and question I would like addressed.
1.) The ocean has a high salininty. When the "world" flooded, it would have mixed with the oceans, diluting it some, but still have a high salt content. This water would have covered the earth, depostiting saltwater all across the surface of the earth. The water alone would have killed of most the plants on the surface of the earth. Then, as the waters receded, you would be left with a land of mud ( which still had salt water mixed with it). As it dried, you would have been left with soil so contaminated with salt that it would be useless for growing crops.
2.) If the ark had only roughly 16 thousand organisms, how do we account for the millions of species today? This seems to require alot of evolution to generate the numbers of species on the planet, and at a rate that would be observable over a few generations!
3.)If insects were persona non-grata, how the heck did they survive forty days and forty nights of floods?
4.)Oh by the way, if you can't give an exact time of the flood, can you give an estimate? Withing even a few hundred years, either way? Please?

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Darwin Storm
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Message 17 of 196 (6240)
03-07-2002 11:32 AM
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03-07-2002 5:28 AM


Also, a world wide flood would have diffused with the ocean waters, meaning that the water would have a salinity content. Even after teh floods receded, the mud that remained would have a salt content that would make it unusable for plants as a medium to grow in. I am sure you have heard about "salting the earth" of your enemies to destroy their food production? Imagine a global scale of that.

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Darwin Storm
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Message 20 of 196 (6319)
03-08-2002 1:08 PM


Guess we aren't getting an answer on this one.

  
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