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Recent content by sonfleur

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    Welcome to the Dining Hall of the Reformed. (2)

    We're having sour cream chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight. I love 'em., but my husband hasn't had them before. :-)
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    Why won’t creationists participate in open and honest debate?

    I am getting the impression that my arguments are not valued or taken seriously. Also, I have received very unsupported arguments in response. Therefore, I will refrain from debating. Take care all.
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    Why won’t creationists participate in open and honest debate?

    Here is one very key difference between birds and dinosaurs: Lung system. Birds have high-performance lungs that could not have evolved from bellows-like lungs in dinosaurs. 'Birds have a complicated system of air sacs which keep air flowing in one direction through special tubes (parabronchi)...
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    Why won’t creationists participate in open and honest debate?

    I'd be happy to hear your proofs. :) Archaeopteryx is a bird, not a reptile or a half-bird, half-reptile. (If you question this, than you question the majority of scientists who specialize in bird evolution who met at the 1984 International Archaeopteryx Conference.) Some may think that the...
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    Why won’t creationists participate in open and honest debate?

    Wow, a lot more discussion has been happening. Very interesting... The topic of reptile-bird evolution was mentioned a little not too long ago so I'll comment on that briefly. Does the similarity in reptilian scales and avian feathers prove that birds evolved from reptiles? No, because they're...
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    Welcome to the Dining Hall of the Reformed. (2)

    MMM, yummy. I'll bring my fresh cupcakes with French Buttercream frosting! ^_^
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    Why won’t creationists participate in open and honest debate?

    Since I'm only one person, I don't have time to answer all of three people's arguments, but, seeking to be fair, I'll try to answer at least one of each of your arguments. Cosmic Microwave Background readings are the same throughout the universe, implying that light has had time to...
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    Why won’t creationists participate in open and honest debate?

    There is evidence in human testimony as well as the earth. Most cultures in the world have stories of a flood. These stories have striking similarities with the account in Genesis (a warning is given by God (or gods), the person that is warned is told to build a vessel for his family and living...
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    Why won’t creationists participate in open and honest debate?

    I'll just answer you briefly for now, but if you care to elaborate on your thoughts in the future than I may be able to provide better answers... Fossils are created by catastrophes such as floods, not by a gradual process. Dead things begin to decay very quickly on land or in water so would...
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    I just wanted to share why I became a Calvinist (Feel free to share!)

    I haven't gotten to read any of them yet, but I really want to. I don't have money to buy any at the moment, but I hope to crash my parents' library when I visit next (they're in the USA, I'm in the UK). I think they have the whole series. How many others have you read? I wish I could memorize...
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    Welcome to the Dining Hall of the Reformed.

    I love to experiment with new recipes! Soon I'm going to try a cornbread recipe that doesn't call for any wheat flour, which I've not done before. I'm doing it because we're having a friend over who is on a no-wheat diet. He's pretty excited about the idea and told my husband that, if he likes...
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    I just wanted to share why I became a Calvinist (Feel free to share!)

    Yes, it is hard to find Reformed churches! I grew up in a Reformed church, but when I went away to University I didn't find one and was a little disappointed. Thankfully, even though the church I went to wouldn't have called itself Calvinist or Reformed, the preaching was usually good. ** A...
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    Why won’t creationists participate in open and honest debate?

    YEC are interested in facts. Yes, our religion is a religion primarily of faith. Yes, the Bible is the ultimate authority in our lives. But fact supports what God has revealed, because He has revealed Himself in creation. ("For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly...
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    Translation UK to US

    Shopping trolley=shopping cart Scone(savory)=biscuit Scone(sweet)=scone, only they're a bit different... Redundant=laid off Being in excess, unnecessary repetition=redundant Sellotape=tape University=university, college, or it can just be called 'school' as can all levels of schooling...
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    I don't know how to answer old earth apologetics...

    Hi RichardT, if I understand correctly, you believe that Genesis one is true and yet you are struggling because other people believe differently. If so, I would like to help you. To begin with, 2 Timothy 3:16 (NKJV) says, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for...