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Is there any evidence for evolution?

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If Satan can effectively disguise himself, then how do you know that Satan did not disguise himself as the authors of the Bible?
The authenticity of the canon is established by the men and women of the Early Church who knew the Apostles personally and confirmed that these writings matched the Gospel they preached regarding Jesus.
 
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The authenticity of the canon is established by the men and women of the Early Church who knew the Apostles personally and confirmed that these writings matched the Gospel they preached regarding Jesus.

If Satan can effectively disguise himself, then he could have disguised himself as the men and women of the Early Church.
 
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You are believing in a lie. I am not an ape and neither are you. You and I were created in the image of God, unlike the animals.

I defined my understanding of "kind" in a different post.

I defined it from a Hebrew Lexicon and they didn't care. It's not like anyone is interested in actually learning something here. The word 'kind' and 'genus' have identical meanings, you would think someone would at least notice.

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I defined it from a Hebrew Lexicon and they didn't care. It's not anyone is interested in actually learning something here. The word 'kind' and 'genus' have identical meanings, you would think someone would at least notice.

Grace and peace,
Mark

The natural person does not accept the things of God, they are folly to him.
 
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The natural person does not accept the things of God, they are folly to him.

Indeed and people suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Romans 1:20), claiming themselves to be wise...(Romans 1:22)

Grace and peace,
Mark
 
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No amount of evidence would satisfy you, while you reject the Bible as the word of God and refuse to humble yourself.

A complete lack of evidence will not convince me, that is for sure. If all you have are claims, then there is nothing to reject.
 
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Doesn't that mean it's been *whisper it* translated? Doesn't that mean it's not in King James English?
Yes.

But if done by God-called, Spirit-filled missionaries, Shannon entropy can take a hike.
 
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Yes.

But if done by God-called, Spirit-filled missionaries, Shannon entropy can take a hike.

If a German Christian is not using a modern translation, my guess would be that he is using Luther's translation. So I suppose that, in the eyes of a KJV Only-ist, that means he is on the way to hell.
 
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And on the other side of that coin. Many so-called believers who choose not to believe in the Bible as it is written, along with bitter Atheists who have the need to make God disappear so they don't have the thought of Hell looming, all have a great tendency to try to explain God out of the picture. These people will work hard at disproving the God of the Bible, and others will work hard at deluding themselves into believing what they are told because in the end that's what they want over God. As to all the world believing the nonsense, so what? The Bible itself, the very thing people are trying to disprove tells us, there will be a failing away from God/Gods truth towards the end, and I'm at least proud to be from a country who has held on to the truth longer than any other.

Don't you see what's happening here right under your nose? First Gods word comes into question, and even our believers fall away or try to be "partial believers", then they, their sons and daughters fall away a bit further as has already happened over the years to whatever degree, until eventually God falls completely out of the picture, and Satan gets exactly what he wanted from some of us.

God is watching every last one of you to see what you are really made of in this time before the end, who are you going to believe, him or man?
 
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If a German Christian is not using a modern translation, my guess would be that he is using Luther's translation. So I suppose that, in the eyes of a KJV Only-ist, that means he is on the way to hell.
I have nothing Christian to say about Mr. Luther, and we'll leave it at that.
 
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Theistic scientists are not motivated by any need to "explain God out of the picture". They are motivated by the evidence for evolution, and they explicitly reject an atheistic interpretation of Darwin's theory.
 
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I have nothing Christian to say about Mr. Luther, and we'll leave it at that.
Sometimes I think your a Darwinian sock puppet. Ran into several including one blatantly obvious one arguing the Sun was revolving around the earth.
 
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We no more need to explain away God to escape Hell than you need to explain away Santa Claus to prevent coal from appearing in your Christmas stocking.

If you want to pit the Bible against the facts, then the more power to you. Most atheists realize that God and evolution are not mutually exclusive, so you are barking up the wrong tree on that one.

These people will work hard at disproving the God of the Bible, and others will work hard at deluding themselves into believing what they are told because in the end that's what they want over God.

We don't have to disprove that which is without evidence. It is your inability to produce a shred of evidence to support your claims that justifies our skepticism.
 
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