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Azazel not a demon
I don't think Azazel was a demon. the belief in demons doesn't appear until hundreds of years later near the end of the old testament. Still kind of a weird verse.
Created 3 months ago
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is this even possible?
I don't think a baby can be far enough down the canal to stick his arm out and then have the other twin born first.
Created 4 months ago
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Not Moses
Verses like this show that the pentateuch was written well after the time of Moses.
Created 4 months ago
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Priesthood not established yet
Why is Melchizedek called a priest of God generations before there were priests?
Created 5 months ago
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Weird history
These verses claim to list the fathers of different peoples but all of them would have been destroyed by the flood. I'm guessing the author of these verses was unfamiliar with the flood stories.
Created 5 months ago
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Ishmael is at least 16
I used to feel bad for Ishmael here when his mother left him under a bush to die. But then I did the math. Abraham was 86 when he had Ishmael and 100 when he had Isaac. After Isaac was weaned (I'm guessing…
Created 6 months ago
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He made the stars also
This line is enough proof for me that the ancient writers of Genesis received no divine insight about the nature of our universe. The fact that stars are mentioned as an afterthought shows me that if…
Created 6 months ago
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Let's all hate
He is bragging to God about how much he hates his enemies. Seems to have missed the point.
Created 6 months ago
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Head Smashing Hymn
Does anyone else sing this beautiful head smashing hymn at their church?
Created about 1 year ago
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Israel's wrong view of God
Judges claims that the nations left were for Israel to use as target practice. So much for loving your enemies.
Created about 1 year ago
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Already revealed
God tells Moses that he didn't reveal Himself as Yaweh (Jehovah) to Jacob but he did in Genesis 28:16 http://read.ly/Gen28.16.ASV
Created over 1 year ago
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Jesus learned obedience
This seems to imply that Jesus had to learn obedience. He didn't know it before. He learned it the same way we do, by suffering. It then says he was made perfect, implying that he wasn't before. It sure…
Created over 2 years ago
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Randomness
This is one of my new favorite verses. Things like randomness and free will come from our limited human perspective but don't exist when you can see the big picture.
Created about 3 years ago
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God didn't give man a soul
God formed man, and breathed life into him. Man BECAME a living soul.
Created over 3 years ago
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Obscure tree disease
My friends and I have a theory about this verse. This man was afflicted with two diseases. One was blindness. The other was a rare disorder that I'll call treepeople. It's symptoms must include thinking…
Created almost 4 years ago
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Tempted
Jesus was tempted in Matthew 4:1 but "God cannot be tempted by evil"
Created about 4 years ago
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Nepihlim after the flood
Nephilim after the flood. Anak descendant of Nephilim.
Created about 4 years ago
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Blood
Can you imagine how much blood there must have been? 142,000 animals sacrificed. Hope they were wearing their boots.
Created about 4 years ago
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Nephilim
I'm fascinated by the Nephilim. Children of "sons of God and daughters of men". They are around before and after the flood.
Created about 4 years ago