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Henry Reed wrote:
>
> 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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