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Re: Noah's formation: The rainbow

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From: Benjamin Weiner
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:08
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jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy) writes:
>I'm surprised at all of you.  Isn't the rainbow God's warning to Noah that
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>"It won't be water but fire next time."

Oy vey!  No, it's a promise (the Covenant, natch) not a threat.
Although admittedly the gospel song does go:
"God gave Noah the rainbow sign,
 No more water but the fire next time."

Ben Weiner
applied theologian
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From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner)
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Subject: Re: Noah's formation: The rainbow
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Date: 22 Jul 92 20:08:44 GMT
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