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Re: Genesis of the Humans

#111243
From: doctor@doctor.nl
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 02:31
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In article <103n92j$e9bs$1@dont-email.me>,
solar penguin  <solar.penguin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>The True loon lectured:
>
>> On 27/06/2025 21:56, solar penguin wrote:
>>>
>>> The True loon lectured:
>>>
>>>> The Bible doesn't say rib, it says SIDE. Eve was made from the side of
>>>> Adam because Adam was parted in two to make Eve. Originally Adam and Eve
>>>> were one. Read Aristophanes' speech in Plato's Symposium which makes the
>>>> origin of the Bible story clear especially when Socrates cites the
>>>> original source.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Even if Plato and/or Aristophanes knew about the Genesis story,
>>> it doesn’t make their fanfic part of the Biblical canon.
>>>
>>
>> The Bible was written AFTER Plato's Symposium took place.
>
>That depends what you mean by “The Bible”. It isn’t one book
>but a collection of many books written at different times and
>based on different sources which in turn drew from different
>traditions.
>
>There isn’t one single date when it was written.
>
>> The story
>> already existed in Athens in 416 BC before Genesis was even composed.
>
>That might be possible. Genesis is based on three sources: the
>E source(Elohist), J source (Jahwist) and P source (Priestly).
>And they all drew on earlier traditions and stories.
>
>It’s possible one of them might’ve taken something from the same
>traditional story that Plato and friends used.
>
>But that still doesn’t mean that Plato’s version of the story is Biblical
>canon. Genesis also drew on Mesopotamian creation myths like the
>Enuma Elish. But that doesn’t make the Mesopotamian versions of
>those myths canon. Why should Plato be any different?
>
>>
>>> And it definitely doesn’t make it biological fact.
>>>
>>
>> And neither is a Time Lord changing gender during regeneration.
>>
>
>Nobody ever claimed Time Lords were any kind of fact. We’re
>all aware they’re fictional.
>

Go with AKJV

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>solar penguin


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