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Hi Bulaboy.

I debated whether to respond to your post or not, because it's fairly irrelevant to me.  However, on the chance that you don't have your mind completely closed on the subject, I'd like to address just a couple things you said.

On the seventh day God took a break.  Guess He gets tired just like people do.   It is true that the Bible says God 'rested' from his labors on the 7th day.  But the Scriptures were originally written in Hebrew, not English (sorry, King James, lol),  And in Hebrew, the word there for 'rested' doesn't mean the same thing that it means to us.  It simply means he desisted, or stopped working, or stopped creating things.  Not that he was tired. 

Now maybe God logged off and when He rebooted the whole creation thing there was a glitch in the software program ‘cause in chapter two, which comes right after chapter one in my Bible (referring to Eve's creation), Adam is alone.  We just got done rolling the opening credits and already something strange is going on.  There's nothing strange whatsoever about it.  The first chapter is a general overview of the order in which things were created, before Chapter 2 gets down to specifics about what happened during those periods of time.  You might find it interesting that the order in which things were created in Chapter 1, according to many scientists, is the order they believe the world and life on it was formed in -- however you believe it got there.  Be  forewarned, though, if you are preparing to point out more time-travel-type errors, that the Bible's accounts are NOT in chronological order, as it's printed now, or even in the order by which date they were written.  For example, Revelation, the last book in the Bible, was written in the year 96, whereas 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John were written in 98.  The reason for this is fairly simple.  The Scriptures of the Bible weren't arranged into this order by God, himself; it was by the humans who had the scrolls and were doing the arranging at the time.  So there are flashbacks, events out of order, etc.   It doesn't mean you can't learn what happened; you just might have to learn how to read dates and history.  Just so you know.

Oh, and in case you're planning to jump on the bandwagon that yells, "How can you people believe the universe was created in just 7 24-hour days???", knowledgeable Christians don't.  The Bible does indeed say that God created the universe in 7 'days' of creation.  However, again remembering that it was originally written in Hebrew, in that language the word 'day' doesn't just refer to a 24-hour literal day.  Nor does ours.  You've probably heard people say, "In my grandfather's day, we rode in covered wagons' or whatever.  They're not referring to 24-hour days; they're referring to a period of time.  The word 'day' in Hebrew does the exact same thing.  It refers to a general period of time, just as when it refers to 'the days of Noah' or 'the days of King Solomon.'  Therefore, the 7 creative 'days' could be 7 periods of time totalling millions of years. 

Chapter four they have a couple of kids - Cain and Abel.  Then the Bible says that Cain went out and hooked up with his wife and they had kids.  If Adam and Eve were the first couple (apologies to Michelle and Barack) and Cain and Abel were their progeny, then where in the devil did Cain’s wife come from?   Enjoyed the reference to the Obamas, lol.  But the question regarding Cain's wife is simple to answer.  The Scriptures tell us that Eve was the mother of everyone living.  That being said, she would have had to have sons AND daughters.  In Bible times, there was no societal taboo against marrying relatives -- even your sister -- until much later.  Therefore, it would have been an easy thing for Cain to marry one of his many sisters.  Not pleasant to our minds, mind you, but acceptable in their day.  I personally think polygamy is sickening, but there are still people who do that today, too.

That's just an example how, with an open mind and a  little bit of knowledge, many 'unbelievable' things can be easily explained.  Now, if I may almost quote you,  If you don't like the Bible and you don't want to read the Bible, I’m cool with that, but don’t tell me the Bible is “absolute untruth.”

Are we supposed to take this stuff seriously?   That's up to you.  I just didn't want you to take your DISbelief seriously, based on a simple lack of information.

Have a good one.

Sierra