norwegen
Diamond Member
I thought you might quit the conversation on a friendlier note.First of all, you're off topic, so why are you responding?No, it doesn't stump me. Earth - 'ge' - referred to the land; earth - 'kosmos' - to the world, or better, to everything the Hebrews knew. Their cosmology.It sure stumps you, doesn't it? Otherwise, please explain it. And which denomination can explain it? What's their explanation?Because stories without resolution are dumb choices. Who gravitates toward such meaninglessness? Besides you, I mean.Why? It stumps all of Christianity. Bar none.Idiotic choice, then.
And it doesn't stump all Christianity, bar none. It stumps fundamentalist/evangelical Christianity, and even then, not entirely.
When Daniel says in chapter two of his book, for example, that certain kingdoms ruled the earth, or would rule it (Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, Roman, whatever), he obviously didn't mean the whole world, as no kingdom ever has (no 'earthly' kingdom).
Sadly, many Christians read the Scriptures like a textbook.
Secondly, you have to move the goalposts for the bible to make any sense to you. Hmmm.
I hoped you might.