you are avoiding the issue, which is:
your failure to ground your beliefs in God's word just proves you do not have a spiritual leg to stand on and without God's foundation, you have nothing
address this please.
Why? The statement is patently false, as I do ground all my beliefs in God's word. I simply do not read into it that which God did not intend, and I ask God, through prayer and submission, to guide my mind in my understanding of scripture. That has resulted in a much more enhanced understanding of God's word than I would have had otherwise.
If I thought that what God had written was simply, then I surely would not have prayed for understanding and not been granted it.
In one of Jesus' parables, the pious man prayed thanks for what he was, while the sinner prayed for forgiveness. Jesus stated in no uncertain terms that the latter was justified while the former was not. I have no problem admitting that I'm a sinner and need God's guidance in all things.
read what i wrote and try to not mis-represent what i say:
How am I misrepresenting things? If you based your beliefs solely on the bible you'd reach one conclusion on the matter of the heavens, and if you based it on science you'd reach another conclusion. You accept that the world is round only because it is proven; you have no problem in proclaiming the verses that indicate it is flat an allegory. However, you ONLY DO THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO CHOICE. To deny the earth is a sphere is to deny that the sky is blue.
If you truly trust the literal bible then you'll believe the world is flat and that the scientific fact is just WRONG.
very clear that there is room for science in my world, just not secular man's idea of it. science is a wonderful tool but it cannot be blindly accepted nor put on a pedestal.
i have never told anyone not to do science, just not to follow the world's idea of it and its thinking, theories and conclusions. big difference.
You have made it clear that science is only good for proving what God has already told us. You are so scared to have your core religious beliefs challenged that you choose to scorn anything that might cause concern, without supposing for one second that perhaps you, in your limited knowledge, have not understood God's message fully. When I challenge you on this, you take offense in my tone, but you NEVER ONCE deny that you do not have Godlike understanding of scripture. You seem to have a little trouble with the concept.
what an false accusation. i do trust God and He has shown me that evolution does not exist, is not a possibility and is not of Him. i have shown that through many posts, scriptures and the refusal of evolutionists to provide even 1 passage of scripture that supports their view. so far they have not been able to do so, all they have been able to do is point to secular science and its 'evidence' which is not of God.
There is not one passage of scripture that will prove that aspirin helps aches and pains. There are literally thousands examples of this kind of thing. Scripture doesn't address subjects that it doesn't need to. Scripture doesn't NEED to deal with evolution. It doesn't NEED to deal with astronomy. It doesn't NEED to deal with much of science. It has better things to worry about.
You haven't proven a thing.
nor am i limiting Him, Jesus said it Himself, 'ye shall know the truth...' is He limiting God? the literal creation account, accomplished in 6 days without natural processes is the truth, for it falls in line with ALL the scriptures, even the ones talking about faith.
Of course you don't see it. You are not limited in your view of God's power, you are limited in your imagination of what God can do. When reality breaks that tender barrier, you simply cannot accept it. You are limiting God by thinking you've got it all figured out.
