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Recent content by o_mlly

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    Evolution conflict and division

    Look up the "illusion of truth" fallacy. You'll find it helpful to your apparent confusion.
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    Trump live updates: President expands ‘narco’ boat strikes to Pacific Ocean as 8th boat is struck

    "Fishermen" working working out of hi-speed cigarette boats? Smells fishy to me. The claims of relatives and residents of the innocence of those killed running drugs seems a bit illogical to me. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/08/nx-s1-5602884/drug-smuggling-boats In dozens of interviews in...
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    Vatican stops use of titles for Mary

    In the spirit of ecumenism: "We are all Roman Catholics, know it or not, like it or not. Admittedly, there is that qualifier "imperfect" but then who is a perfect member of any church?" (The Catholic Moment, Richard John Neuhaus, 1987). Fr. Neuhaus wrote his book as a Lutheran...
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    Vatican stops use of titles for Mary

    Wow. ~150 posts ... so far. "Much ado about nothing" may apply. But certainly, given the level of divisiveness and argumentation, "the devil is in the details" does apply. Mark 10:18.
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    Evolution conflict and division

    Nothing new here. Keep looking and, as I'm sure you will, keep your faith in evol theory. Nothing new here either and, yes, we've located the problem. Belief in things unseen seems to be the problem.
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    Young earth vs Old earth?

    Your zeal for the Word of God is admirable. See Genesis 1:3. Let there be peace between us.
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    Young earth vs Old earth?

    However, dust had no immortal soul. The creative act is God breathing life into lifeless matter. You'll note that the website's facility of providing biblical references with the corresponding text does not support your claim: The website's text facility: 19 “And son of man, appoint for...
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    Young earth vs Old earth?

    1254[e] בָּרֵ֔א bā-rê, Make V-Piel-InfAbs "Make a sign; put it at the head of the road to the city." "Bara does not always mean to create out of nothing. God created the first male and female humans (Gen. 5:2). But we know from Genesis 2:7 that God formed (יָצַר, yatsar) Adam from the dust of...
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    Young earth vs Old earth?

    Bara: to shape or create Asah: to do or make Gen. 1:1 created the heavens and earth Gen. 1:7 made the expanse between the waters above and below Gen. 1:21 x1 created the sea creatures and birds Gen. 1:16 **;x2 made the sun, moon and stars Gen. 1:27 **;x3 created man (both Adam and...
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    Young earth vs Old earth?

    Only God can Bara. Your making pizza is not Bara, a creative act but a transforming act. If God "is taking it and doing something with it" then He is not creating but transforming, as whatever "it" is, "it" now exists. Bara refers to supernatural creation ex nihilo (Latin for “out of...
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    Young earth vs Old earth?

    Not exactly. We agree that God created Jacob, and that after successfully wrestling with God's messenger, Jacob asked for a blessing before releasing the angel. The angel renamed Jacob to Israel, ie., one who wrestles with God. The renaming tradition occurs often in the Bible when a mortal...
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    Young earth vs Old earth?

    Do you see the contradiction? You did not create a pizza from a "formless void". Rather than from a "formless void", you transformed flour, water, etc. into a pizza.
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    Young earth vs Old earth?

    We believe that God creates each soul individually at conception. After His animating act, the bodies begin their material transformation from egg and sperm and develop into fully formed bodies. Does the acorn create the oak tree? No. It is the seed with the potency to transform under the...
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    Young earth vs Old earth?

    I think you might be confusing "created" with "transforming". The Word of God transforms people’s lives: Revelation 21:5: “Behold, I am making all things new”.
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    Morality without Absolute Morality

    Should survive? Should is a verb in the subjunctive mood. In the context of this thread, its use would -- you guessed it -- refer to an absolute moral demand as in "never, ever, made a mistake". Good grief! So, now you claim to be a self-professed Christian who unapologetically admits to...