Ed Leafe <> wrote: > On Dec 16, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Stephen the Cook wrote: > >>> An *accurate* history book? You know, times, dates, etc., are all >>> correct? >> >> A great deal of it is correct. Exact? What is that? Like history >> books in Russia? I know that Duke University has done may >> archeological excavations in the Middle East to back up what the >> Bible has written. > > So stuff like a flood destroying all terrestrial life except for the > "two of every kind" that Noah was somehow able to scour from places > like Australia and the Galapagos Islands, and then return them to > their native lands? And Methusela lived to be 969 years old? > > There are *some* historical facts. Most of it is folklore.
An archeologist just did a truth in Moses and the escape from Egypt that was on the history channel this fall. You should try to view it for a great heads up on the existence of Moses, and his separation of the water and where the Jews ended up afterwards. Now for grins. I attribute Noah to the story my friend would tell my son of walking up hill in the snow to school five miles one way each day as a kid. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.21/589 - Release Date: 12/15/2006 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
