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From: hudson@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Hudson Jr)
Subject: Re: *** The list of Biblical contradictions
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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 01:40:28 GMT
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In article <bskendigC51CqB.K0r@netcom.com> bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:

>Specifically: when I bring up the fact that Genesis contains two
>contradictory creation stories, I usually get blank stares or flat
>denials.  I've never had a fundamentalist acknowledge that there are
>indeed two different accounts of creation.

That is because two creation stories is one of the worst examples of 
a difficulty with the Bible.  "were formed" can also be translated "had been
formed" in chapter two without any problems.  So the text does not demand
that there are two creation stories.  

Link Hudson.

