If creationism is true, then why is it useless?

[AV1611VET]

Oh AV, are you really this blinded?

Of course not. TLK is just making stuff up.

And believe me, that is REALLY stretching with this one.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Is that what you see Ussher doing?

Unless you can find the dates...

 

[AV1611VET]

Unless you can find the dates...

Let me guess.

Chapter and verse numbers also constitute adding to the Bible too; don't they, professor?

 

[TLK Valentine]

Let me guess.

Chapter and verse numbers also constitute adding to the Bible too; don't they, professor?

Let me guess.

You can't find any dates with or without chapter and verse numbers?

 

[AV1611VET]

Let me guess.

You can't find any dates with or without chapter and verse numbers?

And page numbers also constitute adding to the Bible; don't they?

And please note, professor, if you haven't already: Christians can't even agree on page numbers, can they?

Some start the numbers all over at the New Testament, some don't.

 

[TLK Valentine]

And page numbers also constitute adding to the Bible; don't they?

And please note, professor, if you haven't already: Christians can't even agree on page numbers, can they?

Some start the numbers all over at the New Testament, some don't.

Still can't find those dates, can you?

I can at least give Ussher credit for trying.

 

[ruthiesea]

Either way you're wrong.

The whole earth was one language prior to the Babel incident.

Maybe this will help: The first five books of the Bible were not, nor were they ever intended to be history books.

 

[AV1611VET]

I can at least give Ussher credit for trying.

Which is more that you have done, professor?

 

[AV1611VET]

Maybe this will help: The first five books of the Bible were not, nor were they ever intended to be history books.

The Old Testament consists of 39 books, laid out as follows:

17 books of history ... 5 books of poetry ... 17 books of prophecy.

Broken down further:

5 books of Moses/12 books of post Egyptian history.

5 books of poetry.

5 books of major prophets/12 books of minor prophets.

And those can be broken down even further, while still maintaining literary balance.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Which is more that you have done, professor?

Picking dates for mythological events isn't my forte -- I prefer dates for events which actually happened, Baptist.

 

[AV1611VET]

Picking dates for mythological events isn't my forte --

What do you think of those who request them?

-- I prefer dates for events which actually happened, Baptist.

To each his own.

 

[TLK Valentine]

What do you think of those who request them?

To each his own.

You just answered the question for me, AV.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Of course not. TLK is just making stuff up.

Stuff such as what, AV?

 

[TLK Valentine]

The Old Testament consists of 39 books, laid out as follows:

17 books of history ... 5 books of poetry ... 17 books of prophecy.

Broken down further:

5 books of Moses/12 books of post Egyptian history.

5 books of poetry.

5 books of major prophets/12 books of minor prophets.

And those can be broken down even further, while still maintaining literary balance.

Quite the wonderous editing job by the compilers... really goes a long way to explain those books they chose not to include.

 

[juvenissun]

I've been struggling to figure out the applications for creationism. Besides theme parks and merchandising, there doesn't appear to be anything else.

Why no biological applications? Or any other areas of applied science?

I mean, if creationism was true, wouldn't they have figured out a way to use it with respect to applied biology, geology, etc, by now? What's the hold up?

Creationism is critically useful.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Creationism is critically useful.

Examples please. All I know of are creationism's failures.

 

[Motherofkittens]

Creationism is critically useful.

Go on...
How so?

 

[juvenissun]

Examples please. All I know of are creationism's failures.

Plant appeared before animals.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Plant appeared before animals.

Hardly groundbreaking and not exactly true. You need to define both.

 

[juvenissun]

Go on...
How so?

It reveals. It tells you things beyond you.