Verse 3: "And the Lord [not God] said: My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh." Who?--God? "Yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty." This is a crafty statement, because it shows that the average length of life was the same as it is now, with some few exceptions, and as the fabulous age was past, the only way to get out of the difficulty was to give timely notice that extraordinary ages should not occur again. Verse 4: "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." Who were these descendants of God that became mighty and men of renown? After God's sons intermarry with the daughters of men, the affairs of man grow worse, instead of better. And God grows despondent: Verse 5: "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Think of God's sons causing all this wickedness on earth. He ought to have brought them up better. What can we expect of a God that cannot raise his own children properly? "Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart." This exhibits the profound ignorance of God. Though he made man, he did not know what the various organs in the body were for. He ought to have known that the heart does not think. Its function is to circulate the blood--a truth which was not discovered until 1618 by Harvey, of England. Verse 6: "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on earth, and it grieved him at his heart." Ha! God has a heart, and he has flesh, and he has sons; he knows what is good, evil, wickedness; repents and grieves; and has domestic relations with--evidently ladies, by whom he has children. We will not mind the preparations of the ark, or the shipbuilding instructions given by God. A God that knew something of mechanics, shipbuilding, dimensions, measurement, etc.--no wonder theologians call God a designer, an architect. He showed some skill in the construction of this boat. As soon as Noah had everything prepared, had loaded his cattle, etc., food and provender, God was ready to destroy his own sons and their relations by drowning them. CHAPTER VII. THE DELUGE.