June 20, 2001
Houston, TX
The entire nation was shocked and outraged on June 20, 2001 when the evening news channels reported that Andrea Yates, mother of five young children, age six months to seven years had just murdered them all by drowning them in her bathtub.
Noah, 7, John, 5, Paul, 3, Luke, 2 and Mary, 6 months. According to her own testimony, Noah, the oldest, gave her the most difficulty. He caught on to what she was doing when he discovered her drowning his 6 month old sister. She admitted to having to chase little Noah through the house and drag him back to the bathroom to meet his death. She lined the four youngest up on the bed and left Noah floating face down in the tub.
Imagine for a moment that Andrea Yates was your neighbor. How likely do you think it would be that you would turn to her for advice on raising your own children?
Yet Christians seem to have no compunction in turning to god for advice on raising children, all the while knowing he drowned all but eight of his own.
Ain't religion great?
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Numbers 13:30-33 indicates the Nephilim who lived before the flood didn't drown. Joshua found their descendants still there in 1250 BCE. If the Bible is to be believed, this would indicate there were more than eight who survived. Then again, if it presents contradictory statements how do we know just what really happened?
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From what I understand a few Chinese managed to make it to high ground.
ReplyDeleteIt appears our Bible didn't know a lot about our world. Things like, a world that's not flat and geocentric,that there really isn't the phoenix bird that gets too close to the sun and burns only to rise again every 500 years (it was used to prove that the resurrection of Jesus wasn't unusual) and animals and stars that talked. Small wonder they didn't know about the Chinese.
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