Zone1 Was The Garden Of Eden A Real Place?

[ding]

The Jews were a landless Canaanite tribe from Urfa near Haran.

And likely had a presence in Egypt.

 

[surada]

That's the point though. The miracles are the point of those accounts whereas everywhere else in the Bible the embellishments weren't the points of those accounts but were used to make the accounts more memorable so they could be passed down more easily by making them easier to remember.

I think you're right .

 

[ding]

Jonah is purely a comic novella. The lesson is important, but it's fiction.

Try to stay on point. The subject is Job. You aren't going to learn the intent of the author of Job by studying the account of Jonah.

 

[ding]

I think you're right .

It's why I couldn't dismiss the miracles performed by Jesus as embellishments.

 

[surada]

And likely had a presence in Egypt.

There is zero evidence in Egypt. They didn't leave Egypt. Egypt left Canaan after 400 years.

 

[Blaster]

The closest to the Garden of Eden would be Singapore.

 

[ding]

There is zero evidence in Egypt. They didn't leave Egypt. Egypt left Canaan after 400 years.

Do I need to post the video on Exodus by the Casual Historian again?

 

[surada]

Do I need to post the video on Exodus by the Casual Historian again?

If you like. I'll watch it.

 

[ding]

If you like. I'll watch it.

You already did.

Zone1 - One reason secular Americans dislike "the Christian God" is... He's not "fully American"

Great video...thanks I laughed when he talked about the population of Egypt. So what is the story teaching us.

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[surada]

The land of Uz was in Arabia.

 

[ding]

So what?

 

[irosie91]

The closest to the Garden of Eden would be Singapore.

wrong-----as Dorothy said----it's MY OWN BACK YARD

 

[Woodznutz]

?? she didn't do the cooking

She nagged Adam into eating the fruit.

 

[irosie91]

She nagged Adam into eating the fruit.

just off the tree----no plate, no peeling, no fuss, no muss

 

[Woodznutz]

The Jews were a landless Canaanite tribe from Urfa near Haran.

The Jews weren't descendants of Canaan.

 

[irosie91]

The Jews weren't descendants of Canaan.

Occupiers?

 

[Woodznutz]

Occupiers?

Eventually.

 

[irosie91]

Eventually.

Jesus?

 

[surada]

Study finds ancient Canaanites genetically linked to modern populations

Today’s Jews and Arabs in Israel, Jordan and Lebanon get half their ancestry from Bronze Age Levantines

english.m.tau.ac.il

 

[Woodznutz]

Jesus?

Jesus happened much later.