[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]confusion wrote:
I can’t imagine any reason to believe the Noahs ark story. In my mind,its part of the creation myths,etc… that cultures have. This one is in the bible so some people believe it,even tho they don’t believe any myths that aren’t in the bible[/quote]
It has nothing to do with creation.[/quote]
notice the etc. It is like the myths that many cultures have. Better?
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
I can’t say as I’ve known many snakes personally, but the ones to whom I have been introduced have been conspicuous in their inability to speak. So clearly, human speech is a trait that has not survived the intervening millennia of herpetic evolution.
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Clearly you don’t have parsel tongue.
[quote]Aragorn wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
I can’t say as I’ve known many snakes personally, but the ones to whom I have been introduced have been conspicuous in their inability to speak. So clearly, human speech is a trait that has not survived the intervening millennia of herpetic evolution.
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Clearly you don’t have parsel tongue. [/quote]
Shit, now it makes sense. Of course. Eve was a Parselmouth. She was the Original Slytherin.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]confusion wrote:
I can’t imagine any reason to believe the Noahs ark story…
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Maybe that’s because all you know about the subject is what you learned on flannelgraph boards in Sunday School. There’s way more to it than that.
The Closed Mind Club’s members are legion. Join at your own peril.[/quote]
take it easy here. If you look back thru the thread,you will see fairly clearly that I have a bit more knowledge of the scripture than that. If you want me to TRY to believe a story,that’s one thing. To say its closed minded not to believe it,when its clear by the dimensions of the ark that the animals wouldn’t fit inside. That’s another thing. And after the deluge subsided and the dove came and everything,Noahs family repopulated the earth with righteous people and the cousins started sleeping with eachother And Noah cursed his son for laughing at him when he was drunk(by accident of course),and some folks say that is where other races come from. Hmmm
Edit: sorry,it was actually the eury whatever thread where i discussed the scriptures with SexMachine. Confusion
[quote]pushharder wrote:
What I’ve been getting at, especially with SM, Varq,and now this Confused feller, is that the Bible stories so many take issue with due to their perceived impossibilities are very basically and simply told. And briefly.
To dismiss them because all you really know about them is what your third grade Sunday School teacher taught you is a grave disservice. Yeah, it allows you to be a taunting sumbitch (not directing that at anyone in particular) like the proverbial schoolyard bully that makes all the other kids laugh but you don’t really understand that which you make fun of and when that happens your intellect contracts, or at least it never is allowed to expand. And we don’t want that, do we?[/quote]
I am all for having an intelligent discussion and don’t mean to come across the way you are saying. Pick a topic in the new testament and I will discuss honestly and intelligently with.you
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]confusion wrote:
And Noah cursed his son for laughing at him when he was drunk(by accident of course),and some folks say that is where other races come from. Hmmm
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Some do. They may be right.
What’s interesting is that both Bible believers and non-believers get this one right: the races came from segregated folks that spent a lot fucking each other. Dominant traits became more dominate = wah lah = races!
Even then there’s really no such thing as races, just the human race. A Chinaman can breed with a Swede and have passels and passels of young-uns; a black African can breed all day long with Mexican and have oodles of offspring; a Michigander can breed with a Chinese-Swede-black African and have farm hands until the cows came home; a pygmy can mate with all of the above and populate Antarctica.[/quote]
I really don’t know where you’re coming from. I know what the Bible SAYS,the statements I made reflect that. I am guessing that you feel you know what the bible MEANS,I will go out on a limb and guess that you may not be as open minded as you’re encouraging me to be. But,if you can waste a few minutes talking to a novice,go to the new testament and try me out. I am sure you know Moses wife was black btw. Confusion
Pride cometh before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall…just a friendly reminder:)
on second thought,don’t bother…take it easy. Confusion
its silly. Noah didn’t know about grapes fermenting into wine? Hmm. Noahs family were the only righteous people on the earth. Its safe to say they were still righteous for a while,and they could only re populate the earth by having sex with family.members. that my friend has always been a tabboo. Then they became evil,over time,but even Lot wasn’t immune to incest. His daughters got him drunk and had sex with him because they wanted kids. I’ve never been tlo drunk to know I was having sex…but God still saved him from the fate of Sodom. Hmm
I am no expert on the old testament,this.i.am sure we agree on. I do know that God told Abraham to sacrifice,ie KILL his son to prove his faith. So, a righteous God says in essence prove.you love me by murdering your son,which is a sin for sure. logical? A good act to follow? Answer=NO!