Subduction Zone
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I am talking about the original Hebrew Bible. Not the translations or what the Christian church did. The thing is we know for a fact that Noah's flood was NOT a world wide flood. Period the end, no one can show that there was a world wide flood at the time of Noah. This does not mean the Bible is not true, it means the traditional interpretation is not accurate. Nothing falsifies the Bible itself. If the Bible were not true then Science would be able to show us that. If Genesis Chapter one were not true then it would be very easy for science to show us it is not true. If there was no Adam and Eve in a real Garden in Eden 6,000 years ago then it would be very easy for Science to show us that is NOT a true story. Again IF there Bible were not accurate and IF the Bible were not true then all of the evidence we have would show that the Bible itself is not accurate or true. AS it is all the evidence does is show us that we need to grow in our understanding of the Bible. All the evidence helps us to have a better understanding. If all the scientific evidence does not show us the Bible is true then at least we know that Bible could be true because the evidence does not falsify the Bible in anyway. That in and of itself is amazing from a Scientific viewpoint.
YOu have been challenged and I am sure you put your best effort into trying to show the Bible is not accurate and true and you failed. You are not able in anyway to show the Bible is not accurate and true and relyable. All you have shown as you said was: "wishful thinking on your part". You wish you could show the Bible is not accurate and true but you just are not able to do that. You complain about "mental gymnastics". Of course you are going to have to put your brain to the test. The Bible is still beyond our ability to understand in MANY ways. The God that created this universe gave us the Bible, not man. So the Bible by its very nature is beyond our ability and as we grow and mature we understand better and better what there is to learn. The Bible is literal with real people but the real story is in the lesson we learn. If you look at Noah that is just the very tip of the ice burg. There have been SIX (6) extinctions on a world wide level. Noah's story takes all of that into consideration to show you how and why God does what HE does. Or if you want to be a Diest and not actually believe in a Physical God then we still look at the Laws of the Natural world as God. If you want to study evolution, if you want to study Geology, then you have to study God and study how God does what HE does in this world and in this universe. You can not look at the effect without making some attempt to understand the Cause and God is the Divine Cause of the entire Universe. Even the Divine Cause of Multiple Universes if the Multi Universe Theory turns out to be true.
So I ask you, why do you continue to try to doing something that your going to fail miserably? You must be testing me to see if I really believe in the God I claim to believe in. Your making me examine the evidence so I am even stronger in my belief of God. So maybe you are serving God more then many because you force people to examine what they believe and you strengthen them in their belief of God.
Sorry, but now you are merely reinterpreting the Bible to try to match reality. You cannot tie the six major extinctions and countless small ones into the Noah myth no matter how convoluted your reasoning. Also by your standards Islam is correct since they can play this game much better than you can.
I have shown that the Bible is incorrect many times. Of course you will either say that you do not interpret that Bible as saying that so before I can show you that your interpretation is wrong You need to clarify your beliefs a little bit. Of course if you ever do get convinced that your interpretation is wrong you will simply reinterpret the Bible. The problem with your approach to the Bible is that it makes the Bible worthless. It adapts to all facts if you interpret it after the fact. That makes it of no value since it sets forth no standards at all.
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