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6th January 2005, 11:41 AM
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Reps: 692,329,274,203,046 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by seremela06 My pastor told me that the earth is actually only about 6,000 years old.
Tell your pastor to keep to spiritual matters and leave geology to the professionals. |
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Reps: 62,980,802,845,148,856 (power: 62,980,802,845,162) | | Originally Posted by seremela06 My pastor told me that the earth is actually only about 6,000 years old. This makes since actually. Bible scholars have traced the Bible timeline from the beginning of the world until now and that is what they have discovered. Thoughts?
Your pastor is wrong. .
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6th January 2005, 11:48 AM
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Reps: 1,840 (power: 13) | | Originally Posted by seremela06 My pastor told me that the earth is actually only about 6,000 years old. This makes since actually. Bible scholars have traced the Bible timeline from the beginning of the world until now and that is what they have discovered. Thoughts?
You have a good pastor Stick with him. He will probably tell you some other things that are in the Bible too |
6th January 2005, 11:51 AM
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Reps: 166,025,177,912,380,032 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by GoSeminoles! Tell your pastor to keep to spiritual matters and leave geology to the professionals.
Sounds like a good idea to me. |
6th January 2005, 11:59 AM
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Reps: 1,840 (power: 13) | | Originally Posted by Vance Are you calling millions of Bible-believing Christians around the world, including the Pope, Billy Graham and, well, most of the Christians on this forum, STUPID?
Assuming your comment was directed to me in response to : You have a good pastor Stick with him. He will probably tell you some other things that are in the Bible too
No. My question to you is : Do you think seremela06 's pastor is stupid and millions like him? |
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Reps: 1,267 (power: 10) | | Originally Posted by A4C You have a good pastor Stick with him. He will probably tell you some other things that are in the Bible too
The Earth is 4.6 billions of years old, and the Bible DOES NOT teach it is 6,000 years old, so stop adding to it. |
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Reps: 1,840 (power: 13) | | Originally Posted by LifeToTheFullest! Sounds like a good idea to me.
Sounds like God should have got out of the creation business as well |
6th January 2005, 12:04 PM
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Reps: 18,396 (power: 34) | | Originally Posted by A4C Assuming your comment was directed to me in response to :
No. My question to you is : Do you think seremela06 's pastor is stupid and millions like him?
No, it was not in response to you, but to the original poster who called the idea of an old earth "stupid".
And, no, I don't think that her pastor is stupid, just misinformed, most likely. I have never yet met anyone who had seriously studied the age of the earth actually come to the conclusion that it was young, unless they had determined before their studies that it MUST be young, and would not seriously consider any other possibility. But, yes, I agree that there are millions of Christians who fall into that latter category.
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6th January 2005, 12:05 PM
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Reps: 1,840 (power: 13) | | Originally Posted by Christian_Victor The Earth is 4.6 billions of years old, and the Bible DOES NOT teach it is 6,000 years old, so stop adding to it.
The Bible does indeed teach that the earth is 6000 years old You are the one adding to it to the tune of 4,599,994,000 years | | |
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