[Avodah] Local, Non-Global or Global Flood

[Zev Sero]

On 29/11/2010 7:18 PM, Micha Berger wrote:

> (And speaking as a human being: I think calling a contradictory opinion
> to your own a "lie" just weakens the listener's belief that there is a
> sound argument behind the bluster.)

The lie is the claim that the Radak says something, when he simply
doesn't.  Even if you think "yom" can mean a year, you can't put it
in the Radak's mouth.

  
> You still ignore issues like the use of "yom" in Bereishis 2:4 to describe
> that the previous pereq told us took a week -- or an unstated amount
> of time plus a week.

Fine.  No, it doesn't.  Rashi is very very clear on this.  It means
the first day and not a minute longer.  Everything that happened from
the second day on came *after* the "yom asos H' Elokim eretz veshamayim".
All it takes is looking at Rashi and taking him at his word without any
agenda.

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