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To: DouglasKC

The best argument against evolution is that the Earth is 6,000 plus some change years old! Case closed.


47 posted on 11/03/2006 8:26:34 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Who invented rock and roll hiccups?)
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To: Revolting cat!
The best argument against evolution is that the Earth is 6,000 plus some change years old! Case closed.

Not everyone accepts the book of Genesis at all. And, some, like myself, are not inclined to take the time line in the book of Genesis literally.

The prophecies in the book of Daniel, and in Revelations are highly allegorical; why not the Garden of Eden, which was obviously from the context of a vision, dream or other revelation, rather then an eye witness account by Moses. This does not make it less true, rather it makes it full of the important points God wanted to get across.

A seeming weakness of this view would be the apparant literal account of ten generations between Adam and Noah, however I do note that the Geneisis is full of partial genological accounts that had to include other people. My guess would be that it was based on highlights of an oral tradition. But what is interesting is that the character-meanings of the Hebrew words of these ten generations form a coherrant sentence:

Name Hebrew Character Meaning
Adam Man
Seth Appointed
Enoch Mortal
Kenan Sorrow
Mahalalel The Blessed God
Jared Shall come down
Enoch Teaching
Methuselah His death shall bring
Lamech The Despairing
Noah Rest, or comfort

51 posted on 11/03/2006 10:23:28 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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