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Amen.God gives us Science so we can better understand the Bible and creation. Everyone has to work it all out in their own head. If that is what they want to believe then they have all the freedom to believe what they want.
Mankind being 6k yrs old doesn't prove the U didn't exist before that. Your argument falls flat.There is no scientific burden of proof to show that Hitler was leader of Germany during WW2. History support quite nicely that Hitler was leader of Germany. And History supports quite nicely that there is no recorded History older than 6000 years. That’s not a coincidence.
The vaccine does more harm than the virus. So Gates can stuff money in his pocket. Money he does not need at all. He just wants to launder his money do he does not have to pay taxes on it.Nice vaccine.
Actually, the Bible doesn't say, so you are arguing from silence. It is reasonable to speculate that he was created old enough to feed himself. But arguing from silence, I suppose that angels could have taken care of him until he could feed himself. Anyone can invent a narrative to argue from silence. Like I said, trying to figure out the science is futile since it's not the point of scripture.I use the term old relative to a 1 day old baby. Whether Adam was 12 or 20…..relative to a 1 day old baby do you agree Adam was created old? With the appearance of age a lot older that you’d expect from a 1 day old baby?
Many things in scripture are not to be taken literally. A figurative interpretation is acceptable if a literal interpretation doesn't fit what is observed in the real world. Again, Ex. 31:17 is not a scientific statement and is not intended to be. Moses is commanded to regard the days in a weekly cycle, and one day of the week is to be a day of rest and worship of God, which is the point of it. This follows the Gen. 1 pattern. So if Gen. 1 is meant only for ancient Israel because of their cosmological beliefs, Then Ex. 31:17 is simply accommodating that understanding, and using it to establish the weekly order.I’m sorry I must have missed it…what author, prophet, teacher in the Bible tells us not to take Genesis literally? That’s a pretty important thing to understand. Especially considering God told Moses that it was 6 literally days. Exodus 31:17
In the words of the prophet, "Sez who?"It is still sunlight. However, in the ancient world, light did not need a material source, that is the sun.
They glowed in the dark?And to ancient people it did not need to come from a star or the sun.
Citations, please?Egyptians spoke of similar things, where light also existed before the sun.
In other words, sunlight. Now there's a surprise!Which, seemingly was just describing the light visible at the horizon before the sun actually had risen.
Oh, so You Don't Believe The Bible, eh?It might be world reminding everyone on this forum that the Bible isn't a science textbook.
For my citation, Id reference old testament Biblical scholar and expert of ancient near east background of the Bible, Professor of Old Testament studies at Wheaton College and former professor at Moody, Dr. John Walton. Specifically his books, The Lost World of Genesis One, and the Old Testament Background Bible Commentary.In the words of the prophet, "Sez who?"
They glowed in the dark?
Citations, please?
In other words, sunlight. Now there's a surprise!
Oh, so You Don't Believe The Bible, eh?
It is indeed. It's why the death toll from Rona has dropped to near nothing.lol. That is too funny. Nice vaccine.
Could have, but I recally don't care. The Original Rona killed people my age like flies. Post vax, we treated it with NyQuil for 3 days. Maybe no difference to you. One of my buddies, 20 years younger than me took your position. He had all the argents by heart. He was unlikely to get it, he took huge quantites of vitamin D, he socially distanced, he went nowhere that he didn't have to, he wore the mask religiously ad infinitum. So he chose not to take the vax.I remember when Science got on TV and said you wouldn’t if you got vaccinated.
The 71 year old geezer with the bad heart is still around, however many scientific illiterates say I shouldn'tYou are still drinking that kool aid.
I'll forbear from expressing my opinion of the medical opinions of illiterates, flatearthers, conspiracy theorists, and garden variety nincompoops, as they might be taken personally. I'll simply note that I find both them and their dimwitted opinions contemptible.Are you fully boosted up? Do you know how many shots that would require?
You are a tool!
It seems so. I thought you were maintaining that there were in fact pre-solar light sources of which the ancients were aware. My bad, I apologize.Perhaps you're not understanding what I am saying.
In Egypt, there was a god of light before the sun itself was created or appointed to rule the skies.It seems so. I thought you were maintaining that there were in fact pre-solar light sources of which the ancients were aware. My bad, I apologize.
And I would highly recommend this video if you haven't seen it yet. References of this book has been circulated in some forums such as biologos.It seems so. I thought you were maintaining that there were in fact pre-solar light sources of which the ancients were aware. My bad, I apologize.
It is also reasonable to speculate that Adam was born the way Science says he was born. Going back to the beginning of the story what made Adam different was the breath of life. The fact that God breathed His life into Adam.It is reasonable to speculate that he was created old enough to feed himself.
I agree it doesn’t prove it but it’s what you’d expect if you said the earth was only 6k years. While if I said it was billions you’d expect a lot more recorded history.Mankind being 6k yrs old doesn't prove the U didn't exist before that. Your argument falls flat.
The Bible doesn’t say Adam was created as a man? That he named all the animals.Actually, the Bible doesn't say, so you are arguing from silence. It is reasonable to speculate that he was created old enough to feed himself. But arguing from silence, I suppose that angels could have taken care of him until he could feed himself. Anyone can invent a narrative to argue from silence. Like I said, trying to figure out the science is futile since it's not the point of scripture.
When God says “For in 6 days the Lord made heaven and earth” I tend to take what He says literally. Especially when he literally sets aside a day as the sabbath. Nothing hyperbolic about that statement such as Jesus statement entails.Many things in scripture are not to be taken literally. A figurative interpretation is acceptable if a literal interpretation doesn't fit what is observed in the real world. Again, Ex. 31:17 is not a scientific statement and is not intended to be. Moses is commanded to regard the days in a weekly cycle, and one day of the week is to be a day of rest and worship of God, which is the point of it. This follows the Gen. 1 pattern. So if Gen. 1 is meant only for ancient Israel because of their cosmological beliefs, Then Ex. 31:17 is simply accommodating that understanding, and using it to establish the weekly order.
But if you insist that "6 days" in Ex. 31:17 makes the 6 days of Gen 1 literal, then I guess you're stuck with a shallow understanding of Gen. 1, since you insist that it has to be literal in both cases. But if Jesus says that the hand that offends is to be cut off, why aren't you taking that literally?
I figure 6000 or a million billion years, not nearly as important as when it will end. At the end of our lives, or the end of humanity (coming soon, to a theater near you).If a thousand years for us is but a day for God, in God's eyes this should make the earth 7 + 6 = 13 days old, am I right ?
The majority of people who have died from Covid were vaccinated.he chose not to take the vax.
He got Covid. He took whatever anti-viral agent they were using post-infrction, no workee. A month later he was deader than Julius Caesar.
He was created old enough to be able to work in the Garden, Genesis 2:15Actually, the Bible doesn't say, so you are arguing from silence. It is reasonable to speculate that he was created old enough to feed himself.
Except the information came from GodBut because we factually know that the ancient authors were describing the world through an ancient near east context that included an ancient cosmological perspective, and we know that their descriptions were phenomenological, it therefore follows that this would be a plausible understanding of Genesis verse 3.
Some of the translations will say before time or the end of time. But they are talking about the beginning of an age or era. So before time began means before the age or era we live in began. Everyone agrees that civilization began 6,000 years ago. No one questions Bishops Usshers book for the last 6,000 years. They only question what happened before this age or era began. We are all YEC to some degree because no one denys what has happened in the last 6,000 years. WE all agree on that. History, Science and the Bible are all in agreement. People try to find contradictions but there are none. The truth is true always has been and always well be.That is a very significant fact.
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