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Old 9th January 2013, 06:51 AM   #80
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Originally Posted by AvalonXQ View Post
I wouldn't call the Genesis 1 list comprehensive at all.
What then is missing from the list of things created in Genesis 1? And then I don't mean bacteria or viruses or other things that people in 500-1000BC did not know about?

Originally Posted by AvalonXQ View Post
But even if you assume that Genesis 1 essentially means plants in general, I still don't agree that it's contradictory to then turn around and give an exception for cultivated plants.
Sorry, I'm not following. If one assumes that Genesis 1 means plants in general, there is no exception.

Originally Posted by AvalonXQ View Post
Not if we evaluate the Hebrew.
The Hebrew apparently leaves some leeway in what the word meant. Just like the nowadays English word "American" can pertain to the US or the whole continent, and the context must give clarification which was meant.
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