I agree that our Biblical claim is one of a gift, not one of original settlers. On the other hand, the Canaanites were wiped out so there is effectively no aboriginal population. We're as close as it comes.
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > There is no historical/archeological evidence of an Abraham nor an origin > > in Sumeria. All we have is evidence of Jewish existence for thousands of > > years with theories of origin. > > Genesis Chapter 11:25-31 > http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0111.htm#27 > > They went to Canaan from Ur, hence they were not aboriginal to Canaan. > > > > > Biblical, the Canaanites were wiped out and the land given to to Jews by > > God, bypassing any other claim. In the Biblical case, we are not the > > original inhabitants of the land. We were gifted it as part of the > > covenant > > Ah, so you agree. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371752 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
