(January 12, 2013 at 3:51 am)Aractus Wrote: The Bible, like any book, can be very literal and also non-literal. Genesis 1 serves the purpose that YHVH is the sole creator of the universe, and everything in it.Well the old book is off to a great start isn't? Matter and Energy cannot be created or destroyed, physics mate, therefore magic man did sod all.
Quote:Pagan religions at the time had multiple gods who controlled specific things, but the ancient Hebrew people had, and have always had, just one God.They pretty much ripped off god concepts that predated it.
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