Did God Create Fossils?

[BobRyan]

Colter, I noticed your signature and did some research on the book of Urantia... Is that where your faith comes from?

a spiritual and philosophical book that originated in Chicago sometime between 1924 and 1955 ????

 

[Colter]

How do you know that Jesus existed and that he prayed?

The scripture. But the newspaper isn't the news, it's about the news. And as we know news can be selective and conditioned by the journalist. The Bible books were written by holy men about the doings of God sifted through their own bias and imperfections.

 

[ClothedInGrace]

The scripture. But the newspaper isn't the news, it's about the news. And as we know news can be selective and conditioned by the journalist. The Bible books were written by holy men about the doings of God sifted through their own bias and imperfections.

Which is why you instead quote the Urantia book in your signature, correct?

 

[BobRyan]

The scripture. But the newspaper isn't the news, it's about the news. And as we know news can be selective and conditioned by the journalist. The Bible books were written by holy men about the doings of God sifted through their own bias and imperfections.

--- or --

"All scripture is given by inspiration from God" 2Tim 3:16
"holy men of old - MOVED by the Holy Spirit - SPOKE from God" 2Peter 1:21.

Notice how the author of Hebrews refers to the text of the OT authors in Heb 3??
Heb 3:7 "7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today if you hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me,"

Notice that the author of that greek text writing many centuries after Moses and David does not say "writing through their bias and imperfections" rather he says "The Holy Spirit SAYS".

But some will say "yes but that is just God speaking -- what about when modern man speaks and simply makes stuff up -- shouldn't that hold just as much weight?" --

For some it does.

 

[Colter]

Colter, I noticed your signature and did some research on the book of Urantia... Is that where your faith comes from?

My faith comes from God, faith is a gift. My beliefs about history of the earth regarding cosmology come from the UB and the Bible. I grew up in Christianity but never did belive in YEC, the flood or the portrayal of God in some areas of the Bible. I was spirit born in 85 and began my search for truth from there.

 

[ClothedInGrace]

My faith comes from God, faith is a gift. My beliefs about history of the earth regarding cosmology come from the UB and the Bible. I grew up in Christianity but never did belive in YEC, the flood or the portrayal of God in some areas of the Bible. I was spirit born in 85 and began my search for truth from there.

What's wrong with the flood? Can you judge God for judging sinners?

 

[BobRyan]

Define Day?

The genesis account is flawed.I will point out nowhere in the bible does it suggest that it was six 24 hour days.

Each day likely refers to a period of several billion years.

Until you read the actual Bible.

Ex 20:
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath of the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."

The 7 days are literal days -
Ex 20:11 - 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."

A detail so obvious that even the atheist and agnostic professors of Hebrew and OT studies in all world-class universities "get the point" -- so not just Christians noticing this Bible detail.


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Professor James Barr, Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford, has written:

‘Probably, so far as I know, there is no professor of Hebrew or Old Testament at any world-class university who does not believe that the writer(s) of Genesis 1–11 intended to convey to their readers the ideas that: (a) creation took place in a series of six days which were the same as the days of 24 hours we now experience (b) the figures contained in the Genesis genealogies provided by simple addition a chronology from the beginning of the world up to later stages in the biblical story (c) Noah’s flood was understood to be world-wide and extinguish all human and animal life except for those in the ark. Or, to put it negatively, the apologetic arguments which suppose the "days" of creation to be long eras of time, the figures of years not to be chronological, and the flood to be a merely local Mesopotamian flood, are not taken seriously by any such professors, as far as I know.’

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That is the opinion of professors not at all inclined to accept the 7 day creation week that we find in Gen 1:2-2:3 yet they can still 'read' and point to the author's intent - whether they agree with the author or not.

This point is irrefutable.

 

[BobRyan]

My faith comes from God, faith is a gift.

And does your faith lead you to condemn the Word of God??

 

[Colter]

--- or --

"All scripture is given by inspiration from God" 2Tim 3:16
"holy men of old - MOVED by the Holy Spirit - SPOKE from God" 2Peter 1:21.

Notice how the author of Hebrews refers to the text of the OT authors in Heb 3??
Heb 3:7 "7 Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today if you hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me,"

Notice that the author of that greek text writing many centuries after Moses and David does not say "writing through their bias and imperfections" rather he says "The Holy Spirit SAYS".

But some will say "yes but that is just God speaking -- what about when modern man speaks and simply makes stuff up -- shouldn't that hold just as much weight?" --

For some it does.

Sometimes movies are inspired by real events. The author of Timothy expressed his or her opinion that the Bible was inspired by events. I do not believe God wrote the Bible.

 

[Colter]

And does your faith lead you to condemn the Word of God??

No, the Son is the Word, the Bible tells you that. You guys have real control problems, you should ask yourself why it bothers you so much that not everyone shares your beliefs about the Bible.

 

[ClothedInGrace]

Sometimes movies are inspired by real events. The author of Timothy expressed his or her opinion that the Bible was inspired by events. I do not believe God wrote the Bible.

Since God did not write the Bible, then is it okay for you to pick and choose what you want to believe from it? Because that's what you are doing. Your faith has no authority: It is just whatever you want to believe from whatever text you choose.

 

[BobRyan]

Sometimes movies are inspired by real events. The author of Timothy expressed his or her opinion that the Bible was inspired by events. I do not believe God wrote the Bible.

You have glossed over a number of details. The 2 Tim 3:16 statement says that all scripture is inspired by God - not "penned by God" --

In any case - you are on a Christian discussion board - should not be too surprising that not everyone believes your "Bible not reliably the Word of God" speculation. I think you would also agree to this point.

 

[BobRyan]

Since God did not write the Bible, then is it okay for you to pick and choose what you want to believe from it? Because that's what you are doing. Your faith has no authority: It is just whatever you want to believe from whatever text you choose.

In all fairness I think we would expect non-Christians to do exactly that - before accepting the Gospel.

 

[Colter]

What's wrong with the flood? Can you judge God for judging sinners?

The flood story was a genealogical device used by the Hebrew redactors who could not trace their bloodlines back to Adam. To fill the gap they drowned the world.

 

[BobRyan]

No, the Son is the Word, the Bible tells you that.

It also tells me that ALL scripture is inspired and that the "Holy Spirit says" is the proper way to quote the text as we saw in Heb 3:7.

Are you suggesting that I only believe the "snippets" in the bible that you believe and then join you in ignoring the rest?

What would be an incentive for a Christian to do such a thing?

Recall we already agreed that "it is easy to make stuff up".

You guys have real control problems, you should ask yourself why it bothers you so much that not everyone shares your beliefs about the Bible.

Whoah!! -- my argument is always that everyone has free will as did Lucifer, as did Adam and Eve as did Saul when he became Paul.

You are free to choose as you wish.

 

[ClothedInGrace]

The flood story was a genealogical device used by the Hebrew redactors who could not trace their bloodlines back to Adam. To fill the gap they drowned the world.

Is that so? Where did you hear that?

 

[BobRyan]

The flood story was a genealogical device used by the Hebrew redactors who could not trace their bloodlines back to Adam. To fill the gap they drowned the world.

No it wasn't.

And using your own logic on that point - you affirm my "no it wasn't" as much as your "yes it was" because in your book we are both just making stuff up.

In my book - you are making stuff up -- and the Bible is the "Word of God"

 

[Colter]

You have glossed over a number of details. The 2 Tim 3:16 statement says that all scripture is inspired by God - not "penned by God" --

In any case - you are on a Christian discussion board - should not be too surprising that not everyone believes your "Bible not reliably the Word of God" speculation. I think you would also agree to this point.

Other Christians on this board think like I do, look around. Btw, Timothy wasnt "scripture" when it was written about scripture. It became scripture later when the church decided what books to keep and which books to get rid of.

 

[Colter]

Since God did not write the Bible, then is it okay for you to pick and choose what you want to believe from it? Because that's what you are doing. Your faith has no authority: It is just whatever you want to believe from whatever text you choose.

I belive what I think is true, I'm not going to be a phony and claim to beleive things that don't sound true.

 

[BobRyan]

Sometimes movies are inspired by real events. The author of Timothy expressed his or her opinion that the Bible was inspired by events. I do not believe God wrote the Bible.

You have glossed over a number of details. The 2 Tim 3:16 statement says that all scripture is inspired by God - not "penned by God" --

In any case - you are on a Christian discussion board - should not be too surprising that not everyone believes your "Bible not reliably the Word of God" speculation. I think you would also agree to this point.

Other Christians on this board think like I do, look around. Btw, Timothy wasnt "scripture" when it was written about scripture. It became scripture later when the church decided what books to keep and which books to get rid of.

There are some on this board like 'hogshead' who claim they reject the virgin birth and the miracles of the Bible - and the 7 day creation week - and the world wide flood - and can only bring themselves to support the self-proclaimed atheists and agnostics who post on this board - when they are speaking to such topics. And yet he kinda wishes to be classed as "Christian" in some inexplicable fashion - just as you use your free will choice to deny the Bible in your own way - so do they use their free will choice to 'make stuff up' that is almost identical to atheism.

Everyone has free will.

But in the end "making your own stuff up" will not get eternity handed to you in the next life. God made life on this planet AND He gave us the Bible - there mankind is without excuse.