Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
The universe did not go from its inception to an Earth with a biosphere in six days; man was not made from dust nor woman from his rib, etc. But that's beside the point. I just wanted it to be clear what the "bias" is you are talking about. No, it's not about the existence of God or His authorship of the universe.
When I was in Jr. Co, I believe we took certain classes to prepare for transfer into a "major" at a 4 yr. college.
This is your own erroneous faulty position, that you have learned from other atheistic scientist. Just because you keep repeating it for 300 years doesn't make it true. Why are argue, neither of us are going to switch our positions we so cherish.
Again, just because evolutionist make these kind of statements they want to believe, doesn't make them true. You can call them facts all you want. That doesn't make them facts. Evolutionists and atheists are no experts on the Bible. Romans 1:22.
True science is true, factual, actual "knowledge" of nature and it's laws, such as centrifugal force, gravity, etc. It is not man's opinion or theory or hope, and has 0% chance of being incorrect.
They thought the unicorn was a myth, until they found such examples of fossils of large animals with one horn coming out of it's skull. Imagine the surprise of the first modern person to see a narwhal in the ocean. A whale with a horn coming out of it's head. They thought the Hittites were a myth, until archaeology unearth ancient records speaking of them. Same with King David and a tone of other things. People that don't want to believe, call so many things "myths" that really existed. Take dragons. Not Disney dragons exactly, but fire breathing dinosaurs. There are insects today that could be cited, like "the bombardier beetle".
Quite right. One has to look at the evidence behind the statements to be sure.
Right again. In science, facts have to be verifiable.
In my experience "evolutionists and atheists" know quite a bit more about the Bible than the standard run of creationists. Hence the "bias" against taking a literal reading of Genesis as accurate literal history/scientific evidence of our origins..
I don't need a pastor to tell me these things. I am not a kid. I am a retired pastor, that also had an interest in true science. I also have a nature as not just to take everything pastors say as accurate. I have been like that for over 45 years. The flip side might be that you only believe it is not literal because your secular or misguided religious teachers told you so.
"Everyone knows this." For that statement to be true you would have to know what everyone knows, or be omniscient. I don't think you are, and I don't think you know the millions of Christians that know that Genesis can be taken literally. Have you ever read all of Genesis, or all of the Bible over 40 times as some of us have?
I understand that. 1 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 1:22.
You might want to consider two things:
Not so fast, Slick. We all know that Genesis can be taken as accounts of actual persons and events, and millions of Christians throught the world do so. There are even such believers in the Episciopal Church, of all places. But that's not exactly what we're talking about, is it. Genesis can be taken literally. The question is, must it be taken literally? In particularly, must it be taken as the literal, inerrant and self-interpreting product of plenary verbal inspiration? And is that necessity so absolute as to justify the political pretensions of those who subscribe to it?
Since I believe that the Bible is the Word of God and expect to face judgement like everybody else, I don't think I could answer your question. I take the position that such a question, directed to a fellow Christian, is nothing but a considered insult.
So I am going to Hell for not agreeing with your reading of Genesis? You might want to remember that such a statement about another Christian is a reportable offense under the rules of this forum, and such an attitude is one of the main reasons you are getting pushback here from more than just the atheists.
Now you are changing the "natural' meaning of your own words. One doesn't have to be correct on every aspect of the Bible to have a good relationship with God. I am not hear to perpetuate an argument, to jump from one thing to another just to keep arguing. Consider why you want to continue this discussion with me, and if you are honest, I doubt if I will want to keep chasing your rabbits when you are not really open to the core of what I share. Have a good night.
No. That's it. I am not hear to debate those stuck in their erroneous thinking, and caste the pearls before the ..... Have a good night sleeping in the bed you are making for yourself.
