Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sbcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sbcs!debray From: debray@sbcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: The Flood - (nf) Message-ID: <415@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 11:54:16 EDT Article-I.D.: sbcs.415 Posted: Mon Jul 18 11:54:16 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jul-83 09:20:09 EDT References: <1117@zehntel.UUCP> Organization: SUNY at Stony Brook Lines: 11 zehntel!greg says, in an article on the Flood, that "[God's making Noah build an ark] was a test of faith and an act of reverence. (See Heb. 11:7.)" I don't see the point in all these "tests of faith" in the O.T. : surely an omniscient god would *know* whether a given person had faith? All that testing seems rather redundant to me! -------------- Saumya "Debugging would be easier with omniscience" Debray SUNY at Stony Brook