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In Deuteronomy chapter 14, why is the bat listed as a type of bird?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Because the classification of species did not exist way back then and there wasn't much drive to explore the world's flora and fauna for the sake of exploring.

  • 1 decade ago

    In recent times we have made the choice to classify the bat as a mammal.

    Maybe God classes it different.

    In recent times we have made the choice to classify sex outside of marriage as ok.

    Maybe God classes it "sin".

  • 1 decade ago

    baseball and cricket had yet not been invented , so it just flew over peoples heads

  • Max
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Just another of the bible's many errors.

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