[gamarob1]

I've NEVER met a single Christian, who believes as you do; not a one and that includes ministers.

That's the glorious thing about the Word of God: there's always so much to discover. What do those verses mean, that we're discussing, then, if you've never heard this kind of exegesis? Or does it matter? I know to some Christians, they can care less. But I do care :)

At least you didn't tell me to BURN my Bibles and get a Roman Catholic one.

I guess my challenge would be, if those verses don't really mean much of anything anyway, what does it matter if it's protestant, catholic, messianic, etc? ;D

(just so you know I'm aware of the differences...)

[nopardons]

Oh, those verses mean something; just NOT what some here are claiming...to me, anyway. And I just don't care to get into oooooooooooooooooo, what every word, comma, period, capital letter means. I don't look for any "hidden", read between the lines,secret messages from GOD, when I read the Bible. It says what it says and that's that; except that no, I'm not a literalist. The crazy longevity, in the OT, was a common to the time and area device, also used by other cultures.

I asked a simple question, got no answers, but instead, got told a lot of rewordings of the same position. That's okay, I guess. Believe whatever you care to believe in and allow others to do the same. But, when asked a query, don't just give back some rehashed thing, saying that's the way it is, that's what everyone I know believes.

And now.....bye bye.........this discussion is at an end.