Genesis Redux

Well if God parted the Red Sea in front of my eyes, I would be a believer, let me tell you.

neologist wrote:

The apocryphal books, when examined closely, clearly do not fit in with the canonical books.

I know, I'm not arguing that they fit, just that they were there in the KJV and are there now in some versions and not in others and Catholics canonized them out of spite, etc. Some Bibles have them. Some centuries had them. They are in and out. Whats God's verdict here? Whats a Christian to believe?

neologist wrote:

I suppose it is a test for humanity, but in keeping with the thought expressed in 1Corinthians 10:13:
"No temptation has taken YOU except what is common to men. But God is faithful, and he will not let YOU be tempted beyond what YOU can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out in order for YOU to be able to endure it."

Hmm, thats a good one. Do you have a team of monkeys working round the clock looking up refs for you?

neologist wrote:

jstark wrote:

Welcome to the club! . . .

I've been clubbed many times and now have a very thick head.

Ha! Evolution is proved!

jstark wrote:

Well if God parted the Red Sea in front of my eyes, I would be a believer, let me tell you.

Amazing, don't you think?

jstark wrote:

neologist wrote:

The apocryphal books, when examined closely, clearly do not fit in with the canonical books.

I know, I'm not arguing that they fit, just that they were there in the KJV and are there now in some versions and not in others and Catholics canonized them out of spite, etc. Some Bibles have them. Some centuries had them. They are in and out. Whats God's verdict here? Whats a Christian to believe?

Not quite as ubiquitous as you are wont to believe.

jstark wrote:

neologist wrote:

I suppose it is a test for humanity, but in keeping with the thought expressed in 1Corinthians 10:13:
"No temptation has taken YOU except what is common to men. But God is faithful, and he will not let YOU be tempted beyond what YOU can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out in order for YOU to be able to endure it."

Hmm, thats a good one. Do you have a team of monkeys working round the clock looking up refs for you?

No, just a good search function.

Are we disagreeing here?

"One can never receive enough evidence of the Tooth Fairy, if they do not have faith. And if there is faith, there is never a need for evidence." -me

Speaking of cool:
Care for a cool one?

My new canon! Truer words have never been spoken.

"One can never receive enough evidence of the Tooth Fairy, if they do not have faith. And if there is faith, there is never a need for evidence." -me

The Abrahamic religions all trace back to the Prophet Abraham. God called Abraham out of his hometown Ur which is modern day Iraq to settle in Caanan (Israel).

There, God promised Abraham his descendants will forever inhabit those lands.

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are these three religions.

Many people ask well how does Islam claim to be an Abrahamic religion?

Abraham's first son, Ishmael, is the ancestor of all Muslims. The Prophet Muhammad is a direct descendant of Ishmael, thus being a descendant of Abraham.
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view.php/4121

Back to Genesis, if we may...

Genesis 12:10-20 tells the story of Abram and Sarai in Egypt. As they approach Egypt, Abram has Sarai play the role of his sister, not his wife, so that life would go well for him, his life might be spared and he might prosper. Sarai marries Pharaoh and as a favor to her, Pharaoh deals well with Abram who becomes rich. God then afflicts the house of Pharoah with great plagues because he has married another man's wife. Once discovered, Sarai is cast out and Abram is told to take her, and be gone. He leaves with Sarai, Lot, and all his riches and returns to Caanan.

This is the man who is the father of the three great religions of the world?

Abraham did not tell Sarah to represent herself as his sister so she could be married to anyone, but to prevent mistreatment of himself by the Egyptians in general.

Pharaoh never was able to go through with the proposed marriage.

There must be more to what was written, of course, but it doesn't appear that Abraham 'pimped' his wife.

jstark,

Racist or uninformed? Really. You don't seem to take into the account of the time we are talking about here.

Most cultures at that time did not intermarry! So what? Were they all racist and uninformed or were they following the laws of God?

And no, God is not racist, jstark. The reason He says intermarriage is wrong is not because of race. The reason is because of the problems it causes for the couple and their children arising from that union because of the way man is. Has nothing to do with God being racist.