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Neanderthals were the children of Noah and his family? then where did we all come from?Whoopee do. You do realize Neanderthal man was merely post flood man?
dad said:DNA does NOT go back all that far! Show me the DNA for a fossilized flatworm?
Whoopee do. You do realize Neanderthal man was merely post flood man??
False. If man changed then why not have some DNA that is the same?? In the present state nature we have DNA. Naturally we should share some with previous men. This is news?
For the record, 5'5" is not "very short", it is comparable to the average height of humans today. At the time when Neanderthals lived, they were of similar height or somewhat shorter than the contemporary Cro Magnons.
For the record, 5'5" is not "very short", it is comparable to the average height of humans today. At the time when Neanderthals lived, they were of similar height or somewhat shorter than the contemporary Cro Magnons.
DNA does NOT go back all that far! Show me the DNA for a fossilized flatworm?
Whoopee do. You do realize Neanderthal man was merely post flood man??
False. If man changed then why not have some DNA that is the same?? In the present state nature we have DNA. Naturally we should share some with previous men. This is news?
I've heard of some potential skeletons reaching the 6 foot range for Neanderthals, but maybe I am mixing up them and some other bipedal ape.
Quite possible. There is a large variability in height among hominids, extinct as well as extant. As a comparison, there are Cro Magnon finds of well over 6'6" in height.
What would happen if your child or if you had a child come to me a total stranger and offered me a gift; and in return I killed him; not quickly; but slowly and I took every measure to make his/her pain enjoyable to me? Would your demeanour be that of a Jew who has been told the Holocoust was a lie, or that of a African American who was told slavery never existed? If it was my child, there would be no end to the pain I would bring you. But fortunately for you God commands me to forgive you, because "VENGEANCE IS MINE" says The Lord. The bible says one day you will die, and this is true. And you will bow on bended knee before the judge, wether you believe in Him or not. My question for you is how does your concept of how God should act have any weight? God is God and there is nothing you can say that will change it. If I kill someone the law requires me to be judged, and a punishment is handed down, sound familiar? The punishment for refusing to believe in God therefore repenting of your sin is death. Has anyone not died? Seems to me God is true to his word. Only thing is by not choosing God your judgement is eternal life without God and that is Laid out for you in scripture, that you can be saved and go to all the places who don't know what I have told you.
That's for God to judge.
There are verses in Revelation which speak of the ungodly being cast into the lake of fire and consumed; the second death; eternal destruction.
There are also verses which speak about eternal damnation for those who reject the Lord.
As darkness is the absence of light and cold is the absence of heat, evil is the absence of God. Hell is the complete absence of the Lord; the one place in existence where God does not dwell. It was created for the devil and his fallen angels. Those who rebel against God are no different from the angels who rebelled against God. They separate themselves from God during their life and that separation continues after their death. It is they who make the decision where they will spend eternity by their acceptance or rejection of the Lord.
Don't blame God if you end up in Hell. You will have earned it.
Non of those religions have an eternal punishment. So that is incorrect.
Non of those religions have an eternal punishment. So that is incorrect.
I did answer the question.Enough with the qualifiers. Just answer the question.
According to your theology, what will happen to an atheist if he dies an atheist?
This is what is written in the Scriptures; not that you give merit to the written word of God. This is what the Lord says is the consequence to sin; not what I or any other has made up or contrived.[/COLOR]
So either they're lying or you are.No, it's what men wrote and told you the lord said it.
So each will be judged according to his own heart, according to the Scriptures. So what of the good atheist. Is there such a thing? Consider that a man is according to his heart, and atheists have no mechanism for forgiveness because they reject Jesus Christ and they don't follow the original covenant of sacrificing unblemished sheep to the Lord.
So either they're lying or you are.
From my personal experience, I believe them.
People don't suffer and die to promote a hoax that gains them nothing but poverty, ridicule and persecution for their lifetime.
So either they're lying or you are.
From my personal experience, I believe them.
People don't suffer and die to promote a hoax that gains them nothing but poverty, ridicule and persecution for their lifetime. Paul was a Roman citizen and a person of some stature before answering the call of the Lord. I've seen firsthand how the Lord can change a person's life. Sorry, but your words are rendered absolutely meaningless just from my own personal experiences; let alone those of far greater men than I.
PsychoSarah said:Actually, all of those religions have denominations which have eternal punishment in their beliefs. In addition, there are Christians who don't believe in eternal punishment, rather they feel that nonbelievers just don't have eternal life after death.
" Don't be ignorant of Satan's devices. The Word of God leaves no doubt about the existence or nature of hell. With clarity and authority, God has told us everything we need to know about hell, and how to avoid it through the merits of Christ."
Then the King will say to those on His left, "Depart from me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels."...These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. (Matthew 25:41, 46)
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. (Mark 9:43)
And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:15)
...drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger. And he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night. (Revelation 14:10-11)
"According to Jesus, hell is a place of outer darkness (Matthew 22:13) where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12). Hell is a fiery furnace (Matthew 13:42, 50) of unquenchable fires (Mark 9:48-49). Hell is a place of spiritual and bodily destruction (Matthew 10:28) where there are endless torments (Luke 16:23-24). Hell is most certainly a place, a horrific place where agonizing conditions exist."
HitchSlap said:No, it's what men wrote and told you the lord said it. See the difference?
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