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You refer to quotes from the Bible as if they are scientific writ.
The Bible is very nice. Theologically, it is probably true. But as a scientific text it is bubkis.
It was written for a bunch of just post-savage people to whom science was a concept that was totally foreign. It had to be dumbed down so the target audience could understand it.
If you need proof. just look at the Islamofascists who continue to interpret texts of that same time as a set of Marching Orders.
The Bible says to sew the land of your enemies with salt. It also suggested it was perfectly OK to send she-bears to kill little children who made fun of the Prophets.
Is it to be taken literally? Got any she-Bears on retainer?
I can see I missed some really great debate here. Just was checking to make sure you were still extant here!