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The book of Genesis is poetic?
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RE: The book of Genesis is poetic?
I really doubt it was intended to be poetry, or to be anything other than a literal account. Sure, people can interpret it however they wish. But if you actually believe this is the word of God, then it is incredibly arrogant to think you can just tell people what God meant by these words. And the very fact that people are interpreting it different ways means either God is deliberately being ambiguous in order to cause confusion or he was just such a terrible author he could not write a coherent book.

I mean, when you're writing the book that is meant to provide clear instructions for how everyone should live, forever, you think you'd take the time not to write it like a psychotic 5 year old.
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The book of Genesis is poetic? - by Fendon - January 31, 2015 at 10:39 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by Natachan - January 31, 2015 at 10:46 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by Dystopia - January 31, 2015 at 10:58 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by AFTT47 - January 31, 2015 at 11:00 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by Minimalist - January 31, 2015 at 11:22 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 1, 2015 at 12:31 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by vorlon13 - February 1, 2015 at 1:11 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by Jackalope - February 1, 2015 at 1:14 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by robvalue - February 1, 2015 at 3:09 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by The Grand Nudger - February 1, 2015 at 10:24 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by watchamadoodle - February 1, 2015 at 10:45 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by Aoi Magi - February 1, 2015 at 10:53 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by vorlon13 - February 1, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by professor - February 1, 2015 at 11:22 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by Drich - February 1, 2015 at 11:29 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by vorlon13 - February 1, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by Aoi Magi - February 1, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by robvalue - February 1, 2015 at 12:15 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by Mudhammam - February 1, 2015 at 12:41 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by robvalue - February 1, 2015 at 12:43 pm
RE: The book of Genesis is poetic? - by professor - February 1, 2015 at 1:31 pm

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