Posted on 03/04/2009 7:16:11 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
Well, there's nothing biblical about believing earth age as a requirement in order to be considered "Christian".
There's no telling how many examples are out there by people that have concocted these wild and transparent misrepresentations...Christians committing genocide during the crudsades, the inquistion, slaughtering native Americans...all not exactly to be found in the bible either.
My experience has been this is nothing more than liberals masquerading as Christians to undermine conservatives and Christianity, because they obviously know next to nothing about Christianity (and not surprisingly just about every other subject from science to politics to history, etc.).
I would say “see above,” but I don’t want you to spend the weekend contemplating the infinite regression of human reality unto meaninglessness. So I’ll just say see post 361.
I try to be charitable and won't go that far. I have no doubt about the eternal salvation and genuine Christian life of young-earth creationists.
My first degree was a B.S. in chemistry from Baylor University, a Christian school. I remember kids coming in who had been taught all their lives that the Bible absolutely, 100%, positively teaches that the earth is about 6,000 years old. Even if they took Rocks for Jocks, they were confronted with the overwhelming preponderance of evidence that the world was billions of years old. They saw that young-earth creationism was wrong, so they made the sad and illogical mistake that Christianity must be untrue. See this article from a geologist who almost lost his faith over young-earth creationism.
That's because other people are thinking about it so you don't have to. I drive a car every day, but the last thing on my mind is how they refine gasoline from crude oil. Doesn't mean somebody's not worrying about it somewhere along the line.
My answer:“The question was if there was something God cannot do, and I answered.”
Now you accuse me of using the word "lie". I didn't. Based on your own statement, now you just lied about me.
“so what did these superbacteria evolve into?No.
mammals?
birds?
a sarcastic FReeper?”
“Thanks. You just gave me the opportunity to hit “Report Abuse.””Real Christlike of you, out just looking for an opportunity to bash and harass anyone that doesn't agree with you.
Genesis 3:2-3 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate.
I will grant that for the tree of life the fruit is not explicitly mentioned, only very strongly implied:
Genesis 3:22 ...lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”
“I apologize for those Christians who believe that insulting non-believers is a good way to bring them to know Christ.” [excerpt]Ah yes.
“You are a funny guy!” [excerpt]He is also a DCer.
You didn't.
I'll go look and get back to you.
Thank you so very much!
Oh my. You said all this without even letting me know....
No problem, friend. I'll just go look at your link and get back to you. Okay?
What is it about you "Darwinists?" You cannot articulate a single thought about what you actually "believe": but instead present us with an astronomical list of pings, unsorted according to any useful or meaningful criterion.
At the end of the day, I have absolutely no idea what YOU think or believe. I just have your "approved list." Plus the understanding that it's up to me to figure out what your point is. You don't have to do anything but put up a ping list.
Thanks a lot. Please, if you want to have an actual rational conversation with another intelligent human being, I really do think you need to "clean up your act" first.
Yes you did—post 70. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
Except for the pesky detail that evolution is tested for in schools, so if the kids want a good grade on that test, they have to take that section.
It'd be better if the whole evo thing would be left out of high school Biology. It's not worth the controversy. Considering the reports of the error filled textbooks and the reputation of the quality of most public school teachers, it sure seems that it is not being taught as well as it should be.
The vast majority of kids will never use it, even among those who go into some branch of science, which is why so much of the debate is over ideology and is considered by so many to be more about indoctrination than teaching of science.
The only science that needs to understand the hows and whys of evolution are some branches of Biology. Those that need it can be taught it at the college level.
If only I could have opted out of stinkin' calculus because I didn't like it.
No kidding......
Excellent...thanks for the jot and tittle explanation. It’s what I believed in essence but I really enjoyed reading the original context.
Your explanation of the allegory used in Genesis was also very enlightening. When you explain it that way I have to agree. I appreciate the fact you are open with your faith. There is zero chance of winning anyone if we hide it under a bushel or proclaim our Christianity is too much a private matter. We’re told in Romans 10:9 “that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;”
Of course I can’t wait til they start ripping that one apart.
God Bless you, my friend.
“He is also a DCer.”
“What’s that?” I said, showing my ignorance.
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