Posted by:
melissa3839
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Date: November 24, 2010 07:51AM
Quite frankly, the people who wrote the original bible stories (or the stories that influenced them) really had no concept of numbers as high as the millions and billions. Even if they wanted to, they couldn't relate something like that to us.
I don't think that is proof that God is false... I think its proof that a few thousand years ago, who ever was trying to write / translate genesis, and or recording his vision, instead of saying,
"A long time ago, and BOY I mean a long.......... Long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long,long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time ago...."
He just said, "Oh to heck with it! Nobody's that old, who the hell is ever gonna know? God's all powerful, so lets just say he formed the world in 7 days. Uses up a lot less scroll space."
So some guy ages ago was lazy. Is that any reason to trash the entire existance of God? :)
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/24/2010 07:53AM by melissa3839.