Biblical contradictions.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TrueCreation:
[b]"a) His Sister??? OK. Where is the chapter & verse explaining this?"
--Not listed, just like the color of Jesus' hair. [/QUOTE][/b]
The color of his hair has no significance. While Cain's wife is an important piece of information that is mysteriously missing, funny thing about mythology! [QUOTE][b]
"I ask again . . . .Has something been omitted?"
--Yes, everything irrelevant. [/QUOTE][/b]
LOL. Cain's wife is an important part of the story if the author wants it to appear factual. [QUOTE][b]
"Who performed this editing?"
--Nothing was edited, this is the way it was written. [/QUOTE][/b]
How come there are so many translations? Each translation acting as a small edit for the book that hit's the shelves. [QUOTE][b]
"b)In my limited knowledge of ancient history, it seems to me that most lands in biblical times were named for kings or for the peoples populating them, so where did these 'Nodites' come from?"
--There was no dynasty, no king, no ruler, nor leader. Just Adam, Eve, and their kids. This was an event preceeding the Flood, greatly altering land topography. [/QUOTE][/b]
Don't forget that many of Adam and Eves kids could have been left out because they were 'irrelevant'. After all they seem to have forgotten certain details about Cain’s wife. [QUOTE][b]
"if they were the children of Adam & Eve, why is there no mention of their existence or lineage anywhere else in the Bible?"
--Because, it is history, and such as the flood and even the creation story, there are many parallels within other creation stories, which others in these forums would argue that these other creation stories are the origin of the biblical one while I see it on the contrary. Such stories would have been greatly altered to their taste and liking of the story-teller if not passed as a holy document, in which little if not anything would be altered. [/QUOTE][/b]
I would agree that it is history. It is history written in myths, exaggerated stories. Stories that were written to explain things that were not understood at the time. I.E. Noah’s Ark - was most likely a flood that took place while a local farmer collected his animals on his boat. The flood devastated the town he lived in and all the people. Noah then passed the story along to his kids who passed it on to their kids etc. Finally the story finds a nice little place in the bible, of course by this time the flood story covers the entire earth devastating absolutely everything, and Noah saved the day with loading two of every animal on his boat. [QUOTE][b]
". . . .Has something been omitted?"
--Yes, everything irrelevant. [/QUOTE][/b]
A lot has been omitted, fictional books don't need to include all the details, it leaves a lot more for the imagination.