WGGW: The Garden of Eden Part 1

PART 1

A sequel to the What Genesis Got Wrong series. In this two part episode, I examine the garden of Eden; in particular the four rivers named in the Genesis text and how they fit in with the later Genesis story of the great flood of Noah.

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[Postoasted]

In Genesis 6:13 where God says he will "destroy them with the earth" the word "with" means "using." God did not say " I will destroy then ALONG WITH the earth."

[brettppalmer]

@Postoasted Can you substantiate your assertion that the Hebrew 'eth means here "with" as in "using" rather than "together with"? After all, the earth did not destroy all life upon it save Noah and those aboard the ark, but God did using an absurd amount of water. Indeed, the earth would have suffered a great deal in such a cataclysm, don't you think?

[Postoasted]

@brettppalmer triple w dot reasons dot org/research-studies-shed-ligh­t-garden-and-flood

[brettppalmer]

@Postoasted There's nothing there in that article to substantiate your assertion that the Hebrew 'eth means "with" as in "using" as opposed to "together with." Indeed, if we are to believe that article --that the "flood" was a localized event and not global--then the Bible is proved wrong in its assertion because it clearly states the flood destroyed all life on earth, not just a small triangle of life and geography in the ancient Near East.

[achtungcircus]

I don't know what Bible YOU are reading.

According to mine, the world was destroyed by a Vogon constructor fleet to make was for an interstellar by-pass.

[brettppalmer]

@achtungcircus Well, crap, YOUR Bible sounds WAY cooler!

[brettppalmer]

@flyingfisbeefilms Then you are FAR ahead of the curve! When I was 8 I was clutching my Bible, praying to God and believing I could walk on water at the local swimming pool if I tried hard enough!!

[fearthenightraids]

the garden of eden is in iran stupid.

[RadarKat73080]

Jesus! When Yahweh says you're wicked, you must really be messed up! This from the deity who punished all mankind for a single act by the first two humans! Drown every living thing. Killed the first-born of all the land of Egypt. Sent two bears to maul 42 kids. Murdered his own son and sent him to hell for three days.

[8698gil]

when I was a chlld, one of the biggest reasons for losing faith in god was that all these miraculous things were supposed to have happened in the past, but never happened in modern day times. NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. Prayers are NOT answered, ever. "God's plan is mysterious, its not for us to know", just wasn't good enough for me. Learning about dinosaurs in school sealed the deal for me.

[COMALiteJ]

@brettppalmer, Yep. In fact, they basically think that the other two rivers are the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and that Eden was (and Zion will be) where they joined. That before the Flood, all non-island land was one continent (Joseph Smith imagined continental drift back in the early–mid 1800s) and that either at the Flood or at the Tower of Babel, the continents were divided (Genesis 10:25), and the Tigris & Euphrates were joined with or near the Mississippi and Missouri.

[johndebbra]

One thing i always liked about brett's videos is you do not need the book quantum science for dummies open as you watch the vid,something i think some atheist that have vids can take a lesson from him, after all we all aren't scientist.