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The Sumerian Flood Narrative

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Well, at least we don't take you seriously.
I have a feeling you don't take too many of us seriously, including Jesus, Himself.

What gets me is those who say, "I asked my pastor/priest many questions, and he told me to get lost."

I can see why he told you guys to "get lost" now; he probably tried his best to answer them, only to be met with venting & ridicule.

Mark 6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
 
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There, there AV, it's ok.
 
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I thought Lucifer was thrown out of heaven, and sent down here to earth.

Why doesn't the GEN text make any mention of the serpent being "taken over" by Satan? All it says is that the serpent was the smartest beast in the Garden. It certainly makes no implication it was doing anything under someone else's control. Also, I thought Satan himself is refered to as "that old serpent" in a later text. How does that fit with him taking control over the serpent? If anything it seems to imply he was the serpent.

One final question... do you consider what you have said about the serpent and Satan (ignoring the last part about his job, which I assume was purely speculative) to be "Basic Doctrine?"
 
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Goodbye.
 
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I've never seen AV leave a conversation in that manner before!!!
For the record:
Goodbye ---
Reality Check, I've gone over your posts here and, with all due respect, please have a nice day.
Have a good day ---
Have a good day.
Have a good day.
Have a good day, scientist.
 
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I've always wondered where the dove found a live branch after the flood destroyed all living things, including plants.
QV please:
 
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You have a good day too..

It WAS the first time I've seen you leave in such a manner...took me by surprise!
I'll take someone's valid questions to a point; but when they show absolutely no desire to assimilate what I'm saying, and when every point I make brings up another question or two ... it's time to quit.
 
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I'll take someone's valid questions to a point; but when they show absolutely no desire to assimilate what I'm saying, and when every point I make brings up another question or two ... it's time to quit.

It's a two way street, AV...
 
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It's a two way street, AV...
I once had a doosey of a conversation, related to this video: 1035

I not only watched that video, but I took notes.

That conversation went on for hours; and right on the heels of a lengthy conversation on the Sin Nature.

That pretty-much exhausted me, and I told myself that I would never put my heart-and-soul into explaining what I believe again; not to just one person.

If I don't see a light bulb come on within a couple of posts, I'll usually end the conversation.
 
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We know what you believe, we just think it's [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse].
 
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There's so much wrong here I don't know where to begin.

1. No experts believe that. The Torah comes from oral tradition and was first transcribed about ~1200 B.C.
2. No he didn't, because he didn't have Chinese texts, Harappan texts, Mycenaean Greek texts, Persian texts, etc. etc.
3. What was his father-in-law's name?
4. They who? What tablets (the texts at Alexandria were vellum scrolls)? And no, it's well understood who destroyed the Library, why and when.
 
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