Biblical Hebrew Forum

["B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>]

Actually Karl, I have to agree with Uri's insinuation that the discussion
has wandered out-of-bounds.  We can discuss almost anything on this list if
we only take a broad enough view of "context."

Please all, let's limit our discussion to matters more closely related to
Biblical Hebrew.

Thank you for your cooperation--signed, the management!    ;-)

Bryan Rocine
b-hebrew co-chair




> Only in context with the following
> paragraphs. In other words, don't
> take it out of context.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
>
> >   Excuse me, but does this belong in  this list?
> >
> >   Uri
> >
> >
> > age.Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com> wrote,intere alia,
> >
> > To use an 18th century metaphor, the
> > creation of a watch uses different
> > principles (laws of physics) than the
> > operation thereof. The picture that the
> > Bible gives is that when God created the
> > universe, he did something different than
> > what we see going on today. Then after the
> > creation, God acted into creation only to
> > communicate with mankind and to make some
> > actions to advance his goals, in a similar
> > manner as a watch maker, after he has made
> > a watch, touches it only to wind the spring
> > and occasionally to make an adjustment for
> > more accurate operation. Likewise, God's
> > actions into history are rare. Where there
> > is an alleged action from God into history,
> > the answer to its veracity will be found
> > not in science, but in historical analysis.
> >
> >