The house looked like it was in good condition - with pruned shrubs and everything. I wonder why they tore it down?

anyone else annoyed by speedys shit eating grin ? it's almost as bas as shrubs.

@doremifa
>How about breaking the bible down in a language we all can understand? Just a thought.

NET (New English Translation) is online at http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Gen&chapter=1 . I really like this one because they're very open about reasons for translating the way they did. They point out where different scrolls disagree on the copying of a word, for example. They also point out where different schools of thought disagree on what a given passage means. The footnotes are very good. If you have questions about a passage or something you can 'profile reply' me.

@mrcrosby4
>If you believe in the God of Israel and his son Jesus, you can't also believe in "billions and billions of years" of macro evolution and claim that the Bible is true. If you believe in macro evolution, then God lied to us.

Genesis 2:4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens. 2:5 Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 2:6 Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. 2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. [...] 2:18 The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him." The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 2:20 So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found. 2:21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man’s side and closed up the place with flesh. 2:22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 2:23 Then the man said, "This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man."

I have to wonder when science suggests that life came out of hot springs of mud. Because isn't that what the Bible just said? The Bible does not say how the formation of life was accomplished. How long did it take? Billions and billions of years? A day? A minute? No time at all? What are your thoughts on these verses? (That's not meant to be taken as a challenge. I don't think it has anything to say about 'macro evolution' as you call it. I'm more wondering what you think about the absence of a time frame.)

@ no one in particular
I think it doesn't say exactly how long it took, or how it was done in detail, because it doesn't matter. I guarantee that God and Jesus are much, much more concerned about how we're treating those around us rather than what we think about how the world and everything in it was built. I doubt that God will keep us from coming home to Him because we dared to use the intellect He gave us, and speculated about how He accomplished all His great works. In fact, He probably enjoys the fact that we appreciate and care enough to wonder about it. Ultimately, He wants credit where credit is due.

No doubt, plucking and painting is high art in some gals' cases......and a nightmarish caricature in others!!!

...used to like hairy gals, m'self.....now, seen the light, a born-again hairless-ape lover!'

(to think un-manicured shrubs used to be all the rage!!!)