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To: Fichori
At the same time we're pretty sure the ancients had no idea how big the Earth was, nor how far it was to the mantle (where it really starts to get really hot).

Sure, they had volcanoes around, but they don't hold a candle to the real stuff.

A number of writers have tried their hand at creating "world ships" (great vessels that travel between the stars) that meet the requirements set forth in Genesis.

They keep running up against the problem of "the sequence" ~ really hard to deal with it.

Personally I think Moses lifted these stories from existing documents and tablets he had right there in Egypt ~ plus, he prayed a lot ~ plus, he had visions ~ plus he wasn't a very good astronomer, nor geologist, and he had no idea about the fact he was living in an interglacial during a very large and long Ice Age.

Otherwise he'd taken better notes.

Eventually we'll find the tablets he used, or ones like them, that have "versions" of these stories that are very close to the Hebrew traditions. Father Abraham, came from the part of the world where writing was invented. Must have blown Moses mind when he came across some of the old stuff the Hebrews were hauling around.

195 posted on 06/11/2009 3:38:55 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

So you’re saying that the Earth was probably created warm?


196 posted on 06/11/2009 3:42:02 PM PDT by Fichori
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