Re: the tradition that Abraham engaged in astronomical studies

From: RFaussette@aol.com
Date: Thu Jun 26 2003 - 07:35:19 EDT

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    In a message dated 6/26/03 2:25:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
    iain.strachan.asa@ntlworld.com writes:

    > The touching story of the sun and the moon is
    > seems to ascribe unjustified piety to Abraham because it is a human tendency
    > to want their heroes to be wonderful, whereas the Bible seems to emphasise
    > their fallibility.
    >
    >

    Yes, genesis seems to favor wonderful heroes, but I might add, they are also
    cunning, they are all cunning and are willing to use any device even within
    their own families, to compete with and rise above one another, fairly or by
    subterfuge.
    rich

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