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Old 07-28-2011, 07:16 AM   #1
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Question Genesis 8:22 - No apocalypse?

“As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”


I was looking into the Flood Narrative and took notice of Genesis 8:22 for the first time and noticed how anti-apocalyptic it is. Now, anyone who has read the Bible knows how fickle God can be with his "promises". But 8:22 really stood out as being much more in line with the ending of the Old Testament than the New Testament.
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I'm sure apologists will find some way of reconciling them.
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You're right in that BibleGod sucks at keeping promises. I think his metaphorical fingers were always crossed.
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Learn what one Republican shithead thinks that line means.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ised-Noah.html

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Representative John Shimkus insists we shouldn't concerned about the planet being destroyed because God promised Noah it wouldn't happen again after the great flood.

( In case anyone is wondering why the US is so fucked up. )
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“As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”


I was looking into the Flood Narrative and took notice of Genesis 8:22 for the first time and noticed how anti-apocalyptic it is. Now, anyone who has read the Bible knows how fickle God can be with his "promises". But 8:22 really stood out as being much more in line with the ending of the Old Testament than the New Testament.
Just what exactly does an apocalypse mean to you? I see nothing in that passage that would rule out an apocalypse.

What apocalypse do you think this promise is inconsistent with?

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