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Re: matt's take


>From: "Peter T. Chattaway" > > God once punished the whole human population 
>of the planet, save Noah
> > and his family.  But he didn't wipe us out.  He didn't bruise us.
>
>Eh?  You don't think that wiping out the entire human race (to say nothing
>of all animal lifeforms) with the exception of between two and seven
>fertile members of each species constitutes a punishment "to the point of
>bruising or death"?

Okay then, if the humans at that time were interbreeding with angels, the 
human gene pool was being corrupted.  Since Noah was an upright man, he and 
his family were "pure" humans.  So, God didn't do anything more than wipe 
out impure humans, both spiritaully AND genetically, which is clearly an act 
designed to preserve us as a species, as opposed to wiping us out.  The 
death tool was staggering, but the damage had been done already.  How's that 
sound then?

It's really difficult to debate this with you.  I don't pretend to know the 
mind of God, and can only make logical guesses.  When I say something along 
the lines of "The Lord works in mysterious ways", it sounds like a poor 
explanation, or a cop-out, but really, what more can I say at this point?  
It makes for interesting discourse, but definitive answers will continue to 
elude us no matter how extensive this thread should become.

>Actually, if you follow the myth closely, you'll find that the key problem
>was the inter-breeding of angels and humans.  For more on this, see an
>essay I wrote several years ago on giants in the Bible, especially the
>following section:
>
>http://peter.chattaway.com/articles/giants.htm#IIIa

I'll look into that, but I was aware of the giants and the inter-breeding 
already.  Thanks for the link.

> > Ah, but God told Abraham that He'd spare Sodom if he could find ONE
> > righteous man.
>
>Well, even if that *was* true, it would show that God was still treating
>Sodom as a *group* of people.  But as it is, in Genesis 18:32, God
>actually says he will spare Sodom for the sake of *ten* righteous men.

Yeah, but the point that only one would suffice always seemed really clear 
to me.    Maybe its just me.(?)

seeking,

Matt

ps HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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