-----Original Message-----
From: sodom <Sodom@ma.ultranet.com>
To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
>ok, just a little bit that we do know for sure:
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>Dinosaurs existed
>They roamed the Earth for hundreds of millions of years
>Genesis, which is in your holy books, was plagurized from other unrelated
>writings - mainly Sumerian.
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>could it be that: Genesis is only a story and Adam and Eve never lived and
that
>is why the Dinosaurs are not in the Bible? I mean, just sit back and think
about
>it with an objective eye. There is a huge preponderance of evidence to
support
>this. And dont use the "we weren't there so we can't know line" Have you
ever
>met your great, great, great, great grandfather? NO, so we cant prove he
>existed!!! in fact, the only sure way to prove he existed is through his
>progeny, or his bones.
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>Sodom
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>John W. Rea wrote:
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>> Since no mention of dinosaurs is found in the bible or anywhere
>> in mormon doctrine nobody can say for sure. I think it was just
>> one of the many creations of God prior to the creation of Adam
>> and Eve.
>> Another theory I have thought about is that the earth was created
>> from pieces of other worlds.....
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe E. Dees <jdees0@students.uwf.edu>
>> To: virus@lucifer.com <virus@lucifer.com>
>> Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 7:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
>>
>> > From: "John W. Rea" <matziq@airmail.net>
>> > To: <virus@lucifer.com>
>> > Subject: Re: virus: Virus: Opinions?
>> > Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:53:10 -0500
>> > Reply-to: virus@lucifer.com
>>
>> > >Please answer a few specific questions:
>> > >
>> > >> That through prayer you may receive
>> > >>(through the Holy Spirit) an answer as to what is 'truth'.
>> > >
>> > >If you received, through the Holy Spirit, an answer which you later
found
>> > >to be in conflict with the body of accepted scientific knowledge, what
>> > >would your reaction be?
>> >
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>> Joe Dees Here.
>> I had a girlfriend who once told me that the reason that no mention
>> is made in the Bible about dinosaurs was because Adam made them
>> (since he lived a long time, he had plenty to figure out genetic
>> engineering), then buried the bones deep because he was ashamed of
>> playing God. Even though she was rich, I left her; all that money
>> wouldn't have compensated for a lifetime married to a crazy woman.
>> >
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>> Well, that has yet to happen...usually
>> it is the other way around. Back in
>> > 1850 Joseph Smith received revelation that tobacco was bad for the body
>> > and thereby stated that we should cease its use.
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > >>The Mormons believe that Adam was the father of all mankind and that
>> > >>Eve was the mother.
>> > >
>> > >How long ago did this happen? How did the human species survive the
>> > >inevitable inbreeding?
>> > >
>> >
>> > We don't know that exactly but some in the church have said the 'fall'
>> > occurred
>> > about 6,000 years ago. Nobody knows for sure how long the Garden of
Eden
>> > was there prior to that (perhaps millions of years)...since Adam and
Eve
>> > were immortal until Eve took a bite
>> > of the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
>> >
>> >
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