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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (20477)	1/31/2012 12:56:26 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

This encyclopedia gives hours of entertainment. The following is from the Judaic section... Flood, the by Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis The Biblical account of God flooding the entire world in response to the wicked devolution of creation (Gen. 6:5-9:17) is a wholly miraculous tale. Its supernatural aspects include the marvelous assembly of all the earth's animal species and forty days of continuous rain. God effectively reversed the creative process, unleashing the watery chaos that He had tamed in the creation account of Genesis. Rabbinic literature adds these fantastic details: The corruption of the world prior to the Flood was so complete that even animals sought to have sex with different species. The generation of the flood made various attempts to prevent the flooding, including plating the earth in iron and using a miraculous sponge. The race of giants refused to repent because they believed they could simply stand above the flood waters. Some giants did in fact survive, most notably Og of Bashan. God mingled the rain water (which is male) with the water of the abyss (which is female) to procreate even more floods. The Land of Israel, however, was spared from the flood waters. (Gen. R. 26; Tanh. Buber; PdRE 22); Midrash ha-Gadol; PdRE; B.T. Sanh.; Zeb. 113a; Nid. 61a) Article copyright 2004 Geoffrey Dennis. pantheon.org

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (20477)	1/31/2012 1:33:51 AM
From: Solon	Respond to of 69300

Jesus shoes a horse. This is documented in the literature so it is a fact. One sort of admires the flair and the pomp of his technique. I would have loved to have seen that. Christ! I wouldn't want to try to put MY shoes on like that! The horse stood quietly on 3 legs until all his legs were booted. It is likely that the horse knew the identity of Jesus even before St. Eloi. Eloi, St. by Micha F. Lindemans There is a widespread legend of St. Eloi that when he was working at his forge, a stranger, seeming a blacksmith, entered. Eloi suddenly grew weary and when this stranger offered to shoe a horse, the saint gladly accepted. The substitute smith cut off the legs of the horse one after another, affixed a horseshoe to each, and replaced the legs. During this process, the animal stood quietly. St. Eloi was astonished at this miracle and questioned the stranger. He then learned that the stranger was in fact Christ himself. pantheon.org