The Bible was written for humankind's perusal for millenia and should not be expected to all be understood on first reading. Many so-called absurdities have been found to be easily understood with a little more knowledge and thought. What specific absurdities do you have in mind? Some are very easily resolved. pj
Marshall Dudley wrote: > > w8w8 wrote: > > > I suggest you read your bible without a preconceived outcome. > > That is what has to be done. > > > Since > > Genesis (and the rest of the bible) have hundreds (yes, hundreds) of > > absurdities and inconsistencies it is difficult to know what the bible > > really says. For instance: > > > > There was light ("night and day") (Genesis 1:3) before there was a sun. > > (Genesis 1:16) (Note: If there were no sun, there would be no night or > > day. Also, light from the newly created heavenly bodies seems to have > > reached the earth instantaneously though it now takes thousands or > > millions of years.) > > > > You are misinterpreting. Lets see what science says. First there was a big > bang. Initially there was nothing but atomic particles and light. Then > those condenced into matter, that eventually became the sun stars and > planets. For a great deal of infomation on how matter is condenced light see > http://ascension2000.com > > That is exactly what the Bible says. As far as the word day, you need to > review the original texts Genesis came from. The texts say period of time, > not day. So once again science and these ancient texts agree, although the > translator mistranslated the indeterminate period to day. > > > > > Every plant and tree which yield seed are given to us by God as good to > > eat.(Genesis 1:29) (Note: This would include poisonous plants such as > > hemlock, buckeye pod, nightshade, oleander.) > > > > I don't find this anywhere. What translation and what verse? > > > > > Genesis 3:14-16 God curses the serpent, Eve, and Adam for what they have > > done. (Note: This is inconsistent with God's omniscience; God should > > have known full well, ahead of time, what the outcome would be. Since > > God created the three as well as the Tree of Knowledge, he is ultimately > > responsible for the Fall.) > > > > OK, the translators once again are confused. They translate 3 different > words into the one word "God", The Creator, the masters and the planets. If > you check the original texts, this was the masters. Also where the sons of > the Gods found the daughters of man beautiful and mated with them, they are > talking about the masters as well. > > Genesis is about 1/100 the length of the original text it came from. The > creater created the space time continium, stars plants and so forth. The > masters created man in their own image, using dna from themselves and apes. > Man was a slave to the masters, and they were not suppose to reproduce. One > of the masters was a DNA specialist, a doctor, who's sign was DNA, which was > seen as snakes, thus he had the nickname of serpent. He gave the humans the > forbidden fruit, that is capability of reproducing, and the other masters > were really pissed about it. As far as God the creator, all this was within > the rights of free will and was of no real consequence from a spiritual > development viewpoint. It is all experience for the Creator, and thus is > good. > > > > > If you want to explore these absurdities and inconsistencies further, I > > suggest it NOT be done under the guise of being silver related. > > I agree, that is why I am emailing you off the list. Grab the 12th planet. > Stitchen is an excellent researcher who has researched the original Sumerian > documents and shows that science and the history recorded in the documents > are 100% in accordance with each other. But of course one would expect it > since the information was provided originally by the masters who knew where > they came from as well as where we came from. > > Marshall > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>