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2nd July 2009, 08:24 PM
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if God created the whole universe in order to create us then why did he not make it possible for us to be much smaller? if we were only a few inches tall then we would eat much less. we could fall from any height without hurting ourselves. we could carry many times our own weight and human powered flight would be a possibility.
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2nd July 2009, 08:29 PM
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Other than that, I cannot answer your question.
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2nd July 2009, 09:04 PM
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Reps: 474,698,394,322,854,976 (power: 474,698,394,322,865) | | Originally Posted by granpa  if God created the whole universe in order to create us then why did he not make it possible for us to be much smaller? if we were only a few inches tall then we would eat much less. we could fall from any height without hurting ourselves. we could carry many times our own weight and human powered flight would be a possibility.
so why make us so big?
Sounds like the wishful thinking of a cat or a hawk.  I think all the ingenuity we've expended building civilizations would have had to have been devoted to self defense against being eaten by the huge number of animals which would be larger than us. |
4th July 2009, 10:41 AM
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4th July 2009, 10:46 AM
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Reps: 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 (power: 9,223,372,036,854,908) | | Originally Posted by granpa if God created the whole universe in order to create us then why did he not make it possible for us to be much smaller? if we were only a few inches tall then we would eat much less. we could fall from any height without hurting ourselves. we could carry many times our own weight and human powered flight would be a possibility.
so why make us so big?
i'm short...i don't wanna be smalller
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It's not even "too much Old Testament", in the Old Testament God is compassionate, shows mercy, is patient and long-suffering. Consider the lesson we learn from Jonah, or the word delivered to Ezekiel that God does not desire the death of the wicked, that God takes no pleasure or joy in the destruction of the wicked by desires that that the wicked repent and change their ways so they might live and have life. God has always been a merciful, compassionate, kind and patient God who has no desire for the destruction of the wicked, who has loving-kindness for the sinner and for the wicked person to change their ways and truly live and have life. -CryptoLutheran |
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if God created the whole universe in order to create us then why did he not make it possible for us to be much smaller? if we were only a few inches tall then we would eat much less. we could fall from any height without hurting ourselves. we could carry many times our own weight and human powered flight would be a possibility.
so why make us so big? Originally Posted by Chesterton Sounds like the wishful thinking of a cat or a hawk. I think all the ingenuity we've expended building civilizations would have had to have been devoted to self defense against being eaten by the huge number of animals which would be larger than us.
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~1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 posted by ViaCrucis:
It's not even "too much Old Testament", in the Old Testament God is compassionate, shows mercy, is patient and long-suffering. Consider the lesson we learn from Jonah, or the word delivered to Ezekiel that God does not desire the death of the wicked, that God takes no pleasure or joy in the destruction of the wicked by desires that that the wicked repent and change their ways so they might live and have life. God has always been a merciful, compassionate, kind and patient God who has no desire for the destruction of the wicked, who has loving-kindness for the sinner and for the wicked person to change their ways and truly live and have life. -CryptoLutheran |
4th July 2009, 11:09 AM
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4th July 2009, 12:04 PM
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The universe is big? Compared to what? |
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did you ask your parents a lot of questions when you were little? 
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~1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 posted by ViaCrucis:
It's not even "too much Old Testament", in the Old Testament God is compassionate, shows mercy, is patient and long-suffering. Consider the lesson we learn from Jonah, or the word delivered to Ezekiel that God does not desire the death of the wicked, that God takes no pleasure or joy in the destruction of the wicked by desires that that the wicked repent and change their ways so they might live and have life. God has always been a merciful, compassionate, kind and patient God who has no desire for the destruction of the wicked, who has loving-kindness for the sinner and for the wicked person to change their ways and truly live and have life. -CryptoLutheran |
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Reps: 41,109,518,684,765,696 (power: 41,109,518,684,771) | | Originally Posted by Chesterton I just stumbled across something in an old book The World of Mathematics. It mentions how the "rate of living" generally speeds up as size decreases. A man has a certain heart rate, a dog's heart rate is much faster, and a rat's is much, much faster still. A man lives about 70 years, a dog about 10-12 years, and a rat lives about 3 years. If we were a few inches tall we'd probably live less than 3 years. So that might have something to do with it.
smaller animals live shorter lives but their 'rate of living' is higher so it seems longer to them. | | |
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