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To: exDemMom
I did not say anything about the Biblical version of the earth that contradicts anything that was taken as fact throughout most of the history of Christianity. Galileo was imprisoned for heresy for saying that the earth orbits around the sun: a statement in direct contradiction to what the Bible says. I'm not going to go into all of the scientific inaccuracies of the Bible; that information is readily available on the internet. The fact remains that if you do not believe the earth is flat (although the Bible is unclear about whether it is a circle or square), the sun races around the earth, etc., you do not literally believe the Bible. And that just begs the question, why do you believe the Biblical version that God waved His hands and all life popped into existence in its current form, when you choose to believe the scientific observations instead of the Biblical version where other scientific disciplines are concerned? Logically, there is no reason to believe that the Biblical is meant to be a scientific authority in *any* manner. God gave the Bible to us as a spiritual guide; He left the physical nature of the universe for us to discover. And no amount of quoting scripture at me is going to change my mind about that.

Do not worry I will make a note that the Bible is unacceptable for your eyes and ears. Now if what you typed above is representative of what goes for science in the modern age no wonder this nation is circling the literal drain.

128 posted on 09/29/2012 7:50:23 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Please help Todd Akin defeat Claire and the GOP-e send money!!!!!)
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To: Just mythoughts
Do not worry I will make a note that the Bible is unacceptable for your eyes and ears. Now if what you typed above is representative of what goes for science in the modern age no wonder this nation is circling the literal drain.

Do not put words in my mouth.

You yourself have claimed several times that you don't think the physical world is important and that only the spiritual world matters. That is not much different than my saying that the Bible is clearly not meant to be taken as a literal description of the world, but rather as a spiritual guide. You also said quite clearly that in many cases where there is a discrepancy between the Biblical version and the observed version of many facts about the physical world, you accept the scientific version; you're just inconsistent in that you don't always come down on the same side when choosing metaphorical (Biblical) version vs. observed (scientific) version.

And science has nothing to do with the state the world is in. You'll have to look for scapegoats other than scientists.

129 posted on 09/29/2012 9:00:54 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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