Re: Jewish View Of Creationism

From: Emm Foster (efoster@lib.drury.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2000 - 10:02:48 EST

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    Bill Payne wrote:
    >
    > On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:18:43 -0600 (CST) Susan B
    > <susan-brassfield@ou.edu> writes: [quoting another post]
    >
    > >As a Jew who is attempting to work
    > >with non-believers, scientists, and hard-nosed skeptics, I find it both
    > >offensive and debilitating to have to explain that the Torah does not
    > >suggest such obvious misteachings as literalism and its stepchild,
    > >creationism.
    >
    > Susan,
    >
    > You might ask your Jewish correspondent why the Jewish calendar reckons
    > this year as the year 5600.

    And he would answer that she is 160 jewish years late :-)

    Emmanuelle
    >
    > Just wondering,
    >
    > Bill



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