China's Sorrow

[AV1611VET]

So you take the idea of a supercontinent from scientists and add it into scripture (when it's not stated there) but you also ignore what scientists actually say about supercontinents.

I call it "Pangaea" for you guys' benefit.

If I just said God created the Garden of Eden in China, I'd get 20 questions.

If you disagree with I calling it "Pangaea," then just use "Eden."

Then, hopefully, you'll know a little better what it is you don't understand.

 

[Lucy Stulz]

What do you call it?

Eden?

Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Would you please interpret this passage for me; according to your belief?

A metaphor or possibly a creation myth like so many creation myths all over the globe?

I'm suspecting you are thinking the seven continents were created at this time; but it's hard to tell.

Since I don't consider Genesis creation myth to be a real accounting I don't think it matters at all. I assume it bears no resemblance to the way the earth actually formed.

Heaven forbid you guys would ever back what you believe with Scripture.

Why would I have to? The Bible authors knew little if anything about the science we know today. So why worry about mapping one to the other?

The only time you guys ever quote Scripture is when you twist It to justify your beliefs

To be fair I usually quote it when I see a Christian spouting things in a way that would indicate they need to be reminded what a Christian should or shouldn't do.

that It teaches slavery

Which it does, explicitly, approve of. Numerous times.

, geocentrism, flat earth

Again, because there's so much flowery metaphor in the BIble and because many of the ancients may have known no better I don't much care if it does or doesn't.

, Crusades

Unless one means the armed taking of the holy land from those who do not necessarily comport with God's words (kinda like the Israelites doing that very thing after the Exodus) I'd have to say that the Crusaders used the Bible as a justification but certainly the Bible didn't command the CHristians to take back the holy land from the Muslims explicitly.

homophobia,

The BIble is quite clear in supporting homophobia or at least a strong dislike of homosexuality as an abomination.

genocide, infanticide

Kind of hard to argue with 1 Sam 15:3...

everything else you're [evidently] required to know to get your Ph.D.'s.

What school did you get your PhD from? Seems like you must have had to take a lot of extra classes on genocide, infanticide and homophobia. Were they interesting classes?

 

[AV1611VET]

Since I don't consider Genesis creation myth to be a real accounting I don't think it matters at all. I assume it bears no resemblance to the way the earth actually formed.

Then why are we having this conversation?

Since your profile lacks some key information, I have no idea what "other" means, as far as your particular faith is concerned.

Care to enlighten me? or is it a secret?

Mine is right up in the storefront window.

 

[Lucy Stulz]

Then why are we having this conversation?

Since your profile lacks some key information, I have no idea what "other" means, as far as your particular faith is concerned.

Care to enlighten me? or is it a secret?

Mine is right up in the storefront window.

I already answered this question for you in another thread. I took a great deal of effort to explain my position. A great deal of thought and effort went into this reply DIRECTLY TO YOU IN RESPONSE TO THIS VERY QUESTION.

I am sorry you chose to ask a question then blow off the effort someone put into answering it.

As you would that others should treat you...eh?

 

[AV1611VET]

As you would that others should treat you...eh?

Whatever.

For the record:

Many people do not realize that the Eden we read about in the Bible was not the ONLY Eden. In China they have the Yellow River area. This is the Bio-diverse Ecosystem where rice grew wild and is now domesticated. Not only the grains, but also the vegetables or herbs in China are different from what you find in Mesopotamia in the Middle East.

Eden was what e-scientists call "Pangaea," and the Garden of Eden would have therefore been in China.

QV please: Christianity in Chinese Characters.

 

[Lucy Stulz]

Whatever.

well at least one of us cares what Jesus said.

I am glad you don't feel bad for blowing someone off after they attempted to answer your question.

And if you had read my answer this point would be made even more interesting.

 

[Joshua0]

Just look at this thread in which Joshua0 appears to have a remarkably different view on Genesis than you do. How does that happen?

Which of you is RIGHT? Which of you is WRONG? How do we tell?

What I refer to as "Eden" Science calls Biodiversity Hot-spots.
In today's world they are closer to extinction then they are their beginning and creation.
It looks like AV1611VET is talking about the whole Biosphere & I am talking about ecosystems.

As you know the Biosphere is made up of the individual biodiverse ecosystem on land and in the sea.