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Recent content by StephenDM

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    Inerrancy

    Wiccan_Child, the citations you made all come from a particular website which sets out to disprove claims by creationists Perhaps they prove certain claims by Creationists false, Fair enough. However, there are rebuttals out there by creationists to some of the stuff on this particular website...
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    Inerrancy

    My understanding is that radiometric dating makes certain assumptions before drawing conclusions. I am not a scientist so I will elaborate by refering you elsewhere for some answers (I know it's bit of a cop-out). The page includes references to Uranium-Lead dating...
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    Inerrancy

    In my first post with this topic I explained in part why I think the Bible is a reliable and supernatural book. My salvation/faith is built on what the Bible says. God knows that people make accidental mistakes when they copy things or pass on messages word-of-mouth. We live in an imperfect...
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    Inerrancy

    God never makes the claim in scripture that everything that is written in our present Bible today is totally accurate. So He is not lying, right?
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    Inerrancy

    Uranium-thorium-lead dating methods are not free from controversy. Their results may not be accurate.
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    Inerrancy

    I don't see God in physical form but have found lots of other evidence for Him so I take the rest on faith. If we could see God perfectly (or see a perfect original manuscript) we would diminish the requirement for faith. Faith is based on evidence not seen (Heb. 11:1).
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    Israel's Embarrassment - Israel's 25,0000 strong Jewish Problem in Tehran

    Iran's Embarrasment: Over one million Arabs living peacefully in Israel!
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    Inerrancy

    Right on, Arbitero1! God is not dependant on the sun to sustain plant life or to order "days". He Himself gives off light and can make anything He wants give off light. I think God made the physical sun on the fourth day perhaps to prove to us that He is supernatural and above the "observed"...
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    To be ashamed

    To me, you seem like a cool guy. Try not to worry about others condemning you or thinking you are odd - we all face it at some point.
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    Inerrancy

    I just got a private message which seems to say that I have reported someone. I apologize for this. I did not do so intentionally. I must have pressed some key(s) I did not mean to! No one here has offended me or said anything outside of the realm of what I consider normal debate. I guess this...
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    Prayer Request

    BeccaLynn, thank you for the understanding nature of your response to my previous posting. I have not looked into James 1:6-8 in detail yet but I will explain what I have found/been taught concerning Mark 11:23,24. "truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast...
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    Inerrancy

    The Bible I have in my possession today is not innerrant because there have been slight copyist errors down through history and also errors in translation between languages. I think this has been proven. However, I choose to believe that the Bible, in its original manuscripts was totally...
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    Prayer Request

    I hope no one here starts to worry about the same passages that I have brought up here since to be totally honest they don't really bother me. The verse in which God tells us to be of good courage so that He will strenghten our hearts I think probably makes more sense in the Hebrew than in...
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    Prayer Request

    Thank you for your prayers I have just phoned the boss and told him I was not comfortable taking the job. My faith is not strong right now at all and I have been especially anxious the past little while. I know God condemned Israel for lack of faith in claiming the promised land in the...
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    Prayer Request

    Hi everyone, I have a specific request I have been without a job for about 5 months now and am mulling over a job offer I have just been given. The job pays well, draws from my past experience/qualifications and the company president is a Christian who goes to the same church I have been...