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Today it is recognized that the relationship of modern humans to the present anthropoid apes (e.g., chimpanzees) is through common ancestors rather than through direct descent.
By the way, has that old theory been moved out of schools? The original linear style theory resembled a prophecy in the bible, which might be why it is viewed as evil.
oh but it’s completely relevant to the discussion. I mean surely your not going to be wishy washy about science having to coincide with God’s word in order to believe it.
Sure, everything can be claimed a Satanic lie. Some things actually are, though.
Misinterpreting the Bible, at best, does not help you.
Let's try to concentrate on the science.
Well I surely hope that the scientists can figure out how to resurrect a body after it’s been dead for three days for your sake my friend. I’d hate to think that you can’t believe in Christ’s resurrection because scientists say it’s impossible.
there is a difference and the fact that we have genetic similarity makes the difference all the more noticable.
Most creationists on this forum tend to be older (e.g. in their 60's or older). Which suggests their schooling re: evolution, if they even had any, would have been around 50 years ago. And public school teaching are usually decades out of date to begin with.
Hence why a lot of knowledge of evolution we see from creationists is probably at least 70+ years out of date.
No, more the direct line version--half a limb, half a wing, useless for either function, creatures dragging around useless partly-finished appendages waiting for just the right mutation to come along and complete the job.."Linear style theory"? Do you mean that "ascent of man" chart?
Darwin's model of evolution has always been a branching tree. His first evolutionary tree diagrams far predate the publication of his book.
God made a basic design for the 'innards' and uses it in a variety of creatures, just as car makers do. How different can creatures be living in the same ecosphere?
Yes and it’s a scary thought that so many are being misled into thinking that God must operate within the boundaries of man’s knowledge of science.
Miracles can supersede the laws of nature. Every Christian know this. But that isn't the issue with a literal Genesis.
The issue is that, not only is there no physical evidence it happened that way, but every available piece of physical evidence, from geology to biology to paleontology to astronomy, shows that the universe has a detailed history spanning billions of years, with multiple lines of evidence from different fields converging to show events that happened in the past (for example, the asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago). Literalist creationists have to insist that all of these things never happened.
Could all of this history embedded with nature itself have been faked? Sure, God could have done that. But why? That would make God a liar.
If you want to draw an analogy with the Resurrection, imagine that we had found Jesus' tomb, with the body still in it, and could confirm that it was Him. i.e., not only no evidence that something happened, but evidence that something completely contradictory happened instead.
Even if we did have the tomb and the body, that would still be much weaker evidence against the Resurrection than the evidence that exists against a literal 6-day creation.
No more scary than people being misled to thinking that God must operate within the limitations of creationist theology.
If you study art at all, you will recognize themes that artists retain from work to work. An easy example is Raphael's use of triangular compositions and of primary colors in many of his works. When looking at God as an artist and the creation as his art, one can see these similarities you mention as design themes. Why use design themes at all? Because that's the way artists like to work.
Lol you mean the literal translation of God’s own words?
No, it's just creationists trying to hold the Gospel of Christ hostage to their literal interpretation of Genesis--a stumbling block placed by themselves, not God.Would this be the first stumbling block God placed in the path of those without faith?
First of all, let us realize that consistency works both ways in this instance. Reusing common parts is perfectly consistent with a common designer.
Consistency can be drawn between data points depending on ones perspective assumptions, and when it comes to the creationist assumptions, evolution does not appear to be consistent with the biblical narrative. Is the biblical narrative consistent with the natural world? The answer will vary depending on the observers perspective.
It is true that we are all made of the same stuff in the physical sense. But, it would also appear that human beings live on a separate plain than the rest of the animals. Our mental capacities are not the same as any other animal. So in that sense, that which makes us unique is directly related to how we perceive and categorize the world.
Therefore, as much as we can say we are a part of the animal kingdom physically, there is also an inherent recognition that we stand apart from it. Biblically speaking, humans were created to have one foot in both worlds so to speak. We are to represent the divine from within our earthly place. So in that sense, there is nothing wrong with considering ourselves related to animals, but I don't believe we should define ourselves as animals.
Would this be the first stumbling block God placed in the path of those without faith?
Psalm 19:1 said:The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
When we examine the stars, we find a universe that is vast and billions of yeas old. Therefore, God made it that way.
No, I mean a literal interpretation. Which incidentally still varies from creationist to creationist as no two creationists seem to share exactly the same interpretations.
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