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: As far as plants and bacteria being alive is concerned, see [[classification system]] and realise that it depends on your definition.  The modern scientific definition is that they are alive, but the biblical definition is that they are not.  The Bible defines living things as those that breath air through their nostrils.
 
: As far as plants and bacteria being alive is concerned, see [[classification system]] and realise that it depends on your definition.  The modern scientific definition is that they are alive, but the biblical definition is that they are not.  The Bible defines living things as those that breath air through their nostrils.
 
: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 18:07, 13 September 2008 (EDT)
 
: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 18:07, 13 September 2008 (EDT)
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::...which is part of why I'm skeptical of Biblical inerrantism, Philip.  I find it difficult to imagine anyone using that as their definition, and I find it extremely difficult to imagine that it's the definition God intended us to employ.  There are, after all, a great many creatures other than plants and bacteria which do ''not'' breathe air through their nostrils. 
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::Biblical exegesis is well and good, but I think too many people place too much faith in the ability of modern man to accurately and faithfully analyze linguistic nuance.  --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 18:39, 13 September 2008 (EDT)
    
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