The point being is that biblical literalists don't take it that way. You're being entirely too reasonable.
Although I have to admit its kind of fun watching a literalist twist and turn trying to get out of that contradiction. larry On 10/17/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neither I nor you knows what the author was thinking, but isn't is possible > that the "Four legs" being referred to are the legs that are not arms? > Haven't you ever seen a grasshopper hold something in the front two legs to > eat and hop on the other four? Beetles I can't quite figure out. > > Even so, what is obvious and literal to you probably wasn't the same thing > to the writer. > > > Matthew Small > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 3:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Rabbi Kushner On "Pro-Life" > > Leviticus 11:21-23 lists things with four legs. Among the list are > locust, beetle (cricket in some translations), and grasshopper. > > last I looked grasshoppers, locusts and beetles have 6. > > On 10/17/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But they do have four legs. > > > > On 10/17/05, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > > > > > believe that the bible must be taken literally, grasshoppers and > > > locusts have 4 legs etc. Anything else whether taught in schools etc > > > is heretical sin. > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177272 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
