Shaking Matt's Faith
Jason Carter wcarter@mediaone.net
Sun, 31 Jan 1999 01:37:37 -0500 (00917786257, 3.0.1.32.19990131013737.0088cb60@pop.atl.mediaone.net)
At 10:28 PM 1/30/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Joe Alward:
>So, are you admitting that you assume the Bible to be entirely truthful no
>matter how strong the evidence against certain passages might appear to be?
>
>CARTER
>Please show us this "strong evidence" against "certain passages."
>
>POOBAH
>Well you yourself admitted that there might not have been a worldwide flood.
>That would be "strong evidence" that the Noah story wasn't "entirely
>truthful" wouldn't you agree?
CARTER
Worldwide (from Moses' perspective) does not neccessarily mean the entire
span of the earth, considering that Moses probably did not have knowledge
of how large the earth was. A case can be made that the Bible supports a
localized flood - but again, my main reason for avoiding this topic is that
I do not have enough time to research all the archeological/textual
evidence to either defend or support such a view.
-Jason