More Answers to Bible Questions
Author: Steve Amato
Keywords: bible study,Bible questions, flood, genesis

# Yet More Answers to Bible Questions

Flood questions:

- the Flood: the dimensions, that boat could not even
- hold 1/3th of the animals in pairs and they would have to have another ark just for the food.
- Who got rid of all the dung, and other wastes on the ark.
- The waters sweet and salt would become mixed together, how come the sweet water fish survived?; they did not keep them on the ark did they? Rain water comes from the ocean and goes back to the ocean. (according to science)
- where did all the water go?
- Scientist have found no evidence of a flood in the earth crust.
- How did the animals get of the Mountains? They
- were not all Mountain goats were they?
- How come the bible says the earth is flat?

I don't agree with the popular global flood interpretation of Genesis. My own interpretation of some of the events of the early chapters of Genesis can be found at the Genesis Interpretation link.
http://www.bcbsr.com/survey/genint.html And thus none of these questions are relevant to me.

- Question: How come the bible says insects have four legs?

You do know that insects have at least four legs, don't you? Do you think that the writers of the Bible thought that they had only four legs? This question reveals not the ignorance of the writers, but the ignorance of the reader - their ignorance of the figures of speech being used. The verse in question is from Leviticus

> Lev 11:20,21 "'All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you. There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground."

The phrase "to walk on all fours" simply means to walk on four of their legs. All these insects walk on at least four. The grasshoppers are different in that of their six legs they hop on two. That puts them into a different category from other insects.

- How come the bible favored the jews? (I thought he loved everyone)

The Jews were "favored" as you call it, by being given the great responsibility of handing down the Word of God. But there will be greater judgement for them because of their greater responsibility. Similarly, more will be expected of those who grow up in a Christian enviroment. The more you know, the more you will be held responsible for. All this will be revealed on the day of judgement. Jews will not be saved from hell just because of their genetics.

- How come he made light twice?

I assume you are referring to the 7 days of creation in which light was created on the first day, but the sun, moon and stars on the 4th. Again I refer you to the Genesis interpretation link which explains this.

- How come that God allowed slavery?

Slavery itself is not sin. Rather it is simply politically incorrect today. I refer you to the study on Philemon
http://www.bcbsr.com/books/phm.html

- How come God killed mercilly innocent children in his raids on unbelievers? (and by the way: at that time anyone who was not jewish was fair game)

I'm not sure what "mercilly" means, but I think I understand your question. God creates and God destroys. That's God's right as the Creator. But if people are "innocent" as you propose, such deaths do not mean that they are condemned. Everyone has to die eventually. Even Jesus, though sinless, died. Concerning the suffering of "innocent" people, I suggest you read the book of Job in the Old Testament. By the way the term "Jew" or "Jewish" did not come into play until the Babylonian captivity and it only referred to those from the Southern Kingdom of Judah. I also suggest you read the context of the passages. Or is it that you just heard of these questions from someone, but didn't actually bother to read the Bible yourself?

- He surely never interfered when your good Christians (Catholic and Protestants alike) killed all those so called witches, muslims, and Jews, and anyone who did not believe everything that was spooned to them).

God never condoned such actions, except in the case of witches. But that was in the Law of Moses, which given to Jews, not Christians. There were no commands given to Christians to do those kinds of things. And I have often publically objected to these kinds of actions by post-Biblical institutional Christianity. Thanks for bringing this up so that it can be clarified that such behavior is not consistent with Biblical Christianity.

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