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Author Topic:   where did Cain's wife come from?
John
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Message 30 of 60 (42554)
06-11-2003 10:15 AM
Reply to: Message 29 by Rrhain
06-11-2003 4:43 AM


Re: just another ques???
I'd have to look it up to be sure, but I believe Cain died when a stone wall fell on him.
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Message 40 of 60 (43577)
06-22-2003 1:05 AM
Reply to: Message 37 by Itachi Uchiha
06-22-2003 12:02 AM


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The prophecies of Jesus made by isaiah were approx. 6,000 years before he came.
How is this even remotely possible? A literal reading of the Bible gives about a 6000 year span from the time of creation. Isaiah lived nowhere near that time. Most date his life to about the 7th or 8th century bce.
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Message 42 of 60 (43582)
06-22-2003 1:22 AM
Reply to: Message 41 by Itachi Uchiha
06-22-2003 1:09 AM


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there were at least a thousand years in btween creation and the flood and isaiahs time was very much after that so i dont think it was 7 or 8 century.
... 7th or 8th century BCE. That would be 700 to 800 years before Christ. The date is fairly well accepted amongst historians.
You still haven't explained your statement that Isaiah prophecied 6000 years before Christ.
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Message 58 of 60 (50535)
08-14-2003 10:41 AM
Reply to: Message 54 by Zealot
08-14-2003 9:03 AM


Re: Politicians ?
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If you cant see the advantages of Christian beliefs in your society , then have a look at societies that dont follow those beliefs and I'm sure you will be able to see the difference.
It isn't the general principles, it is the specifics. All cultures, societies, and religions follow broadly the same principles. There are rules about murder, trade, etc., etc. All providing some semblance of justice and safety. You can have a lot of things fan out from that relatively small core. And you can have situations which disrupt the system-- the rise of an unduly powerful and psychotic ruler, as this century has demonstrated.
At any rate, the various implementions of these general principles vary. The US has an extremely Christian legal structure and an unnecessarily Christian one. Historically, it makes sense. Christianity has been the dominant religion since the get-go, though I don't think the founders intended it to become as integrated as it has become.
OK. Specifics...
Bigamy -- a purely moral issue, but a crime.
Homosexuality -- still a crime in places, but the real influence can be seen in adoption laws, tax breaks, marriage regulations, etc.
Birth control -- a hot topic because sex is a 'sin.' There is a great deal of legislation concerning contraceptive and sex-ed, and most of it is religiously based. Birth control does far more good than ill, but apparently that isn't good enough. The problem becomes absurd in it viciousness when these laws effect the sending of contraceptives to starving people in over-populated countries.
FCC regulations -- heavily biased toward christian temperaments. I somewhat understand this in the case of broadcast media-- there are limited usable radio frequencies, for example-- but not other forms of communication.
Obscenity laws -- Blatantly religious legislation. I don't mean, necessarily, things like public nudity laws ( but would seeing a topless woman really hurt that much? ) but more concerning pornography laws as here.
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