Did Adam name all the Dinosaurs?

[TLK Valentine]

It is a simple question. But it is irrelevant.
If you have nothing better to say, then we can stop this conversation.

I think the fact that you tried to misrepresent yourself (and failed laughably) is quite relevant.

You had nothing better to say but to try to pass yourself off as a "scientist," but you did anyway.

 

[TLK Valentine]

This is sort of on topic as the OP is as much about whether there was a literal Adam as whether Adam literally named all the dinosaurs.


So I'll try to answer it.


1 Cor 1.23 'but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,'


The witnesses to the resurrected Jesus would have been Jews, so they would be the first to believe it, yet 1 Corinthians states that they didn't accept the Christ crucified.


If the Gospels are either an invention or a midrash then the tens of thousands of eye witnesses are also part of the story and simply did not exist.

Quite the stumbling block indeed. I tend to read the passion and crucifixion narrative as more of a midrash for this (among other) reasons.

I think you have to be a bit more sympathetic to the stance TLK has taken (though not to the way he has taken it).

And I'll admit I probably should have been somewhat more sympathetic in my presentation -- at least until juven tried to impress me with his "scientific" credentials. Then my sympathy evaporated.

 

[Publius]

I was just curious about some of your thoughts on this.

Is Adam a literal person?

Jesus thought so. The Holy Spirit who inspired the writing of the books of the Bible thought so.

If Adam is literal, then did he/did he not literally name ALL the animals?

Yes.

 

[Assyrian]

What is the example of A name Adam gave to an animal? Do you think he gave any name?

"Woman" Gen 2:23

 

[Wiccan_Child]

Jesus thought so.

Where did Jesus say he believed Genesis was literal?

The Holy Spirit who inspired the writing of the books of the Bible thought so.

Where does the HS state that Genesis was meant to be taken literally?

 

[MorkandMindy]

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And I'll admit I probably should have been somewhat more sympathetic in my presentation -- at least until juven tried to impress me with his "scientific" credentials. Then my sympathy evaporated.

You should never run out of patience. I always keep a large box of it in the cupboard downstairs.


CF is for Christians to talk to each other in the Christians only sections, and when they feel like it to come out and take pot shots at atheists, mix socially with those of similar beliefs, other beliefs or none, and try to convince the unregenerate of our need to be reconciled to their particular deity.


Core to it is therefore the willingness to take the other person's point of view, to stand and see the World through their eyes.

That is a skill everyone should develop.

 

[MorkandMindy]

Did Adam name all the Dinosaurs?

I sat down one evening and decided to name all the beatles. I had managed by the end of the evening.

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[juvenissun]

"Woman" Gen 2:23

Hi, It is nice to hear from you.
Your answer is always wonderful.

 

[TLK Valentine]

"Woman" Gen 2:23

So how does that play out in the original Hebrew?

 

[Assyrian]

So how does that play out in the original Hebrew?

You don't need the Hebrew for that, the storyline translates quite clearly into English, Adam gives names to all the animals, God creates Eve and the first thing Adam does is name her. One thing that has been obscured by some of our English translations is the Hebrew term for the animals, living creatures or chai nephesh. It is the same term used to describe Adam in Gen 2:7 and the man became a living creature. That gets obscured in some translations obscure by saying 'living soul' or 'living being'. But Genesis uses the same term to describe people as it does the other animals.

Hi Juv

 

[razeontherock]

If Adam is literal, then did he/did he not literally name ALL the animals?

No, only Barney

 

[Assyrian]

No, only Barney

or

 

[Buy Bologna]

I'm sorry I haven't been here to reply to all your responses.

Been really busy.

I have replies.

Be patient.

 

[razeontherock]

or

Both are dinosaurs? (Then why not Barney Miller?)

 

[drjean]

I'm sorry I haven't been here to reply to all your responses.

Been really busy.

I have replies.

Be patient.

Thanks! I await your replies.

 

[Assyrian]

Both are dinosaurs? (Then why not Barney Miller?)

Both are animals. Remember he named Eve too. Barney miller? Why not. Mankind hasn't stopped naming every Tom, Dick and E.coli we come across.

 

[madaz]

If you were to make a footpath to represent a timeline of life on earth to a scale of 1,000,000 years per metre you would have a path aprox 3.6 kilometre's long. Dinosaurs would cover aprox 165 metres of this path going extinct aprox 65 metres from the end. Human existance would only cover the last half metre of this path at most. The primitive men who wrote the bible knew nothing of dinosaurs.
The book of genesis cannot be taken literally.

 

[Buy Bologna]

Sorry for late responses guys

Jesus thought so. The Holy Spirit who inspired the writing of the books of the Bible thought so.



Yes.

Well then my opinion of Jesus' logic just went down.

You should never run out of patience. I always keep a large box of it in the cupboard downstairs.

CF is for Christians to talk to each other in the Christians only sections, and when they feel like it to come out and take pot shots at atheists, mix socially with those of similar beliefs, other beliefs or none, and try to convince the unregenerate of our need to be reconciled to their particular deity.


Core to it is therefore the willingness to take the other person's point of view, to stand and see the World through their eyes.

That is a skill everyone should develop.

I agree. this is what I'm trying to do.

You don't need the Hebrew for that, the storyline translates quite clearly into English, Adam gives names to all the animals, God creates Eve and the first thing Adam does is name her. One thing that has been obscured by some of our English translations is the Hebrew term for the animals, living creatures or chai nephesh. It is the same term used to describe Adam in Gen 2:7 and the man became a living creature. That gets obscured in some translations obscure by saying 'living soul' or 'living being'. But Genesis uses the same term to describe people as it does the other animals.

Hi Juv

I don't want to get involved in 'mixed in translation' nonsense. Did he name all the Dinos or not?

 

[Publius]

Well then my opinion of Jesus' logic just went down.

That's OK. He's still God and you're still wrong.

Your revision doesn't really change anything.

 

[Buy Bologna]

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That's OK. He's still God and you're still wrong.

Your revision doesn't really change anything.

Thanks for your opinion.

But you see I'm asking a question. If you have no answer then please don't respond.

Am I the crazy one for thinking that this 'naming event' took place?

Do you understand why I might think that Jesus would be silly in believing that too?