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SignUp Now!My friend, Its because of reading the scripture, and studying it, that we believe there was a preAdamic race, a preAdamic civilization...or two Genesis 1:1 is an entire, stand alone statement...it needs no other to support it....Genesis 1:2 is an entire stand alone verse...It also needs no support...Then, notice in Verse 3 and on God did not create, He called it forth, He was doing restoration...He did not create until He made the animals... All that he called forth, He had already created in Vs 1, then it became without form and void.In todays' culture -- marrying a sister or brother would be horrible because our life-spans are so extremely shorter than back in those days. Now -- compared to back then, we live about 70 yrs. give or take -- reproductive years are much shorter. We all live in the same house - in close quarters - during that time of growing up -- realizing we are boys and girls -- for maybe 8 yrs. The hormones are kicking in and we all of a sudden realize that he's a guy and we're gals. And Biblical morality tells us to wait until we're married to enjoy sex. So -- 'getting together' with a sister or brother would be incest. Mother / Dad with their kids is incest. Against the law and very harmful to the child involved.
Entirely different scenario back in the days of living hundreds of years and kids spreading out geographically as they're growing up. They had 'hundreds' of children throughout those years. They'd come of age and mate with someone of the opposite sex. And their ages probably didn't matter, either. They would not have been living in close quarters for very long. Their kids would have kids and thus, populate the earth.
It wasn't until after the world-wide flood that the age spans dropped off a great deal.
And there was no pre-Adamic race -- which is where another bunch of people supposedly came from that lived in Nod. People want to put That into the supposed space between Genesis 1:1 and 2.
Besides, since God created Adam and then made Eve -- in order to get together and have family -- Where would another race of people Come from? And then we Also have the Gnostic gospels = false -- supposedly Adam had another wife Before Eve. In modern-day vernacular it would be called fairy tales. Cute stories that we know aren't true.
It makes more sense to stick with Scripture.
Does Wiki trump scripture for you Reba? Is that why you say that?Some times , some people WiKi trumps Scripture.
I've often wondered that my friend. I look at your aboriginals in Australia..It could be that there were more of these folks living elsewhere too...The pictures of Neanderthals and the aboriginals of Australia are not dissimilar. They're intelligent like we are, and well capable of anything they choose as we are. Is it possible that they were mistaken for a "Neanderthal" because their features are heavier than ours? I don't know. I do know, though, that education makes some people stupid....Who are the Neanderthal people who coexisted with us homo sapiens and even intermarried with "modern" people??
I think Wike can be a good source of ideas to research Sue, but it is like gotquestions.org....Take it with a spoonful of salt...Or a bushel of salt@Admon -- Reba1 made that comment about WiKi because I'd just made a comment about having researched about the Neandrathal people.
The internet Does have a Lot of good articles -- and -- a lot of good Bible-based information.
Some of the info is listed under Natural History Museum
It wasn't a WiKi article I was looking at. Though , upon looking At that article, lots of info included.
My friend, Its because of reading the scripture, and studying it, that we believe there was a preAdamic race, a preAdamic civilization...or two Genesis 1:1 is an entire, stand alone statement...it needs no other to support it....Genesis 1:2 is an entire stand alone verse...It also needs no support...Then, notice in Verse 3 and on God did not create, He called it forth, He was doing restoration...He did not create until He made the animals... All that he called forth, He had already created in Vs 1, then it became without form and void.
If we really want to argue, we could argue that the original home the fallen angels chose, was destroyed as well, and is now nothing but rubble...There was a planet between Mars and Jupiter at one time....now you know it as the 'asteroid belt'...That's in the bible too. Psalm 87...Planets do not explode, contrary to that Superman movie...God destroyed it... Isaiah 51:9
There is an awful lot in the scriptures, Sue, that Christians do not want to know or believe.
But, Sue, am I saying that the people before Adam were human? No I am not....There is no information on that that I can find...But there was definitely a civilization on the Earth before Adam...More than one actually, because there is evidence of technology, structures, and wars that took place before the time of man.... Explain Baalbek...the Temple of Jupiter built by the Romans on the foundation of a structure that man cannot even build today....Stones weighing 212,000 tons apeice.....We do not have the tech to move them, yet they were quarried and moved a distance of at least forty miles of sand to their present location....You cannot drag them across sand, you cannot lift them, yet they were moved....Somebody did it....Explain Maccu Pichu. S
Multi sided stones set into place so close you cannot slide a piece of paper between them. There is too much evidence to deny a preAdamic culture.... Stones as hard as taconite cut with brass tools? Not possible.
Sue, you are welcome to believe whatever you wish....of course.....I have to admit that when I tried to say " theistic-evolutionists" out loud I almost stepped on my tongue....I've never even heard of such a silly term, though it is a real one....I do not believe in evolution. Well, not in macro evolution though micro evolutions take place often....Macro evolution being of the type where a monkey turns into a man do NOT happen.... Micro evolution, that's minor changes in the genome....Like, originally all people had brown eyes, now there are blue eyes, green eyes and whatever, I'm color blind. That's micro evolution....Man is still man as he was created I believe ten thousand years ago, as the bible says.Admon -- you and some others with a sci-fi mind want to put a Gap between those two verses. It works well for theistic-evolutionists. A person Can put anything in between that they want to.
You included Psalm 87 -- just read it -- how you get what you get out of that Psalm is beyond me.
And there were the Nephilin -- those mighty men of valor that Scripture Does talk about.
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And your comment -- "There is an awful lot in the Scriptures, Sue, that Christians do not want to know or believe." You are wanting to have Biblical sci-fi. Sci-fi is Fiction.
I think Wike can be a good source of ideas to research Sue, but it is like gotquestions.org....Take it with a spoonful of salt...Or a bushel of salt
Not as far as I'm concerned...too much unbeliefgotquestions is a pretty good source for info.
Sue, you are welcome to believe whatever you wish....of course.....I have to admit that when I tried to say " theistic-evolutionists" out loud I almost stepped on my tongue....I've never even heard of such a silly term, though it is a real one....I do not believe in evolution. Well, not in macro evolution though micro evolutions take place often....Macro evolution being of the type where a monkey turns into a man do NOT happen.... Micro evolution, that's minor changes in the genome....Like, originally all people had brown eyes, now there are blue eyes, green eyes and whatever, I'm color blind. That's micro evolution....Man is still man as he was created I believe ten thousand years ago, as the bible says.
Read that Psalms 87 and you know that its not talking about the woman Rahab...She was REWARDED for her faith...not torn apart. So its talking about the stone of fire Rahab the planet...
Dear friend....Instead of saying no no no...give a viable explanation for the psalm...Give a viable explanation of the Nephilim, the Raphaim and the rest.
Not as far as I'm concerned...too much unbelief
Most times Sunday School stories trump scripture.Some times , some people WiKi trumps Scripture.
No Rahab the planet does not exist since God destroyed it....Parts of it slammed into Mars, stripping away its atmosphere and changing the tilt of its axis, as well as destroying the civilization there...Parts of Rahab slammed into the Earth, into our moon and into Venus....All of those impact craters are the same age....happened at the same time...allowing for travel time between where the planet was an the impact area. There's not even enough left to make up a planet now in the asteroid belt...Most of it is long gone. but again....You can believe what you will....I'm not arguing with that right, though you want to argue with my facts.Of course theistic evolution is nonsense -- but Lots of people believe it. It's evolutionary thought with 'God' stuck in it somewhere.
And I also just Googled Rahab -- the most prominent articles are about the Biblical Rahab as a person.
The articles referring to Rahab the so called planet. Well -- even They say it's quite a reach that doesn't really exist. It's more in the area of sci-fi.
Some Christians put word before doctrine.... I'm not a lover of churchian doctrine. I would rather see it in the Word. I too have the right to believe what I will....and I choose the Word.Well -- not to be mean-spirited -- but this thing about Rahab -- well -- too much unbelief.
Some things we'll just have to agree to disagree.
You enjoy sci-fi -- like to get it combined with Scripture. Just remember Christian sci-fi is still make-believe.
I find the timing to be a problem because of other writings..Job 26:11-12
11 The pillars of heaven tremble,
aghast at his rebuke.
12 He stirs up the sea with his power,
and by his skill he strikes down Rahav.
Psalm 89:9-13
9 (8) Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot!
Who is as mighty as you, Yah?
Your faithfulness surrounds you.
10 (9) You control the raging of the sea;
when its waves rear up, you calm them.
11 (10) You crushed Rahav like a carcass;
with your strong arm you scattered your foes.
12 (11) The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;
you founded the world and everything in it.
13 (12) You created north and south;
Tavor and Hermon take joy in your name.
Isaiah 51:9
9 Awake! Awake! Arm of Adonai,
clothe yourself with strength!
Awake, as in days of old,
as in ancient generations!
Wasn’t it you who hacked Rahav to pieces,
you who pierced the sea monster?*
The authors of the Old
Testament knew the story of Jericho.
The falling of the wall of Jericho did
not occur before “hidden” ages.
Biblical sources confirm that Rahab
was a planet, a kingdom on a planet,
which was shattered; the planet
Rahab exploded and the glittering
remains exist as comets, asteroids
and the detritus between the orbits of
Jupiter and Mars
I will admit that the timing of these events is not clear...It could have happened during or before the time of man....I will not swear to either... I do know that the Titans did rule on the Earth...and they could be the ones who built the megalitiic structures found around the planet including all the pyramids found all over the Earth. But is clear that God created the heavens and the Earth, then they became without form and void, and God restored it to it's present form.