Why hasn't the garden of Eden been found?
Dakota
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way." (KJV Genesis 3-24)
Perhaps a bible scholar can correct me on this but I don't recall
reading that the Cherubims and the flaming sword were later removed.
I would think that a location with Cherubims and a flaming sword would
have been noticed by passersby by now. It would almost certainly become
a lucrative tourist destination. I'd travel to see it but my travel
agent looked at me as though I were insane when I inquired.
TrekBear
The cherubim with flaming swords were obviously gay, so they went off
to found Sodom and Gomorrah! ;>)
Smiler
> Genesis tells us that God "placed at the east of the garden of Eden
> Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way." (KJV Genesis
> 3-24)
> Perhaps a bible scholar can correct me on this but I don't recall
> reading that the Cherubims and the flaming sword were later removed.
>
> I would think that a location with Cherubims and a flaming sword would
> have been noticed by passersby by now.
If not noticed by passersby, surely a geostationary satelite would have
noticed it.
A flaming sword would have been picked up as a 'hot spot' by an infra-red
camera by now.
> It would almost certainly become a lucrative tourist destination. I'd
> travel to see it but my travel
> agent looked at me as though I were insane when I inquired.
It's not as easy to fake Cherubim as the supposed "Jesus' tomb", etc.
The flaming sword would be easier....just pipe in some natural gas.
BTW Cherub (singular), Cherubim (plural). No 's' needed.
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Smiler
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All gods are bespoke. They're all made to
perfectly fit the prejudices of their believer
Enkidu
So God didn't smite Sodom, it was a Cherub orgasm?
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Uncle Vic
> Genesis tells us
That's why.
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your face when you push them down the stairs.
Larry
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You've never stayed in a beachfront hotel during Spring Break in Florida,
have you?
Oh, wait, that might be heaven, instead......
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Dakota
> Dakota wrote:
>> Genesis tells us that God "placed at the east of the garden of Eden
>> Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way." (KJV Genesis
>> 3-24)
>> Perhaps a bible scholar can correct me on this but I don't recall
>> reading that the Cherubims and the flaming sword were later removed.
>>
>> I would think that a location with Cherubims and a flaming sword would
>> have been noticed by passersby by now.
>
> If not noticed by passersby, surely a geostationary satelite would have
> noticed it.
> A flaming sword would have been picked up as a 'hot spot' by an infra-red
> camera by now.
>
>> It would almost certainly become a lucrative tourist destination. I'd
>> travel to see it but my travel
>> agent looked at me as though I were insane when I inquired.
>
> It's not as easy to fake Cherubim as the supposed "Jesus' tomb", etc.
> The flaming sword would be easier....just pipe in some natural gas.
> BTW Cherub (singular), Cherubim (plural). No 's' needed.
I considered using the correct spellings but chose not to do so because
it was a quote. That I continued their use in my other comments was
clearly an error on my part. Thanks for pointing it out, Smiler.
thomas p.
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> Dakota wrote:
>> Genesis tells us that God "placed at the east of the garden of Eden
>> Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way." (KJV Genesis
>> 3-24)
>> Perhaps a bible scholar can correct me on this but I don't recall
>> reading that the Cherubims and the flaming sword were later removed.
>>
>> I would think that a location with Cherubims and a flaming sword would
>> have been noticed by passersby by now.
>
> If not noticed by passersby, surely a geostationary satelite would have
> noticed it.
> A flaming sword would have been picked up as a 'hot spot' by an infra-red
> camera by now.
There needs to be an environmental impact study.
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JTEM
Dakota <ma...@NOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
> Genesis tells us that God "placed at the east of the
> garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword
> which turned every way." (KJV Genesis 3-24)
>
> Perhaps a bible scholar can correct me on this but
> I don't recall reading that the Cherubims and the
> flaming sword were later removed.
Not sure how many bible thumpers base their beliefs on
the existence of a magic garden with flaming swords, but
if there's a lot of them then I'm sure there's a good
chance that one may someday see your remarks, and be
made uncomfortable.
Congratulations.
Robibnikoff
"Dakota" <ma...@NOSPAMmail.com> wrote in message
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> Genesis tells us that God "placed at the east of the garden of Eden
> Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way." (KJV Genesis 3-24)
Why do you think atheists would give a fuck about a silly superstition?
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Nosterill
> Dakota wrote:
> > Genesis tells us that God "placed at the east of the garden of Eden
> > Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way." (KJV Genesis
> > 3-24)
> > Perhaps a bible scholar can correct me on this but I don't recall
> > reading that the Cherubims and the flaming sword were later removed.
>
> > I would think that a location with Cherubims and a flaming sword would
> > have been noticed by passersby by now.
>
> If not noticed by passersby, surely a geostationary satelite would have
> noticed it.
> A flaming sword would have been picked up as a 'hot spot' by an infra-red
> camera by now.
The CIA would probably send in a Predator UAV to take it out - in case
it was an Al Qaeda operation.
MarkA
Well, DUH! The flaming sword was extinguished by the Global Flood, silly!
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MarkA
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About eight o'clock
David Canzi
Maybe the Garden of Eden was in the Land of the Great Horses.
("Land of the Great Horses" is a humorous short story by R. A.
Lafferty. Warning: The Wikipedia page for the story is only a
few lines long, and gives away the joke.)
--
David Canzi
JohnN
God protected the Garden of Eden from the Great Flood by freezing an
ice shell completely surrounding the GoE. This ice shell floated on
the Flood waters and came to rest at the North Pole where it was
further encased in the artic ice.
Elves noticed the formation of the ice shell and scampered into the
GoE and thus escaped the Flood. They brought their toy making
fetishes with them.
The proof of this is the annual flight of Santa Claus from the Ice
Encrusted Garden of Eden.
JohnN
Nosterill
I misread Elves as Elvis but, hey! Maybe that works too :-)
JohnN
Shhhhh, we're not suppose to tell.
JohnN
Mike Painter
Almost evry findy here believes in a literal bible. If it says flaming
sword, it was a flaming sword and no stinkin' flood will put it out.
I've asked this question many times and the sound of crickets is all I've
evere heard..
(Or teh sound of zippers if anyone remembers that old joke.)
Dakota
Atheist hordes use Super Soakers� to douse flaming swords!
Please share the zipper joke. Thanks in advance.
JTEM
"Mike Painter" <md.pain...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Almost evry findy here believes in a literal bible.
Well, yes, "Fundies"... or "Evangelicals" as they're more
apt to call themselves.
Roughly 22%, going Gallup's self-reporting:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/16519/us-evangelicals-how-many-walk-walk.aspx
But for all their "Literally true, inerrant bible," they have
absolutely no problem with tossing out any part of the
bible they don't like, or they have a problem with, and do
so on a regular basis.
The most obvious example is Leviticus. According to
Fundies/Evangelicals, Leviticus is BOTH the inerrant
word of God -- proving once and for all that homosexuals
are hell-bound sinners -- AND nothing more than quaint
Jewish cultural law, no more "Divine" than a gumball
wrapper.
This is why they can eat all the Pork products (including
Bacon, Ham, ribs & sausages) and shellfish, and skip all
the animal sacrifices.
Smiler
Lord Lucan is there too?
And Shergar?