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To: Zathras
All Creationism thought is based on scripture written in Babylon approx. 700bc which was mostly based on stories the Jewish people in exile shared about their culture.

No. The book of Genesis was written by Moses inspired by the Holy Spirit during a period of approximately 1450 to 1410 B.C.

24 posted on 02/04/2014 10:40:27 AM PST by Faith
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To: Faith

No it wasn’t.
Look into Jewish history instead of Christian History.


26 posted on 02/04/2014 10:42:18 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Faith
No. The book of Genesis was written by Moses inspired by the Holy Spirit during a period of approximately 1450 to 1410 B.C.

The stories in Genesis start long before Moses. History suggests that the first writing of Genesis (or what would become part of Genesis was 700BC-ish. Moses certainly knew the stories and likely taught them, as generations of Hebrews before him had.

I do believe the Bible is the Word of God, written to transcend all levels of knowledge, culture and language. But the story of creation had a very early audience. Simplicity, symbolism and parable was a logical teaching tool (in my opinion). Had God tried to explain gravity to Hebrews in 10,000 BC, he may have lost his audience early.

50 posted on 02/04/2014 11:36:52 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
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