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Recent content by Dale

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    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    Psalm 104 is a creation story in its own right. It gives us a creation story with no mention of days and no mention of Adam and Eve. That is one sign that the “days” in Genesis One are not as important as you think, and also that Adam and Eve in Genesis 2-3 are not as important as you think...
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    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    John Bauer: “That statement is false, I’m afraid, if it means that Scripture doesn’t narrate real events in space and time—because it does. Just off the top of my head: the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Literal history. Paul stakes the truth of the gospel on a public, datable event… ”...
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    What Jesus Said About Adam and Eve

    I’ll give you much the same answer I have last time. The following quote comes from the New Advent Catholic Encylcopedia under Adam. << Practically all the Old Testament information concerning Adam and the beginnings of the human race is contained in the opening chapters of Genesis. To what...
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    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    Eleos: << The estimated 6,000 years is derived from the careful record of genealogy that was kept (history of decedents) >> Sir Joseph: << Consider, either the whole Bible is to be trusted, or none of it is - as 2 Timothy 3:16 says:"All scipture is God Breathed ..." >> You should consider that...
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    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    Eleos: “One either believes the clear teaching of scripture of not.” People tell me that they believe in “newspaper exegesis,” you read the Bible like you read a newspaper. Here’s a question for you: What if the original target audience for the Book of Genesis, the Israelites, had never seen a...
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    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    Sir Joseph: “ I've been reading books and articles and watching videos for 25 years that support a human history of 6-10,000 years.” Really? What I’ve seen is that creationists are retreating from what they once thought they could prove. Take the Glen Rose footprints, or Paluxy River...
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    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    Sir Joseph: “ I understand that many people believe that, but know that Jesus, James, Peter, Paul, John and Jude didn't. Were they liars or wrong to reference the Genesis scriptures as real historical events?” Jesus did not make the age of the earth an issue. Why are you making it an issue? I...
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    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    No, the dates do not coincide. For the creationist view to make any sense, there would have to be at least a thousand years between the Garden of Eden and Noah's Flood, and at least another thousand years until the Tower of Babel. All that would have to be before written history begins. You...
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    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    The things I was talking about happened before written history began. While creationists tell me that the world is only 6,000 years old, I have seen one source that says that written history alone goes back 6,100 years.
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    How Long have Humans Lived on Earth?

    Many creationists firmly believe that the earth cannot be more 6,000 years old. I am not going to discuss the age of the universe but I will discuss the development of civilization on earth. When was fire domesticated? “ Here we present evidence of fire-making on a 400,000-year-old buried...
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    What Jesus Said About Adam and Eve

    Where did Jesus ever say that Genesis is a literal historical accvount? I don't see where He ever said this.
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    Does Open Carry Cause Problems?

    When Fantine commented that “Fewer educated people own guns” you asked, “Got proof for such a statement?” I think I am quoting the same source that Fantine used, but here it is. << Overall, about three-in-ten adults with a high school diploma or less (31%) and 34% of those with some college...
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    Does Open Carry Cause Problems?

    What state is Broken Arrow in? I looked at the link you provided and I don't see Broken Arrow mentioned. I can't begin to comment without knowing where it is.
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    Does Open Carry Cause Problems?

    The gun owner wasn't charged with anything.
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    Does Open Carry Cause Problems?

    I have noticed that when gun advocates refer to the Bible, they assume that a sword is equivalent to a gun. Yet a gun kills at a distance. A sword does not kill at a distance. A gun can have an accidental misfire. A sword cannot have accidents of that sort. People have been killed by the famous...