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  • From: Revdpickrel AT wmconnect.com
  • To: bla26 AT co.henrico.va.us, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] origin of evil
  • Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:27:18 EDT

In a message dated 9/7/2006 2:53:14 PM Central Daylight Time,
bla26 AT co.henrico.va.us writes:


> It would sound awkward to insist that one always say "less light" when
> one means "darker," or "less hot" when one means "colder." If a
> scientist had written Genesis 1, rather than a prophet, he might have
> written, "the earth was formless and void, and there was no light on the
> face of the deep."
>
> I like the prophet's version better.
>

So do I, Ben.


Rev. Doug Pickrel, Litt.D.
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, Texas




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