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Old 06-06-2008, 05:56 PM
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All the ANE cosmogonies were considered historical by the original audiences.
Even if you are correct here, and I am not sure you can demonstrate such a thing, it still does not mean that they are recounting actual history. That is the nub of the issue.
How would a father instruct his young son about why they keep the Sabbath? Would it not be the simple explanation that God gave himself, the God himself kept the Sabbath? If it was not historical, then why does God give that reason? Further, if that reason is not historically true, then wouldn't God be lying?
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