[[I will say again, don’t question my faith. That’s between me and the Maker,]]
Well to be fair- you throw out your belief, which doesn’t jive with the majority of Christians, and insinuate that God bound Himself to natural laws and insinuate that miracles in the bible have natural explanations aqnd you also claim that there is ‘too much science to support young earth’- when you make claims like that your faith is no longer just between you and God- you’ve exposed you belief to the public for them to test whether what you claim is true or not- God infact tells us to test- compare, see if it be true- that is how we avoid false teachings or error-
You insinuated that the evidence shows long age earth- I pointed you to evidence that shows rapid creation, and there is plenty of scientific evidence that proves that evolution is an impossibility and there is plenty in the bible that states that God worked in supernatural ways- ways that can’t be explained naturally- The reason I’m bringing up evolution, is because if you believe everything has a natural explanation, then you can’t believe that God supernaturally created man out of the dust of the ground- or that He created all the creatures out of nothing- There is actually a lot of evidence that the world is young- and in order for God’s word to be true, then supernatural events need to be just that- supernatural- either the bible told the truth about God taking a rib from Adam and creating Eve, or it lied- Either Christ died and rose again or it was an elaborate hoax- either lazarus was factually dead, and rose again, supernaturally, or he didn’t-
When you state that you don’t believe in young earth- in a roundabout way you judge those that do- and you tried to solidify your judgment by claiming that there is ‘just too much evidence to support 6000 years’ - When you make claim like that it’s a direct confrontation of other people’s beliefs- something that you state that you don’t like to happen to you- You attempt to defend your belief by telling others it’s none of their business- but you don’t allow others to defend their belief? You come in questioning parts of the bible- and you expect noone to question you on your statements?
I asked a simple question about how you could possibly believe Jesus rose from the dead if you don’t believe God does supernatural things- you responded by getting defensive?- The God of the bible is big enough to supersede natural law- You question whether He does so or not- The bible is full of examples that He did- both Himself, and through His people- if he didn’t then the bible is nothing but myth, and cute little made up stories about fictional events- Either Jarius’ dead daughter was raised fro mthe dead- or it was just a parable or it ‘had some natural explanation’ that ‘does away with the need for a supernatural act to occur- hereby making the story as recorded in the bible into fiction, or at best nothign more than a metaphor-’
you made the claim that you are a ‘firm believer in God and the bible’ - and then doubt that supernatural events take place? Can you not see why that would cause folks to question that you are actually a ‘firm believer in the bible’? a statement like ‘I guess I would like to think that God’s miracles still confirm to God’s physical laws of the universe so that some physical explanation can be found’ indicates that you infact don’t take His word firmly, but rather only parts of His word- when you make a claim like that- you bring into question the validity of events that took place in the bible- and when you make claims that science shows that a young earth isn’t possible, you call into question the reasoning of those that believe in the science that shows there is a young earth-
Do you just expect to ‘hit and run’?
Wow, you Bible thumpers are what give Christians a bad name. You have practically preached a book about what you think I wrote and you have assumed positions I never took. I simply said that miracles are hard to rationalize with the physical world. It takes faith to accept them. It is perfectly acceptable to admit sometimes the physical world we know and the Biblical Truth dont reconcile without blind faith, something antithetical to scientists and engineers.
You think you have interpreted the Bible’s truth and your interpretation is more correct than mine and that questions I have remaining are some failing of my faith or even my very Christianity. LIke the other “preacher” earlier, you should be looking at your own actions and accusations before spending two seconds on someone you know nothing about.
If you were trying to show me the Christian ways, if I was not a Christian and you were trying to convince me of the value of Christianity, your lack of ability to discuss the subject of the article and my post without making me out to be a “false Christian” would definitely have me looking for another Church. I know the Church I attend doesn’t approach people, believers or not, in that manner.
I avoid this types of threads for this reason, but I made the mistake of actually airing a point of view on a public thread. Jeesh, some folks enjoy just looking for something to attack. Glad I was able to give you some joy tonight.