Posted by Gremlin on 10 February 1999 at 00:16:15:

In Reply to: Reality posted by Utahraptor on 09 February 1999 at 09:53:36:

Not bad. A couple of things, though...

The serpent wasn't a snake. Read it again. It had legs when it conversed with Eve. It was only after the encounter that it was damned to crawl upon its belly. Apparently, at the time it offered up a deli tray to humanity, it was a monitor lizard. Assuming it was a Varanus niloticus, I could almost believe in evil intent. Monty the Monitor was pretty mean.

About souls, there's no proof at all that they exist. And, according to most theologians, cloning an ensouled lifeform wouldn't produce a soul, which is what makes genetic engineering so unholy. I don't buy it, because I can't believe in souls. But that's what the 'experts' seem to think.

You're right about the sun revolving about a flat Earth at the time the bible was written. It makes a number of assumptions on the state of the universe which have since been disproven. But, even beyond fresh- and saltwater life in the water, there's also bacteria to consider. According to one source, all anumals were taken onto a boat measuring 300 cubits, or 450 feet, in length, except for unicorns and dragons. That means that the boat was holding not just elephants and whales, somehow, but also bacteria and virii. I have to wonder whetherm in all of forty days and nights, anyone ever managed to get any sleep.

Christianity is about the only religion which accuses the creator entity of having any offspring. There's also the Odin/Thor and Zeus/Hercules twist [the later was even an extramarital thing, just like YHWH and Mary] but, in general, most religions blame life on a single entity, working alone.

Otherwise, you've got it about right.

--Gremlin

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