Chalk is the microscope remains of untold billions of once living creatures compressed into a soft sedimentary rock.
In places it can be in the hundreds of feet thick.
Surely it wasn't created in the short time of the flood.
Doesn't this show that death reigned supreme long before Adam sinned?
Did God create chalk deposits?
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Post #5
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The earth and the spiritual realm were created at the same time according to the Bible.
The earth and the spiritual realm were created at the same time according to the Bible.
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Again you are taking the bible literally. This cannot be done without creating profound contradictions. The bible is not a religion, it is an account of Jewish history. It is not accurate. One must take the spiritual imagery for what it is, which is imagery, metaphor, symbol etc. not literal truth.postroad wrote: [Replying to post 4 by mgb]
The earth and the spiritual realm were created at the same time according to the Bible.
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Yes ... they are just as mythical as Adam and Eve, Noah, anyone claimed to have lived to 150 years or more, etc. The stories of Genesis are just that ... stories. Abraham supposedly lived to be 175 years old, which is obviously ridiculous and impossible for a human being even today, much less a few thousand years ago. These types of biblical figures are not real people who ever actually existed.
I suppose that Abraham and Moses are mythical figures as well?
Yes ... they are just as mythical as Adam and Eve, Noah, anyone claimed to have lived to 150 years or more, etc. The stories of Genesis are just that ... stories. Abraham supposedly lived to be 175 years old, which is obviously ridiculous and impossible for a human being even today, much less a few thousand years ago. These types of biblical figures are not real people who ever actually existed.
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Post #9
[Replying to post 8 by DrNoGods]
I was hoping a believer would affirm that these individuals were mythological figures.
I was hoping a believer would affirm that these individuals were mythological figures.
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Why? Not all of the bible is myth. It is a mixture of myth and history. But it also contains much that is spiritually valuable.postroad wrote: [Replying to post 6 by mgb]
I suppose that Abraham and Moses are mythical figures as well?