Hi Coyote,
Coyote writes:
The bones from human evolution are tens of thousands to millions of years old. They would definitely not be in the same location as bones from some tribe mentioned in the Bible.
I was referring to missing.
I understand we have a lot of early human fragments that scientist are using to help explain the evolutionary history of man.
But do we have anything more than fragments?
Coyote writes:
Stuck on a few thousand years? If its an extant tribe mentioned in the Bible what else would it be than within a few thousand years?
You don't believe the Bible.
Yet you are adamant that it only goes back a few thousand years.
Why is that?
I do believe the Bible and it goes a lot further back than a few thousand years.
In fact it covers from the beginning.
Now just when was that?
Was it a few thousand years ago as some believe and teach?
Was it a few billion years ago as some believe and teach?
Was it forever in the past as some believe. The Bounce Theory, a series of oscillations, each beginning with a big bang and ending with a big crunch. That will continue forever in the future?
You see I believe in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. I also believe everything listed from Genesis 2:4-4:26 happened in the light period of that day.
That is all the information we are given concerning the day the Lord God created the heaven and the earth.
Now there could be more information in Genesis as the words here were handed down for a few generations before it was written down. So it is very possible for some of the information to get mixed up. That doesn't mean it is not all there just that is is not in the proper place.
Science tells us this earth is only 4+ billion years old. If that is correct then Genesis 1:1 is probably not talking about this earth.
Anything that was on that earth bones and all would have disappeared in the big crunch if there was one.
I don't know if there has been a big crunch before or not.
But the Bible says this present universe and the present earth we live on will melt with fervent heat. I think that is what the big crunch implies.
II Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
The Bible also says there will be a new heaven and a new earth.
Revelation 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
(Note: this new earth don't have a sea just like the one in Genesis 1:1 didn't have one.)
Anything material that is on the earth today will not exist on the new earth.
Just as if there were giants in that land you will never find them.
Also if there was giants 5k years ago you may or may not find their bones.
That would depend on how they disposed of the dead wouldn't it?
As well as how many was in the tribe. The fewer in number the less chance of finding them.
It would also be determined by what was considered a giant at the time by those refering to giants. Not necessarly what you consider a giant.
I think the 1400 lb man I mentioned would be a giant no matter how tall he was as well as the 900+lb man that Oprah had extracted from his bedroom and had on her show.
When a body is cremated today the bones are ground up and there is very little trace of the body. If it is scattered you would be hard pressed to find any of it.
So the initial assumptions you start out with determines what you wind up with. If you change the initial assumptions everything changes.
God Bless,
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