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I got baptized in a "holiness" church [UPC] and embrace it. If not as a requirement for Salvation, it is instruction for maximized well-being. I struggle with where some people have drawn the line, however, like the length of my hair, my beard, my sleeves, etc. or whether I pick my nose (in...

Yes, but the Bible tells us not to. Daily, you would have to choose between pleasing God or pleasing your wife (who is at odds with God). With a Godly wife, you would not have that dilemma, at least, not on a large scale. "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" Amos 3:3 NKJV 1 Cor...

That view is an extra-Biblical construct, at least, when considering just Genesis chapters 1 & 2. I have no obligation to integrate it into my proto-cosmology... That said, I do believe in a (dormant) Gap, but that occurred before there was light with which to see [Day 1], air to breathe [Day...

Don't forget their three daughters-in-law... ;) Some people make irrational accusations that this people or that are "descendants of Cain." If Noah, Mrs. Noah and their DILs were not in Cain's lineage, he has no living descendants. If any of them were of his lineage, his genes are thoroughly...

We cannot be certain of the details (at least, not until 1 John 3:2 ;)). That is a mighty big "if." If Adam & Eve would have fulfilled "Be fruitful and multiply" without the Fall, all subsequent humans would still have to mature from embryo to adulthood. (To suggest otherwise would be...

Yes. GEN. 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them (on the day of their creation), “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea...

There is some wiggle room on Days 1-3. ;)

Further, God told a perfectly healthy First Couple to "be fruitful and multiply" [Gen. 1:28], but she did not conceive until after the Fall. If God did not hinder her pregnancy (a contradiction to His blessing/command), it means that they fell before her first ovulation (which is necessary for a...

Since Genesis 2:7 details the creation of Man/Adam and Genesis 2:22 details the creation of Woman/Eve, Genesis 2:4-25 must be an elaboration of Day 6 [Genesis 1:26-28]. (It fits, if you frame it that way.) https://transcendiary.blogspot.com/2015/05/2Creations.html

Balaam had a "degree" in the prophetic. He was used to thinking "outside of the box." Eve was not surprised when a serpent talked to her... ~~~~~~~ What was a chicken called before Adam named them? "Hey, you...!" Super Chicken Theme (1967)

I do not subscribe to a pre-Adamic race, but I do recognize an undetermined, pre-organic "gap" (which I call Day* 0). The first stated organisms [plants] were created on Refinement Day 3 [Genesis 1:11-13]. So, organic life is approximately 6K years old. Since the sky was not populated until...

For wasp nests above ground, I spray its opening just a little after sunset, when they are back for the evening. (That does not work for underground nests.)

So, paralysis by analysis...?

"Authorities" can only mean the people who execute those functions...

Speaking of Nero, Paul wrote, "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God." Romans 13:1 NKJV

Because all of the other fruits are to be eaten literally (or you would have to expand the metaphor)...

The OP claims to be a believer...

You will have to "draw pictures." I am not discerning your intended point.

The metaphor argument falls apart when you consider, “Of every [other] tree of the garden you may freely eat;..." Genesis 2:16 NKJV

That is because an apple :redapple: is easier to draw than a koge fruit. Duh! ;)