Is there something about the culture of ancient Israel I don't understand here?

[Chris_Falter]

@Clovis_Merovingian

The Garden of Eden matches perfectly the Persian Gulf Oasis and there was a huge regional flood in the area also coinciding with massive floodings of coastal areas and rain storms at the end of the Younger Dryas period.

The evidence you cite is suggestive but far from “a slam dunk.” Worth pondering, for sure. I’m heartened to see you are exploring as best you can.

Chris

[Chris_Falter]

@moderators - This thread has diverged widely into 2 different conversations with very little overlap. I’m finding it difficult to follow. I know it’s a lot of work, but if you could separate the discussion of ancient Near East culture from the discussions of the Trinity and the dual nature of Christ, I would be grateful.

Thanks!
Chris

[Mervin_Bitikofer]

Okay, @Chris_Falter - I attempted it and hopefully did not make too much hash of things. I basically took most of the posts that had ‘trinity’ in them somewhere (and a few more responses to those besides) and put them in a new ‘Jesus identity’ thread. Hopefully most of what’s left here is slightly closer to the OP topic.

[HRankin (Hillary Rankin)]

hero. thanks, Merv!