Genesis for Normal People

[Astrid]

I quite like them. They are rather pretty, and they are said to be intelligent.

All the corvid are smart. Maybe some can't handle the
competition?

 

[Job 33:6]

No king, Sumerian or otherwise, lived thousands of years.

The oldest man who ever lived was Methuselah, who lived 969 years.No.

They were men ... people ... human beings.I agree.I agree.I disagree.

If there's a list of Sumerian kings that says they lived thousands of years, then that list is as bogus as the Challenger was GO with throttle-up, or Thalidomide was a prenatal wonder drug.

The sumerian kings list suggests they lived for thousands of years. Who are you to say it's untrue?

 

[sjastro]

I quite like them. They are rather pretty, and they are said to be intelligent.

The Australian magpie is are nasty aggressive bird during breeding season.

They are territorial birds and will attack other birds much larger even in mid flight.
The only bird I have noticed that fights back and usually wins is the Wattlebird pictured.

 

[AV1611VET]

The sumerian kings list suggests they lived for thousands of years.

Only on paper.

Who are you to say it's untrue?

I'll stand behind the Bible on that one.

Anyone can say anything if they have a product to sell.

And Sumeria was no exception.

 

[SelfSim]

I quite like them. They are rather pretty, and they are said to be intelligent.

I think there might be significant variations across the different types with the degree of aggression during breeding/nesting season(?)
I'd say the the Californian yellow billed ones, (ie: the rather juvenile Heckle and Jeckle cartoon ones), might be way wimpier than say, the Australian/southern New Guinea beasts.

PS: @sjastro beat me one the post reply button.

 

[SelfSim]

They are territorial birds and will attack other birds much larger even in mid flight.
The only bird I have noticed that fights back and usually wins is the Wattlebird pictured.

The Noisy Miners give 'em a run for their money. Those things are perpetually aggro.

 

[sjastro]

The Noisy Miners give 'em a run for their money. Those things are perpetually aggro.

As stated in the video when magpies become familiar with you they will leave you alone even during breeding season.
They will continue to attack anything else which moves including the family cat 12 months a year.
When I started a major tree planting campaign a few years ago, the wattlebirds moved in and stayed, despite the territorial behaviour of magpies they have stood their ground.

 

[AV1611VET]

The Noisy Miners give 'em a run for their money. Those things are perpetually aggro.

You guys do know that even a staunch evolutionist would agree that there were dinosaurs on the Ark, don't you?

 

[Bungle_Bear]

Anyone can say anything if they have a product to sell.
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And Sumeria was no exception.

There's one exception, but I'm struggling to think what it is. Can you help me out?

 

[SelfSim]

You guys do know that even a staunch evolutionist would agree that there were dinosaurs on the Ark, don't you?

Citation please?

 

[AV1611VET]

Citation please?

Do you really need a citation?

Don't you realize that staunch evolutionists believe in avian dinosaurs?

Genesis 8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

 

[Astrid]

The sumerian kings list suggests they lived for thousands of years. Who are you to say it's untrue?

Who are you to say the Book of Mormon is not true,

 

[Job 33:6]

Who are you to say the Book of Mormon is not true,

Do you think that the sumerian kings list accurately portrays the ages of their kings?

 

[Job 33:6]

Only on paper.I'll stand behind the Bible on that one.

Anyone can say anything if they have a product to sell.

And Sumeria was no exception.

Why would the sumerian kings list give long ages of kings if that's not actually how long they had lived?

 

[Astrid]

Do you think that the sumerian kings list accurately portrays the ages of their kings?

Answering a question with a question is not even cute.

 

[AV1611VET]

Who are you to say the Book of Mormon is not true,

The Book of Mormon is not true.

 

[AV1611VET]

Why would the sumerian kings list give long ages of kings if that's not actually how long they had lived?

I don't know.

To dupe the common people, perhaps?

Why would scientists say we came from apes?

 

[Bungle_Bear]

Why would scientists say we came from apes?

They don't. They say we are apes. Because we are.

 

[BNR32FAN]

How does this relate to sumerian kings living thousands of years? Are you saying that they were angels?

My thought is that, because the sumerian kings list has kings that are said to have lived tens of thousands of years, it would make more sense that people didn't actually live this long and that these long ages instead represented some form of significance of the individual, rather than truly representing their age. Because I would guess that a human being never actually lived 60,000 years. The same perhaps applies to Genesis with it's long ages.

No I’m saying that list is a fraud. Just like the saying “if it’s on the internet it has to be true” the same can be said about things that were written. You seem to be convinced that this list of kings is credible, why?

 

[BNR32FAN]

The sumerian kings list suggests they lived for thousands of years. Who are you to say it's untrue?

It’s not us that says it’s untrue it’s the word of God that says it’s untrue. We’re simply quoting where God provided evidence that this list had to be fraudulent.