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**Jacob** · 07-10-2007, 10:40 AM

VenomFangX Re: your last post

It's obvious that you've put a lot of thought into forming your beliefs. I respect that; however, I'm still not convinced.

Have you ever been in the countryside on a very clear night, away from all the city lights; and looked up at the stars? There are billions of them. Of course you can't count them. You don't need the bible to tell you that.

Isaiah 53:10 states that the messiah would live a long life and sire children. You have concluded that the long life refers to the resurrection and that the children are the followers of Yeshua. Many believers seem to conveniently adjust biblical information to suit their beliefs.

I'm not questioning the wisdom that Jews/Israelites have expounded over the ages. They were very clever, but a lot of the information that they picked up came from foreign societies.

In the bible version of creation, God made Eve from Adam's rib. This seems oddly similar to the Hittite beliefs that man was created from the tail of a monkey (according to Wikipedia and various other sources). The people who were to become the Israelites had a lot of contact with the Hittites at one time. Sarah, the wife of the patriarch Abraham, was a Hittite.

Did the bible teach us about evolution? No science did.

Jacob

07-10-2007, 10:40 AM	#9 (permalink)
Jacob Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 198	VenomFangX Re: your last post It's obvious that you've put a lot of thought into forming your beliefs. I respect that; however, I'm still not convinced. Have you ever been in the countryside on a very clear night, away from all the city lights; and looked up at the stars? There are billions of them. Of course you can't count them. You don't need the bible to tell you that. Isaiah 53:10 states that the messiah would live a long life and sire children. You have concluded that the long life refers to the resurrection and that the children are the followers of Yeshua. Many believers seem to conveniently adjust biblical information to suit their beliefs. I'm not questioning the wisdom that Jews/Israelites have expounded over the ages. They were very clever, but a lot of the information that they picked up came from foreign societies. In the bible version of creation, God made Eve from Adam's rib. This seems oddly similar to the Hittite beliefs that man was created from the tail of a monkey (according to Wikipedia and various other sources). The people who were to become the Israelites had a lot of contact with the Hittites at one time. Sarah, the wife of the patriarch Abraham, was a Hittite. Did the bible teach us about evolution? No science did. Jacob Last edited by Jacob : 07-10-2007 at 02:53 PM. Reason: grammar