Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Titus G Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 17:57:41 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <101rbkb$1c2g0$3@dont-email.me> References: <3job3k9a2sd7ni83rlc2p3lr3ea6abmgt3@4ax.com> <10181qs$3f0bs$4@dont-email.me> <101agbl$1qd6$4@dont-email.me> <101j1h4$2smj4$1@dont-email.me> <1qer3kpedsa4v3skjgkge9uoi40d2mhfef@4ax.com> <101mdjl$3tkos$1@dont-email.me> <101qdv4$12dsf$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: noone@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:57:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="727db1a2a513a8a3ce1709ff400d8838"; logging-data="1444352"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+N1Lq1lj4GUQnAiGb7J6A8" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:xjPtcCdWAE6F1mMYvcKDnC5pYXI= Content-Language: en-AU In-Reply-To: <101qdv4$12dsf$1@dont-email.me> Bytes: 2198 On 5/06/25 09:31, Robert Carnegie wrote: > That interpretation disregards Noah's flood. > > Psalm 104 also describes a fixed earth, so you > could take it as a catalogue of its author's > ignorance of the natural world.  And history.  🙂 > > The NET Bible has God in Psalm 104 shouting to > make the water go away.  While in Genesis 8:1, > "God caused a wind to blow over the earth and > the waters receded."  Maybe that's the same > event.  In a modern understanding of the world, > where the waters went is a problem.  Water > doesn't compress.  Its volume varies with > temperature, a little. And sometimes turns into wine.