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A Question Rgarding Embedded Age

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Not a single miracle in the book of Esther,
?? It strikes me as a miracle that Ester got where she got. It also appears to me that the bad guy who got hung after trying to frame Mordecai was miraculous. It also occurs to me that the prophesied return to Israel and rebuilding the temple, etc was brought about largely as a result of the events here.

not one reference to god.

Why do you think they wanted to kill Mordy? Why do you think the Jews were wanting to go back to Israel? Etc?


Which is one if the reasons it is one of the more realistic and perhaps even plausible books of the bible. Esther outsmarts her enemy Haman, she doesn't save him. He ends up dead.
There is much more to it, than just human smarts.
 
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Haha
 
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Annual layers are not assumed.
Thats flat out false.
 
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In some communities it is recognized as
intellectual dishonesty. In others it is
seen differently.
For contributors to such as AIG it's a
requirement.
 
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Thanks for sharing; a bit of hefty duty reading; but even from a "christian perspective", if it goes against the Bible timeline, then it is not a christian perspective, but I digress.
Many Christians and Christian denominations have no problem with an Old Earth. Your post implies that you do not consider those individuals or denominations to be Christian. That may place you in breach of forum guidelines that prohibit denying the faith of others. Jut something you may have been unaware of.
 
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