Apology accepted
. It's a good thing that we can converse despite our different beliefs. I respect your opinion and personal belief. Like you, in some way or another I thought that there was no God because of these religions. I hate to hear them instill fear to people about hell and immortality of the soul while they gained from it. We are talking about millions they earned from that stupid faith. The bible doesn't tell about such things.
Geneses 30:37-43. Hehehhe
, sounds ridiculous right? What Jacob did was his personal presumption (there was no instruction from GOD) . In Gen 31:9-12 he admitted that it was not his method that made the goats striped, speckled, and mottled.
Jacob knew that Laban is a very treacherous person that's why he made a deal that Laban will surely accept. Laban think it was advantageous to him. So, the deal was agreed upon and Laban took all striped, speckled, and mottled leaving to Jacob the plain colored. However, unwittingly, Laban missed some hybrids (cross of spotted and plain) because they were plain-colored. According to the law of heredity, even this hybrids are plain-colored, they can produce spotted, striped, speckled, and mottled offspring because of their germ cells hereditary factors.
Jacob is not aware about such scientific laws. Who told him about that? It is clear that divine intervention was manifested. God gave Jacob the vision to see the invisible genetics of the hybrids goat.
By the way, some scientist creates theory of prenatal influence or maternal impressions, that what a mother sees will mark or alter the offspring physically. Like what Jacob did on Gen 30:37-43 but it was refuted and disproved.
I don't believe that Jesus was born in December. Santa Claus, is he a male or a female, it should be santo? He simply doesn't exist, for 30 years, I don't see nor even feel he existed.
Have a good day!