God created the world? OK, I can go with that.
Jesus is the messiah? OK, I can go with that.
Jesus rose from the grave after 3 days? OK, I can go with that.
Noah built an ark??? Awwwwwwww -- go on! I'm not buying the boat thing!!
People who believe, should believe.
What if God said, "I really thought that flood thing would work, but I guess it didn't. What if I tried a drought this time?"
-PJ
God created the world? OK, I can go with that.
Jesus is the messiah? OK, I can go with that.
Jesus rose from the grave after 3 days? OK, I can go with that.
Noah built an ark??? Awwwwwwww -- go on! I'm not buying the boat thing!!
I hear people who will grant that the boat was built and the earth was flooded, but then they balk at the idea that all those animals could get along, or not poop, or have enough feed. Seems if God can gather the animals and make the flood, He can control the animals for 6 weeks or so.
What I find ironic are people who insist on a literal interpretation, then INSIST that the events are COMPLETELY explainable within natural law. Like accepting a miracle is cheating.
If the flood is taken literally then what is being described is a tremendous miracle. God stepping out from behind His Natural Law, suspended it, completing his plan, then putting it all back like nothing had happened.
I’m open to either the miracle or the story as metaphor explanation. But to pretend it could have all happened within this the normal rules of nature? That’s just silly.
People who believe, should believe.
The sad part is that a lot of people don't believe God created or the account of Noah.
It amazes me the disconnect between Genesis 1 and everything else.
Sometimes I hear people talking about things like where all the water came from, or where it went afterward. Hello?! If God exists, He can create or destroy matter as needed. He has no need for raw materials or waste disposal.
Anybody ever read “The Age Of Reason” by Thomas Paine ?
Jesus changed the elements present in water to make it become wine. He defied gravity by walking on water, supposedly anyways. All the miracles are equally as absurd, IMHO. I am a believer, but still, I know enough to know that it’s not readily confirmable.