Biology
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From how life reproduces to where thought and feeling come from, these passages describe living things in the terms of their day. Modern biology often answers the same questions differently.
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Genesis 1:30
To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;” and it was so.
What it means: Carnivores have existed for hundreds of millions of years. Fossils show predators with sharp teeth designed for eating meat long before humans…
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All animals, including sharks, lions, and parasites, were originally vegetarians.
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The first human formed instantly from dust.
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One person named every animal species.
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Seth lived to be 912 years old.
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Enos lived to be 905 years old.
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Cainan lived to be 910 years old.
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Mahalaleel lived to be 895 years old.
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Jared lived to be 962 years old.
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Enoch lived to be 365 years old.
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Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.
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Lamech lived to be 777 years old.
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Giants once lived on Earth, some so tall that normal humans looked like grasshoppers compared to them.
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After a worldwide flood, all animal species repopulated every continent from a single location.
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Sacrificing one of only two surviving animals of a species would not cause extinction.
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Shem lived to be 600 years old.
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Salah lived to be 433 years old.
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Eber lived to be 464 years old.
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Peleg lived to be 239 years old.
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Reu lived to be 239 years old.
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Serug lived to be 229 years old.
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Nahor lived to be 148 years old.
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A warrior was nearly 10 feet tall.
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Animals are grown out of the ground.
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Humans have complete control over all living things on Earth.