Posted on 12/11/2002 6:28:08 AM PST by A2J
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things? - John 3:5-12
It should also be noted that likewise, the prophecies of the Bible have contemporary fulfillment and future fulfillment.
All good questions, none of which are answered by Darwin's flawed Theory. Thank you for underlining some of the flaws in his Theory.
Oh, and in reply to your straw-grasping query: "Do you have probabilities for the other planets?"
Note that the statistics I quoted include the estimated number of atoms in the entire universe... which included all planets the last time I checked.
As do all thoroughly debunked evolutionists. Well put.
And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8)
"The temptation to think better of ourselves than we ought is notoriously powerful. To some degree it is a reflex action against the aggression of others. In youth it can be wrought by fear of new experiences. We are anxious not to be seen to be afraid, so we train ourselves to misjudge our true condition. We eat up praise when we get some, and minimize criticism."
"Developing pride... forges habits---that conceal from us the truth of ourselves."
"Usually it takes a shock such as personal loss or misfortune to tear down the props we have built up around our false self. Grief and shame can be wonderfully liberating as they facilitate the emergence of a self that acknowledges the supremacy of God, and the need for constant dependence upon him."
"Nothing is more suited to the maintenance of this disposition than frequent meditation on Christ; his story; his teaching, life, death, and triumph. In Christ's presence the masks we shelter behind are taken away. We are left open to the gaze of God. We are seen for what we are. More, we are loved despite what we are. Higher, nobler possibilities are presented to us in the Son of God. Self renunciation and service are seen as the pathway to self realization at its highest level. We are fitted to 'walk humbly with our God'."
You didn't quote any of those numbers. You made them up out of whole cloth.
I appreciate the insight. Yet that word does not seem to be used as a symbol in the Genesis verses regarding the 2nd and 3d days -- at least not below the firmament. Once we start down the road of saying "this word doesn't really mean what it seems to mean," we find ourselves interpreting Genesis as metaphor, and then the principle argument of the literalist school for special creation vanishes -- as I suppose it must, given the overwhelming evidence for evolution.
New Year's hugs!
I did not say this definition originated with you. I said you adopted it for yourself. The definition you just posted seems to be a slightly expanded version. Whatever. It's still "evolution lite" to me, and will never adequately account for either the origin of species or the origin of matter.
"I haven't literally observed the Earth orbiting the sun. . . .
For as many things as you have not literally observed you certainly have a great deal of faith.
"So let's pretend: Evolution has been discarded, abiogenesis has been falsified, and everyone knows it. Now present and support your designer theory."
Pretending belongs to those who accept evolution as proven fact and have the temerity to push it upon those who may have equal or better notions. I will not pretend that creation has been proven. It has not, nor do I expect it to be in the near future. As for "Designer Theory," that's not mine to present and support. It speaks for itself, and very logically so.
"Also, when should I expect your description of gravity?"
As soon as you provide your description of light, electricity, and time.
Thank God that God gets wiser as He gets older. One would think that a being smart enough to create the universe would have included the correct operating instructions with the first delivery.
Brings to mind the saying about theories so bad they aren't even wrong.
Ah; you MUST be a graduate of the Gore3000 School of Mathematics & Wildly Elliptical Planetary Orbits.
The Word is intentionally conveyed such that people will have different interpretations, as follows:
I cannot assure you that mine is the only correct interpretation of the water passages, only that it sits well with my spirit. And I don't mind having a moderately different view, because if Jesus had wanted us all to be the same - there would have been twelve Peters or Johns or Pauls. Instead, the twelve disciples had their own perspectives and thus were not always in agreement.
If that were the case, modern mathematics would not work. Many if not most formal proofs involve cases being eliminated by showing that they logically imply things which are known to be untrue, and all such steps amount to proving negatives.
Considering that I overlooked 1^40 entirely, I hardly think grammar is my most pressing problem... heheh...
(Thanks!)
Such proofs merely demonstrate that the original proposition can be contradicted. Not quite the same thing as proving that there's no tooth fairy.
How's the view of Saturn from Titan?
The disclaimer under consideration says the theory of evolution "still leaves many unanswered questions about the origin of life.
"Study hard and keep an open mind," it says. "Someday you may contribute to the theories of how living things appeared on earth."
Backers say the addition would be inserted in the front of biology textbooks used by students in grades 9-12, possibly next fall.
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