(December 18, 2012 at 5:05 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Maybe the word for "Earth" does indeed have multiple meanings; then we'd have to consider the appropriate meaning that fits with the word "mountains", which we are led to believe were completely covered. Are there multiple meanings for that word too? Any that rescue the nice 'n' fluffy non-genocidal version of the story?
They should have just used "smurf" for every verb:
"In the beginning, God smurfed the heavens and the earth."
"Jesus smurfed."
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not smurf."