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I think they’re kind of fond of trees.In other words they don't stick to one particular environment. Why aren't they afraid to venture off?
No I didn't.You didn’t have to. You demonstrated it.
This crowd wouldn't have given my responses near the attention they have if they were too ill-formed.You aren’t engaging with the content of the responses your ill-formed questions are receiving, instead focusing on excuses to dismiss them.
No argument there.Many animals migrate and shape their environments as they see fit, and the superior intelligence and dexterity of humans has allowed them to do so more effectively than any other animal on the planet.
On the contrary, one of the most effective ways to get a lot of replies is to have something wrong with your question. People love correcting one another.No I didn't.
This crowd wouldn't have given my responses near the attention they have if they were too ill-formed.
No argument there.
There are plenty of bogus questions. One's that are not asked in good faith, such as yours, would qualify as such.No question is bogus, answers on the other hand...
Iron age actually. The Bible is far younger than is claimed by literalists. Most of it was written during the Babylonian captivity. There is almost nothing that predates that period. The best that I know of is some pottery with what may be paraphrased Bible verses or the lore that eventually became part of the Bible. So think for the most part (Job is an exception) 600 BC or younger.But you are not "just questioning" you are dismissing supported instances of direct observation, the existence of homologies and fossils, and biogeographical patterns and expect others to consider a literal interpretation of bronze age religious book as a replacement.
?... The Bible is far younger than is claimed by literalists.
... So think for the most part (Job is an exception) 600 BC or younger.
No, you are wrong in your assessment of me. I understand that the Bible is not like other books… in that it is ‘spiritually’ discerned. Unbelievers, on the other hand, see problems where there are none because they try to understand it ‘naturally’. What other question could they have, but ‘how could this be?’ Literal interpreters, myself included sometimes, can also run into problems because we often don’t understand customs and languages that span Bible settings covering many lands and centuries (Bronze Age, Iron Age and the Roman period). Yet, even though men wrote it, it holds to one story and a consistent message the entire time. If it wasn’t inspired by God, I don’t see how that could be. Because I hold it in that regard, and for other reasons too, I feel something is lacking in your 'natural only' message. So, I question.But you are not "just questioning" you are dismissing supported instances of direct observation, the existence of homologies and fossils, and biogeographical patterns and expect others to consider a literal interpretation of bronze age religious book as a replacement.
Good faith… so, questions have to be of a category that you can easily answer within the parameters of TOE?There are plenty of bogus questions. One's that are not asked in good faith, such as yours, would qualify as such.
When it comes to changing lives, God’s inspired word and the message is never outdated.Iron age actually. The Bible is far younger than is claimed by literalists. Most of it was written during the Babylonian captivity. There is almost nothing that predates that period. The best that I know of is some pottery with what may be paraphrased Bible verses or the lore that eventually became part of the Bible. So think for the most part (Job is an exception) 600 BC or younger.
No, you are wrong in your assessment of me.
No, you are wrong in your assessment of me. I understand that the Bible is not like other books… in that it is ‘spiritually’ discerned. Unbelievers, on the other hand, see problems where there are none because they try to understand it ‘naturally’. What other question could they have, but ‘how could this be?’ Literal interpreters, myself included sometimes, can also run into problems because we often don’t understand customs and languages that span Bible settings covering many lands and centuries (Bronze Age, Iron Age and the Roman period). Yet, even though men wrote it, it holds to one story and a consistent message the entire time. If it wasn’t inspired by God, I don’t see how that could be. Because I hold it in that regard, and for other reasons too, I feel something is lacking in your 'natural only' message. So, I question.
Good faith just means you’re making an honest effort to understand and respond to your interlocutor’s argument as they meant it. If you’re not able to make a case against evolution in good faith, you might want to ask yourself why you’re trying to do so in the first place.Good faith… so, questions have to be of a category that you can easily answer within the parameters of TOE?
Does this mean that the consistent stories and messages of thousands of other religions, were inspired by their gods? If not, why not?... Yet, even though men wrote it, it holds to one story and a consistent message the entire time. If it wasn’t inspired by God, I don’t see how that could be.
Genesis tells the story that God created the earth. Your question is did God do it through natural laws or directly. Regardless of what you personally hold, the evidence points to natural means. The evidence for natural means, while not complete, is overwhelming and is substantiated by consilience of evidence from multiple independent scientific fields. If you jettison the evidence it raises the question Is God a Great Deceiver?No, you are wrong in your assessment of me. I understand that the Bible is not like other books… in that it is ‘spiritually’ discerned. Unbelievers, on the other hand, see problems where there are none because they try to understand it ‘naturally’. What other question could they have, but ‘how could this be?’ Literal interpreters, myself included sometimes, can also run into problems because we often don’t understand customs and languages that span Bible settings covering many lands and centuries (Bronze Age, Iron Age and the Roman period). Yet, even though men wrote it, it holds to one story and a consistent message the entire time. If it wasn’t inspired by God, I don’t see how that could be. Because I hold it in that regard, and for other reasons too, I feel something is lacking in your 'natural only' message. So, I question.
You all appear to be non-believers, so like I said before, what else can you say but ‘how can this be?’
Which other one involves an empty grave and we'll discuss it.Does this mean that the consistent stories and messages of thousands of other religions, were inspired by their gods? If not, why not?
No, my question does not require a religious answer at all.You want a religious answer to a question about biology. You're not going to get the answer you want.
No, my question does not require a religious answer at all.
No, that reference is to 'your questions' (how can this be?); you've established you have no 'answer' to my question, other than a TOE one... I'm just asking why would the average chimp, even extraordinary ones, venture beyond his relative safety and the norm? I can't see hunger doing it or they all would have left or moved to another forest, I can't see preditors running them off, they were use to that.Then why did you begin your statement with "You all appear to be non-believers,"? If you split a group into believers and non-believers, then you're automatically asking a religious question.
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