Juvi wrote:
Everyone said that darkness is "the lack of" light.
I, no, the Bible, suggests: darkness has its own identify. So, even light shines on darkness, the darkness still exist. This is literal. It could be scientifically true.
In support of Juvi, I'll post the Dark Sucker explaination of light:
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For years, it has been believed that electric bulbs emit light, but recent information has proved otherwise. Electric bulbs don't emit light; they suck dark. Thus, we call these bulbs Dark Suckers. The Dark Sucker Theory and the existence of dark suckers prove that dark has mass and is heavier than light. [/FONT]
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First, the basis of the Dark Sucker Theory is that electric bulbs suck dark. For example, take the Dark Sucker in the room you are in. There is much less dark right next to it than there is elsewhere. The larger the Dark Sucker, the greater its capacity to suck dark. Dark Suckers in the parking lot have a much greater capacity to suck dark than the ones in this room. [/FONT]
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So with all things, Dark Suckers don't last forever. Once they are full of dark, they can no longer suck. This is proven by the dark spot on a full Dark Sucker. The dark which has been absorbed is then transmitted by pylons along to power plants where the machinery uses fossil fuel to destroy it. [/FONT]
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A candle is a primitive Dark Sucker. A new candle has a white wick. You can see that after the first use, the wick turns black, representing all the dark that has been sucked into it. If you put a pencil next to the wick of an operating candle, it will turn black. This is because it got in the way of the dark flowing into the candle. One of the disadvantages of these primitive Dark Suckers is their limited range. [/FONT]
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There are also portable Dark Suckers. In these, the bulbs can't handle all the dark by themselves and must be aided by a Dark Storage Unit. When the Dark Storage Unit is full, it must be either emptied or replaced before the portable Dark Sucker can operate again. [/FONT]
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Dark has mass. When dark goes into a Dark Sucker, friction from the mass generates heat. Thus, it is not wise to touch an operating Dark Sucker. Candles present a special problem as the mass must travel into a solid wick instead of through clear glass. This generates a great amount of heat and therefore it's not wise to touch an operating candle. [/FONT]
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This is easily proven for lightbulbs too. When you compress a gas, it gets hot, right? So the light bulb gets hot because of all the dark being squished into the wires. [/FONT]
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Also, dark is heavier than light. If you were to swim just below the surface of the lake, you would see a lot of light. If you were to slowly swim deeper and deeper, you would notice it getting darker and darker. When you get really deep, you would be in total darkness. This is because the heavier dark sinks to the bottom of the lake and the lighter light floats at the top. The is why it is called light. [/FONT]
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Dark Suckers are only able to suck dark in a straight line. Dark, because of its mass, will not penetrate solid, opaque objects as it is being sucked by a Dark Sucker. When a Dark Sucker is operating, you will notice that dark that is behind a solid, opaque object does not flow through the object or around it to the Dark Sucker. Some of the dark will accumulate on the side of the object away from the Dark Sucker as the Dark Sucker attempts to pull it through the object. These residual patches of dark are often referred to as `shadows.' [/FONT]
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Some surfaces are able to function as secondary Dark Suckers by sucking the dark from behind solid objects at an angle and then rerouting it to the primary Dark Sucker. These surfaces have a property we refer to as `reflective.' [/FONT]
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Finally, we must prove that dark is faster than light. If you were to stand in a lit room in front of a closed, dark closet, and slowly opened the closet door, you would see the light slowly enter the closet. But since dark is so fast, you would not be able to see the dark leave the closet. [/FONT]
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So next time you see an electric bulb, remember that it is not a light emitter but a Dark Sucker. [/FONT]
Silly? Of course it is. That's why it is a joke. (the whole thing is at
light bulb jokes from Lightbulbjokes.com). Juvi, scientist have measured the different wavelengths of light, their energy, and so on. To seriously propose the Dark Sucker idea is silly. It won't hurt your credibility here though, because that reached absolute zero a long time ago. Or were you just joking anyway? If so, Sorry for any offense.
I guess this confusion may not exist before the Tower of Babel?
Come. On. A literally true tower of Babel? Next you'll be telling us about a woman who has literally real pomegranets on her chest. You are just making Genesis look as silly as a dark sucker.
Does any animal "language" have a similar nature?
(if we evolved from animal, when did we introduce this type of confusion? why did we even want to do that?)
Chimps have been taught symbolic language, but I don't know if they use metaphors. In addition to the good examples of language Assyrian gave, another is among some kinds of antelope, who have a call that means "danger, predator spotted". During the rut, males stake out territories, and mate with females who go though their territories. The females then leave, and end up in another male's territory, and he mates with her, etc. Research has shown that males will call out fake predator warnign calls when a female is leaving their territory. The female will stop so as to avoid the non existant "predator", and the male will get another mating with her before she leaves. While not confusion, it is deception.
Your question of when we started that kind of confusion is a good one. I'd guess around 1 to 1.5 million years ago, as symbolic communication got more complicated. As with the antelopes, I'm sure there are plenty of situations where deliberate confusion might be useful to some transitional ape-human.
Papias
You have taken an amazing description of Jesus and emptied it of all meaning. Jesus spent three years with his disciples teaching them to understand metaphors and parables, why do you, a disciple of Jesus, hang back in fear? Mark 8:17 
(if we evolved from animal, when did we introduce this type of confusion? why did we even want to do that?)
