[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/21/2004 7:10:10
PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Et al :
Beginning with post Eden civilization, there existed standards of
conduct that God expected of man (other than those related to Jewish
history) . Cain was fearful of civilizations not defined in the
biblical message except to indicate that they were present in his
time. A mark or sign was given to Cain to protect him. That mark
would have been of no value if God had not made its meaning clear to
the other civilizations. God dealt differently with the Jewish
culture than with the other civilizations of the time and yet, there
are some indications these civilizations had a knowledge of God and
that He dealt with with them (alla Cain's circumstance). How does
this thinking lend itself to a discussion of world religions. Do we
claim that the nations of Old Scripture times except the Jews had no
relationship with God, deserted by their creator or, at best,
ignored?
John
========================================================Tell me if I'm
confused, brother John, but I was under the impression that there were
no Jews until there was a guy named Judah?
Terry
Ah yes. But there is such a thing as Jewish history. But aside from
that observation, is there no answer to my question? Let's say that
God dealt with all in the same manner he dealt with Abraham, Isaac,
etc. By the time the Egyptian Sojourn begins -- we see the People
of God and everyone else. Did God desert everyone else. Where did
their religion(s) come from. Are they judged as was the person in
Romans 2? By the way, I have no agenda, as of yet, with this line of
questioning. I am just asking.
John
No concern for hidden agendas. I just don't know what to say that
would not be speculation. Since Adam was the first man, any other
tribe or civilization would have had to begin with him. We do not know
how many children he fathered or where they went, and we do not know
how old cain was when he became a murderer, or how old Abel was when he
was snuffed. Could have been generations.
Terry
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