Noah's Ark and Balaam's Donkey
Dave Gaban errancy@infidels.org
Wed, 05 May 1999 22:00:26 -0700 (00925984826, 373121EA.4F33@slip.net)
Walt Nusbaum wrote:
>
> WALT
>
> Jeff wrote:
> >
> > At 01:06 AM 5/5/99 EDT, you wrote:
> > > TILL
> > > The Bible claims that Noah built the ark.
> > >
> > > >Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen,
> > > respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he
> > > condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in
> > > accordance with faith.
> > > >
> > >
> > > All of this God-did-it nonsense is simply a familiar biblicist ploy to
> > >"explain" away absurdities in biblical stories.
>
> (SNIP)
>
> > >Joe Alward
> > >
> > >Now, both Noah and the Donkey did an extraordinary thing. In the case of
> > the
> > >donkey, everyone knows that the inerrantist must claim that God made the
> > >donkey talk; the skeptic accepts this, for to do otherwise is to beg the
> > >question of the existence of the Christian god.
> >
> > JEFF
> > Accepts this? I don't. To accept the fact that because the bible says
> > something therefore it happen is circular reasoning. I say the donkey
> > never said a word.
> >
> WALT
> Jeff,
> I rather lean toward Joe's take on on this. Balaam's donkey was simply
> the
> archetype, and even to this day god continues to speak through talking
> asses.
> Best wishes,
> Walt
Dave G.
Walt, I laughed my ass off (no pun intended) when I read this. Amen
brother Walt!