诺亚知道信仰神是我们能够积极面对未来的生活准则。
Noah knew that obedience to God is the standard by which we can face the future in a positive way.
信仰神,那些还不可预见的事情曾警告诺亚,他带着虔诚的恐惧造了一羽方舟拯救家人。
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.
完全可能不信仰神而过着有道德的生活,也完全可能信仰神而过着罪恶的生活。
It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.
Conquered peoples would trade their defeated god for the victorious god of their conquerors and eventually there would be a cultural and religious assimilation, intermarriage.
胜利者所信仰的神,自然就取代了被征服民族的神,最终就产生了文化,宗教间的,同化和通婚现象。
But in all likelihood Hebrews of an older time, the patriarchal period, the second millennium BCE--they probably weren't markedly different from many of their polytheistic neighbors. Archaeology would suggest that.
但很有可能更早的,西元前2000年族长统治时期的希伯来人,他们可能和其他信仰多神论的异邦人,没有什么太大的不同,这一点考古学会帮我们证明。
In fact,these people don't look like they believe in gods at all,they look like atheists.
事实上,这些人似乎,根本不信仰希腊神,更像是无神论者。
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