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
> 
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