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To: fishtank

That, or Genesis may simply be a summary of real history and wasn’t meant to be taken literal.

Just throwing that out as a possibility.


4 posted on 11/16/2011 7:54:30 AM PST by Jonty30
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To: Jonty30
"That, or Genesis may simply be a summary of real history and wasn’t meant to be taken literal. Just throwing that out as a possibility."

If it can't be taken literally then it's not a summary of REAL history. I would note that Jesus took Genesis literally.

10 posted on 11/16/2011 8:02:30 AM PST by circlecity
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To: Jonty30

> and wasn’t meant to be taken literal.

Blessed are the Cheesemakers?

It’s not meant to be taken literally. Obviously it refers to any makers of dairy products.

-Life of Brian


21 posted on 11/16/2011 8:18:29 AM PST by XEHRpa
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To: Jonty30

“That, or Genesis may simply be a summary of real history and wasn’t meant to be taken literal.”

Jesus took it literally.


23 posted on 11/16/2011 8:20:02 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Jonty30

That, or Genesis may simply be a summary of real history and wasn’t meant to be taken literal.
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31 posted on 11/16/2011 8:47:09 AM PST by lp boonie (Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
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To: Jonty30

nice on-the-money toss


41 posted on 11/16/2011 9:10:40 AM PST by tweakDU
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An easy lie to believe.


57 posted on 11/16/2011 9:49:58 AM PST by RoadGumby (For God so loved the world)
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