The first paragraph below rings like
chapters in the book of Job. (That's a good thing! --and probably your
intent.)
Debbie
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From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:20
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The Humanity of
Jesus
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> Judy, what is your understanding of animal behavior? What causes the birds
> to sing and the whales to migrate for thousands of miles? What causes the
> pigeons to be able to use the earth's magnetic field to find their way over
> thousands of miles? What makes the beaver know how to build a dam? What
> motivates the blue bird to feed its young, and to nudge them out of their
> nest at the right time? What makes the Monarch butterfly travel across the
> oceans? What motivates the loon to fly south in the winter and back north
> again in the summer? What tells the geese to fly in a V-formation and
> switch off the lead bird from time to time? What causes the salmon to
> travel from the ocean upstream for many miles to find their original place
> of birth? What tells the female salmon how to lay her eggs and what tells
> the male how to fertilize them? What motivates the young water snake to eat
> his first meal? How does this snake know what to eat or how to swallow it?
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> Obviously I could go on and on. Ask yourself, what motivates these animals
> to do these things? Is it spirit or flesh? Surely you must agree with me
> that it is flesh.
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> Man also has many desires and aptitudes like those of animals. We relate to
> it most readily when we consider hunger and sleep, and perhaps even
> reproductive behavior, but it goes much further than that. I think the
> primary difficulty that you and I might have in communicating is perhaps in
> your not grasping how much human desire comes from the flesh, and perhaps
> not recognizing that even simple carnal desires like hunger can lead to sin.
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> Peace be with you.
> David Miller.
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