Bible says science cannot possibly know how many years since creation

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Except I agreed with you. That you just can’t win because they wont even accept the simplest of truths, until the weeping and gnashing of teeth begins and all excuses are no more.

She and I will never get the stories straight because as you have seen even the simplest and most obvious truth is ignored, let alone more complicated ones.

Don’t jump to conclusions. Not everyone that replies to you is arguing against you.

Kylie said, "you think the Bible is special because it stated the obvious?" Then Bungle Bear says it isn't obvious. It isn't true. They need to get their stories straight.
 
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Uh huh. Citation please.
Sure, where is yours????

How Close to the Big Bang Can We See?

“And though we may spy flickers of the first stars, you don't have to go much deeper into cosmic history to encounter the ultimate limit to how far back we can ever see. As it turns out, we have already "seen" it. This cosmic dead end occurs at about 380,000 years post-big bang and is known as the epoch of recombination. Before this time, the universe was still too hot for electrons and protons to pair up and form the most basic atom, hydrogen. And unbound electrons scatter light. So, until those first hydrogen atoms came onto the scene, scientists think, the cosmos was an opaque soup of energy. Only afterward did the universe became transparent to light—light that was free to stream into our telescopes.”

So we can never see the beginning by their own admission since without light to observe.....

Unless you choose to chuck that theory and all of cosmology out the window.....
 
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Kylie said, "you think the Bible is special because it stated the obvious?" Then Bungle Bear says it isn't obvious. It isn't true. They need to get their stories straight.
Do you understand the difference in meaning between "it isn't obvious" and "it isn't true"? I'm not convinced you do, so perhaps you should spend some time finding out before you comment again.
 
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Kylie said, "you think the Bible is special because it stated the obvious?" Then Bungle Bear says it isn't obvious. It isn't true. They need to get their stories straight.
That’s the hallmark of evolutionists and atheists. Change your story every few posts so they can’t be pinned down..... and so they can believe whatever they need to believe at any given time to maintain any belief at all that excludes God....
 
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Sure, where is yours????

How Close to the Big Bang Can We See?

“And though we may spy flickers of the first stars, you don't have to go much deeper into cosmic history to encounter the ultimate limit to how far back we can ever see. As it turns out, we have already "seen" it. This cosmic dead end occurs at about 380,000 years post-big bang and is known as the epoch of recombination. Before this time, the universe was still too hot for electrons and protons to pair up and form the most basic atom, hydrogen. And unbound electrons scatter light. So, until those first hydrogen atoms came onto the scene, scientists think, the cosmos was an opaque soup of energy. Only afterward did the universe became transparent to light—light that was free to stream into our telescopes.”

So we can never see the beginning by their own admission since without light to observe.....

Unless you choose to chuck that theory and all of cosmology out the window.....
Your claim was "scientists have clearly stated they can think of no way we will ever know what happened in the beginning." That's the claim you need to support.
 
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You said it was not impossible. You were pretty clear on that. So now I guess you can get your own story straight AND straighten it out with Kylie. It's frustrating when we talk to a point, only for you to shift around what your point even is.
You should learn how to reply to posts using the reply function. It makes things much clearer when people know what you're responding to.

Please go back, read what I actually wrote and respond with a quoted post if you so desire.
 
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Your claim was "scientists have clearly stated they can think of no way we will ever know what happened in the beginning." That's the claim you need to support.
I just did, since they just claimed they’ll never be able to see beyond the 380,000 year limit.

I never said they wouldn’t “speculate” beyond that. But speculation is not knowing....
 
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Re:#97
You said it was not impossible. You were pretty clear on that. So now I guess you can get your own story straight AND straighten it out with Kylie. It's frustrating when we talk to a point, only for you to shift around what your point even is.
Before I respond, do you see at the bottom right of this post where it says "Reply"? Click that when you want to respond, it will quote this post for you.

To clear up your misunderstanding, what I said was that the biblical claim of impossibility was not obvious. I asked you to support the claim that knowledge of beginning or end is impossible. That should be a fairly trivial exercise if it's so obvious. I have not said the bible is wrong, I have simply pointed out that you have not shown it to be right.

I've been consistent the whole time. It is your lack of understanding that is the issue.
 
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No, I want proof that the Bible's claim is accurate.
If God says man can't know, that is all that matters. This is not a thread to prove the sun exists, or that last week happened. This was a thread pointing out Scripture says manscience has strict limits.
 
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... Biblical claim is that it is impossible for us to know the beginning or the end. The fact that we don't know it now does not make it impossible.

It is not the fact that you don't that makes it impossible. It is the fact that God's word says you can't.
 
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Your claim was "scientists have clearly stated they can think of no way we will ever know what happened in the beginning." That's the claim you need to support.
That would be a tough one for him to support. Man thinks he either knows it all, or one day will...as the gods they think they are. The funny thing is that I think I will know one day also! But only because Jesus will lead us into more understanding in the next life.
 
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Question.
1. If you looked at the light of a star with a strong enough telescope would you see the actual star?
No, all you ever see is photons emanating from that star. That's all you ever see of anything at all.
 
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not getting an answer here, is this a no or a yes?
I clearly see a "no" in my answer. Isn't that enough?

All the telescope does is allow you to see more details in the pattern of photons.
 
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