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(#2) The Apple Incident Wasn't Why God Kicked Eve And Adam Out Of Eden
Though many people believe God kicked Adam and Eve out of Eden because Eve couldn't keep her curiosity (or hunger) in check at the Tree of Knowledge, it was really to keep them from eating from a second, often overlooked tree called the Tree of Life.
In Genesis 3:22-23, God implies that once humanity knew of the existence of good and evil, the last thing He wanted was them taking a chomp out of the Tree of Life's fruit, too - which would make them immortal - until He could tell which side they were going to take.
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(#8) The Bible May Not Be As Sexist As It Appears
While 1 Timothy 2:12 may come across as sexist as it gets, it's one of those Bible verses that prove it's important not to take a singular verse out of context. While Paul advises the women of a particular church not be allowed to teach, many scholars believe 1 Timothy 2:9 hints he is addressing one specific church rather than all churches for all time.
Having just learned they were "children of God," many of the women in this particular congregation were showing up at church dressed as literal goddesses and may not have been ready to teach Sunday school. On the other hand, many verses reveal biblical women who were revered as teachers and leaders, including Galatians 3:28, Acts 2:18, Acts 18:26, Acts 2:17, and Judges 4:4.
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(#16) There Are Two Different Creation Stories In Genesis
The Bible contains not one, but two creation stories. The first, in Genesis 1:1-2:3, details all six days of creation, whereas the second (believed by many scholars to have been written first) is in Genesis 2:4-2:24 and focuses on the creation of humanity.
While some claim the two stories contradict each other, others say they merely focus on different parts of the same creation story. Another explanation is the story was intended as a parable, and proving the Garden of Eden really existed is about as important as identifying the road on which the Good Samaritan was mugged.
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(#7) 'Biblical Marriage' May Not Mean What You Think
Current usage of the term "biblical marriage" is ironic, as it does not reflect the depictions of marriage found in the Bible itself. Taken literally, the term hardly specifies the marriage of one man and one woman - the Bible both mentions and condones eight types of marriage.
Biblically speaking, God seemed surprisingly open to working with various cultures' ideas of marriage. The notion of marriage being limited to one man and one woman comes from Genesis 2:24, which describes man and woman becoming united.
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(#20) Noah Was Old - Like, Really Old
As if building an ark big enough to carry two of every kind of creature on earth wasn't impressive enough, Genesis 7:6 specifies Noah was about 600 years old by the time he set sail on the floodwaters.
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(#12) God Never Promised Not To Give Us More Than We Can Handle
Though "God won't give you more than you can handle" is a favorite quote of many believers, it not only never appears in the Bible, but several verses contradict it. 2 Corinthians 1:8, Psalm 38:4, and 1 Kings 19:7 all present situations where believers appear to be completely overwhelmed.
Rather than never putting His followers in situations they can't handle, God occasionally does overwhelm them so they can grow into people capable of handling anything.
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The Bible is not a book, but a collection of sixty-six books. These are actually the letters that God has written to us. The content of these books is amazing. There are about forty people who wrote them, they lived in different times and different countries, such as Palestine, Babylon, Greece, Rome, and possibly Arabia, and also wrote in different languages, Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic.
However, the story told in the Bible is always the same, as if a golden thread runs through the book. The random tool shares 21 interesting things from Bible that will surprise you.
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