just a few things i am not clear on, in the book of genesis. see if you can help me out...
in chapter 3 verse 1 it says that the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals god had made..... does that mean that god created crafty animals? and isnt satan the serpent? if so then doesnt that mean that god created satan? also, since god created the serpent, and the serpent could speak and hold a conversations with humans, does that mean that god created speaking animals?
I will make an attempt here, although not one person will know all answers, they are I believe in the bible scriptures you just have to be serious and dedicated to find them.
obviously the serpent was exactly what the meaning states, it was a creeping thing, yet intelligent, if something literally does not sound logical then it has a different meaning. We have limited mental faculties so our understanding must be put aside and then search for the answers in the book, the answers are there! We can only reason about what reality is for us here, we cannot use reason of things that do not make sense or that we cannot see.
Creeping things according to the bible, glide swiftly. We cannot use our imagination so keep digging in the bible.
notice that there were a male and female created in Gen 1, and they may have been a species of men. God did not breathe into their nostrils so they were alive, with no spirit. Adam the second species did have a god breathed spirit called a soul. Eve was the mother of all living because there were "beasts of the field" which are live men probably aborigines, but who knows? Symbolism is all over the place and the meaning is in the scriptures.
in chapter 4 verse 17 it says cain lay with his wife.... well who was his wife? cain was only the third human wasnt he? only other option we have is that cain married and commited incest with one of his sisters.....
Cain obviously did not stay and Adam and Eve did not have anymore children until years later, the bible states this very clearly. Seth was born first then after him Adam and Eve had more sons and daughters. You must nit pic through chapters and take notes. Cain was not Adams son so who's son was he? Cloning? Artifical insemination with the other previous male in gen 1? It is not clear how Cain was born because of the word "gotten" and also since Eve listened and obeyed not God then the satan became her lord.
in chapter 6 verse 2. it speaks of sons of god and daughters of men... who were the sons of god? angels? if so, are angels physical beings that can impregnate humans? and what is the outcome? half angel half human? chapter 19 verse 3 tells us angels can eat food.....
Artifical insemination? To create a copy?
chapter 6 verse 4 tells us about the nephilim(giants). were they human too? (adam and eve's offspring)? if not, what were they?
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in chapter 8, the last part of verse 21 god says that humans are evil from childhood. which means that humans have no choice in or control over their evil nature. yes, humans can control their actions, and keep from acting upon their wicked desires, but they can not control their inclination towards evil, anymore than they can control the color of their skin, or culture they are born into. because thats how god created them. do you agree?
It states their imagination of their heart's evil, so get the words straight and they are born full of trouble in the book of job.
in chapter 9 verse 2 god says " the fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth.." and yet we have tigers, lions, crocodiles, bears and countless other animals.. so far i havent seen a tiger tremble with fear and take of running at the sight of a human.....
Because that animal senses fear........come on, men have learned to fear.
Fear is learned and not innate.
in chapter 9 verse 20 to 27 noah gets drunk and naked, and rather than god punishing him, and making him apologise for setting a bad example for his sons, not only doesnt god intervene, but he also lets noah curse ham for calling him out on his shameful behavior.
Ham had sex with his mother, Noah's wife he had the right to curse Canaan, Ham was not cursed.
in gen 11: 6 god says that nothing is impossible for people to do, and so confuses their languages. did god really think that his limited creation had unlimited powers? he certainly said it.
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gen 11:29 did nahor marry his brother's daughter?
don't know and don't care. If he did doesn't matter God allowed stupidity and ignorance he "Winked" at. And that is in the Bible.
gen 12: 11-19 why did god punish pharaoh for taking abram's wife in good faith, and did not punish abram for lying to and deceiving pharaoh about sarai? not to mention the lack of faith abram had in god after god promised to protect him in egypt. abram chose to take matters into his own hands rather than let got take care of him...... same thing happens in chapter 20 with kin abimelech of gerar.
That was Abrams consequence for not doing what God said, read it and see.
another interesting thing to note is that sarai was around 70 years old in egypt and around 90 years old in gerar. does it really make sense for a pharaoh and king who has access to all the beautiful young virgins to choose and be attracted to a 70 and 90 year old GRANNY instead?
in gen 19 verse 8, LOT offers his own two daughters up for rape, and even advertises them as "virgins". besides the fact that it is a despicable thing to do, verse 14 shows us that lot lied about his daughters being virgins. again, god does not object, but rather finds him and his daughters righteous and saves them, knowing that his daughters were just as wicked as the sodomites and would later commit adultery and incest with their own father.....which leads us to the "love" scene in the caves (if you are under 18 please stop reading now, or get permission from your parents)..... gen 19: 31-36, how exactly can a man who knows he is in a cave alone with his two daughters, get so drunk that he does not know he is havingsexual intercourse with his daughters, yet at the same time keep and erection all throughout his "unconsiousness"? that must have been some magic wine...... also how did the author of this passage know the girl's private conversation in the cave when there was no one else around but them???
gen 19:25 why does god kill the vegetation too? were the plants gay? or was he just trying to make a point? cause god knows a point couldnt have been made if he only killed the people right?
gen 22:2 would you kill your children for god? if god told you to kill your children to prove your love is greater for him than for your children, would you do it? simple question. please dont say "god wouldnt ask such a thing of me" its a purely hypothetical question. if he did ask, would you do it?
gen 29 :23 were people back then really too dumb to know who they were sleeping with? i know it was dark, but they had candles and other forms of light, and even if they didnt, people have other senses besides sight.
gen 32:30 jacob claims to have survived seeing god face to face, but god clearly says in multiple verses that no one can see his face and live....
in gen 34 god's people lied on an oath, and then murdered their unsuspecting victims when they were down. this not only diminishes the good word and reputation of god's people, it also makes them backstabbing cowards. since when is revenge a good thing? and since when does one rape justify mass murder?
in gen 38 9 and 10 god kills onan for spilling his semen(birthcontrol) when forced to impregnate his dead brother's (the one god killed for being wicked) wife, but god does not even object when judah solicits a prostitute and commits adultery in verse 15+......... so birthcontrol is a sin punishable by death, prostitution/adultery is no biggie?
