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    the cultural mandate

    Adam and Eve lived far away from any sea. They would have no idea that plants lived in the sea. They wouldn't even know about all the different sea animals, except for some fish they might see in the river. They weren't even required to name the animals in the sea. Another suggestion is that...
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    The coming great apostasy

    Jesus said something like, "When I return will I find faith on the earth?"
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    the cultural mandate

    Bonus: Why don't fish of the sea get named among the plant eaters in the dietary section of the mandate (gen 1:30) Because Adam lived in the garden of Eden.
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    This era of time

    Why then does God call Adam "guardian cherub" in Ezek. 28:16? How could God have thrown Adam to the earth in v. 17?
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    Young earth, old universe

    theophilus40 says: The age of the earth and the age of the universe are two separate subjects. Belief in a young earth and a young universe creates the problem of how we can see distant stars. Belief in an old earth and an old universe contradicts the plain teaching of the Bible. Belief...
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    This era of time

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    creation "ex potentia infinitus et ordinatio"

    To add to my last post where I explained that we have to look elsewhere to discover how God created (bara), because Gen. 1 is simply an overview of what God did, not an explanation of how. So, for instance Gen. 1:3 says, "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light." Earlier I...
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    creation "ex potentia infinitus et ordinatio"

    CREATE: bara' (baw-raw) "to create, make." This verb is of profound theological significance, since it has only God as its subject. Only God can "create" in the sense implied by bara'. The verb expresses creation out of nothing, an idea seen clearly in passages having to do with creation on a...
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    creation "ex potentia infinitus et ordinatio"

    First, I agree with you that there was no mass/energy before God spoke it into existence. I am not sure which post or which part of which post you are responding to. My last post is an extension of my second last post. In my second last post my argument is that since God used some of His...
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    creation "ex potentia infinitus et ordinatio"

    Another thought I have is this: One day God will destroy the universe, likely the mass will be converted into energy. Now we know He is going to take that energy and create a new heaven and earth, but what if He didn't. Where would that energy/mass go? Could He just make it disappear into...
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    creation "ex potentia infinitus et ordinatio"

    Shernren says: Alternatively, suppose some aliquot of God-stuff could be taken out of God. Either God is changed by that removal of stuff, or He isn't. If He is, then God can change, which is proscribed in Scripture; if God is not changed, then in what sense can anything be said to be "taken...
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    creation "ex potentia infinitus et ordinatio"

    You have good arguments Shernren. Thanks for taking the time to discuss this with me.
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    creation "ex potentia infinitus et ordinatio"

    I like your answer Shernren, God is spirit and the universe is matter and energy. It makes sense that God is not of the same essence as the universe. I was thinking myself that energy was created by God and is part of the created universe. E=MC squared is something created by God. It is a law of...
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    creation "ex potentia infinitus et ordinatio"

    Hebrews 11:3 clearly implies that the universe was made out of something, but that something was invisible. "By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible."
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    creation "ex potentia infinitus et ordinatio"

    I agree that there is a problem saying that something was created out of nothing. Ex nihilo doesn't add up. The problem with Ex Deo, I understand is that God can't take part of Himself to make the universe because He is an infinite whole. However, we know that E=MC squared, therefore what is the...