Take a look at Izzy’s response #8 and let me know if there is anything we can say to him that would make a difference.
1)I could have easily written what he said at one point in my life. Maybe more than one point.
2) Hey, he reads his Bible and quoted some verses. Did you look them up to see where he was coming from? I didn’t get the biology connection.
3) We all tend to focus on details. Our culture focus on detail, rather than systems. Systems are hard to understand and can give one a headache but it is still a worthy endeavor. Sometimes I wonder if our education system even mentions systems any more. We take a few variables out of the total climate system and say we understand it. I would have to say, God is a complex system.
4) He made me think of a basic philosophical question, who are we? We are either a random act of nature, a product of time and chance, OR we are a created being. I can think of no other options, so depending on the answer to that question, we interpret the world and God’s word.
I’d like to think IZZY is still wrestling with this question.
5) There were other thoughts but you are probably sorry you asked...................
Izzy, Please take a look at #16 from Peter. I would like to add that if you are getting that much negativity from the Bible, then you are listening to the wrong teacher. I would suggest listening to Pastor Chuck Smith’s Through the Bible Series. There is a C2000 series and a C3000 series. Both can be found for free on-line, or you can get a CD set. The C3000 series is a little shorter because he had less time to get it done.
The reason I am suggesting Chuck Smith is because he walked with the Jesus from a very early age, and tells stories about growing up being loved, guided and protected. Jesus really does love you.
Every time Donald Trump says, “I love you!” to a crowd, I am reminded when Jesus said:
John 13
34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Nelson, Thomas (2009-02-18). Holy Bible, New King James Version (NKJV) (p. 1047). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.