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Posted on 05/23/2007 8:48:57 AM PDT by EveningStar
I would hate to have been the guy whose job it was to round up and herd a couple of T. rexes onto the ark.
This Memorial Day weekend marks the opening of the new Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., which purports to tell the history of the world based on creationism instead of evolution...
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the hypocrites, as you called them, on the list have.
Besides that, I am a YEC.
Absolutely. And there isn’t the kind of widespread coexistance of human and dinosaur remains out there to support it.
Pfft. I s’pose squirrel and rattlesnake are beneath you too.
Tard ping
Have you ever seen the Flintstones?
A. Getting a Brontosaurus pregnant in the ark!
(Noah! Make them stop. I’m getting seasick!)
Were the animals on the ark full grown ones?
To make this joke work, yes.
Which led to
Rattlesnake is okay. Squirrels are like hot wings, to much work for too little meat.
Having watched possum’s eat their own...no thanks.
It sounds like you’ve already decided not to believe that the bible says the earth is young.
Do they taste like spotted owl?
Not really. The wonders and marvels that have been created thanks to science have changed the face of the world. Science usually does a fantastic job of explaining exactly how and why God's wondrous creations work (in the long run, after some theories prove to be a bit off the mark)... and that knowledge leads to creative manipulations of the available materials, and we get wonderful things like buildings, bridges, electricity, communication, travel (including to the moon), adequate food supplies for an exponentially-growing population, etc, etc, etc. Check out that funny little TV-typewriter combo you're using to dismiss science's importance, instantaneously, possibly from the other side of the globe. Hint: the Bible doesn't have the blueprints for it.
If you want to talk about something that does a pathetic job of explaining things, let's talk about the Bible, and it's history of misinterpretations, intentional rewrites by ruling elites, vague stories and parables that continually have to be re-interpreted to match the truths that science reveals, etc. I'm glad The Good Book inspires billions to lead better lives and seek salvation... that's what it was written to do. But that isn't the issue here. It seems rather silly to dismiss science and all it has done, in favor of believing in some theologian's translations through a dozen languages, applied to single verses or phrases, as a way to explain something as complex and massive as the development of species over thousands (and millions) of years. It (the Bible) simply wasn't written for that purpose. Why do so many insist that it was, and that this incomprehensibly strained explanation is somehow superior to the scientific method that has been responsible for virtually every development and achievement of mankind?
The Bible was not written to explain the workings of the universe. The first half explains that you must believe... or else, because God is angry and jealous. That's about the depth of understanding it offers. (It does have some pretty stories about how good things happened to good people, and bad things happened to bad people... but that's anecdotal information, not an explanation of how stuff works.) The second half changes the rationale, and says that you should believe in God and follow Jesus, because they love you... and then there's some more nice stories about people in it... but the message stays the same: believe, and live life His way, and you'll be happier.
Again, it is blueprint for how to live a better life, and it gives a good reason for doing so ('cuz He says so, and that's all you need). It does not offer insights into geology or astronomy any more than "Gone With the Wind" offers insights into the GDP of Russia during the era of the czars. It wasn't written for that purpose. Science does exist to do that, and it does a pretty good job of it. What makes it even better is that the scientific method openly welcomes criticism, dissent, change, and better explanations. The truth wins out in the end, and that's all that matters. That's a system that deserves respect, too.
Where’s the part that everyone was a vegan before the flood?
I can’t find that reference...
What did Moses write about Jesus?
Do you believe what Moses wrote about Jesus?
I think you meant “fall”...not “flood”.
What does that have to do with what I said?
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The names Jesus and Christ do not appear in the first 5 books of the Bible.
If God was going to twitch his nose and do magic regarding the delivery of the animals, why not just teleport the animals into the Ark?
Oh, man. Now you’re dissin’ hot wings. I’m hitting abuse.
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