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To: marktwain

Read the Bible before you shoot!

A symbol involving the dove comes from the account of the Flood and Noah’s ark in Genesis 6-8. When the earth had been covered with water for some time, Noah wanted to check to see if there was dry land anywhere, so he sent out a dove from the ark; the dove came back with an olive branch in her beak (Genesis 8:11). Since that time, the olive branch has been a symbol of peace. Symbolically, the story of Noah’s dove tells us that God declared peace with mankind after the Flood had purged the earth of its wickedness. The dove represented His Spirit bringing the good news of the reconciliation of God and man. Of course, this was only a temporal reconciliation, because lasting, spiritual reconciliation with God only comes through Jesus Christ. But it is significant that the Holy Spirit was pictured as a dove at Jesus’ baptism, thereby once again symbolizing peace with God.

“On the Wings of a Dove” by Ferlin Husky -https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ferlin+husky&docid=608052266509075705&mid=CD337620F766DB511FDACD337620F766DB511FDA&view=detail&FORM=VIRE


19 posted on 09/06/2018 7:04:24 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: sodpoodle

I’ve read the bible, didn’t see anything in there about dove hunting. We have enough instances of people trying to twist the bible to justify personal beliefs, don’t need another.


20 posted on 09/06/2018 7:21:47 AM PDT by Stevenc131
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To: sodpoodle

Maybe Noah was also trying to ascertain if any dove hunters had managed to survive the flood.


26 posted on 09/06/2018 9:59:10 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: sodpoodle

I’ve read the Bible, and it has passages about sacrificing doves ... all of the animals specified for sacrifice in the Hebrew Law were food animals.


30 posted on 09/06/2018 2:38:23 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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