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Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 31 Aug 1999 06:11:41 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.net%saynotospam%
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Ever wonder who the person was who was recording the creation event as it
happened? Wasn't Adam or Eve either, because they weren't created until "day" 6.
The creation account in Genesis _is a story_. An oral tradition passed down 100s
of years before it was ever written down. And Genesis contains 2 *separate*
creation accounts, each from different traditions. They have been blended
together in a way, but they are different and distinct. See #1 Genesis 1-2:3, #2
Genesis 2:4-25. Some even argue (with proof) that the Hebrews "borrowed" their
creation story from other cultures. But here's my point: "It just doesn't
matter, it just doesn't matter...." [1]
-John
[1] name the movie;-)
Todd Lehman wrote:
> Say, if it took God six days to create the heavens and the earth and the sea
> and all that is in them, this would seem to indicate that God isn't
> infinitely fast...that good things take time. Maybe He could make the
> Universe blink *out* of existence instantly, but if Creation took six whole
> days, then how could everything after that be foreknown? (Unless part of
> Creation also consisted of the rigorous process of going about to foreknow
> everything, and maybe that took 5.9999999999 of the 6 days. :-)
>
> Say, is a God day equal to an Earth day? Or is it something much smaller
> like an attosecond or something? If God could create the heavens and the
> earth in six attoseconds, then I'd be more likely to believe that He could
> foreknow everything.
>
> --Todd
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