Moon it's own source of light

[Jonaitis]

You cannot have eternal life (the salvation of the gospel based on supernatural events) and not accept the simple basic events of Genesis.

Says who? You?

 

[d taylor]

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Faith is a big problem to many who identify as christian. They simply do not believe God's words in many areas of The Bible. Many would have not been able to do what the centurion did when he interacted with Jesus. living by faith is foreign to them.

It isn't that the Scriptures are lying about creation. We seem to forget that history wasn't written in a linear fashion in antiquity. History was often embellished to convey specific truths to the audience. It is possible that we aren't reading Genesis the way the inspired author intended and the original audience understood it. If you study Genesis enough, you will begin to notice that many of the themes throughout the book concern Israelite customs.

For example, in the account of the Flood, we read that God told Noah,

How did Noah know what was clean/unclean without the Law?

How did Noah know what a burnt offering was without the Law?

Here's another:

How did Judah know about a Levirate Marriage without the Law?

The more and more you look into it, all of these stories are designed to teach the Law, even though they happened before the Law. Abraham and the introduction of circumcision and the promises of Canaan for his posterity; Noah cursing Canaan as a servant of Shem, which gives reason behind Canaan being dispossessed by Israel; Sabbath was established on the Seventh Day.

Genesis was a book designed to teach the Law to the Israelites. It wasn't written to be taken as literal linear history. It is, perhaps, us that have a faulty understanding as to the author's intent. We have taken a position that not even the author believed! Is that not a possibility?

The book of Esther doesn't mention God, nor does it teach anything about God, nor does it contain anything typological about Christ, but it is a story support for the unofficial holiday of Purim held by Jews today. It may be that Esther never really existed, since neither her name nor Ahasuerus are attested historically as real figures. Much of the Old Testament was written as a story basis for Israelite culture. It is folk tales, and it may be possible that Jesus, who was real, used these stories to teach His message to the Jews of His time.

In the book of Jude, there is mention of Satan fighting over the body of Moses. This is Jewish tradition. There is no Scripture that supports the story, yet Jude used it in teaching his audience. He also quotes from the book of Enoch, but the book of Enoch is not inspired (besides, the book is full of bizarre events that contradict Genesis).

I am led to believe that Christians centuries after the apostolic age have taken an approach to Scripture that is far from what the books were intended to be read. Augustine, for example, believed that Genesis 1 was allegorical, and many in his day thought the same. It may be that we are putting a modern lens on Scripture, distorting its original meaning and purpose.

Genesis contains too many references of the Law before the Law was delivered. This should tell us something.

Why not just outright say, i do not believe The Bible's account of God's creation. Why go into this long drawn out way to say, i do not believe The Bibles creation account. I mean if you think you are some how pulling the wool over God's eyes, i would rethink that. I mean you are not even convincing me.

 

[Jonaitis]

Why not just outright say, i do not believe The Bible's account of God's creation.​

If you need me to state it directly: I do not believe the story of creation in Scripture as a real, literal, and historical account.

 

[d taylor]

If you need me to state it directly: I do not believe the story of creation in Scripture as a real, literal, and historical account.

But the real question what causes you to have this belief. Is it because of other areas of The Bible or because science and it's supposed statements about God's creation. If it is other areas of The Bible, what parts in The Bible are opposing a literal reading of Genesis 1

 

[JacksBratt]

Says who? You?

That is a cherry pick of what I said. You shouldn't cut parts of someones quote out, in order to make it say what you want.

 

[Paul4JC]

If you need me to state it directly: I do not believe the story of creation in Scripture as a real, literal, and historical account.

So does that mean you believe it's mythology?

 

[Paul4JC]

 

[Paul4JC]

Moonset this morning...

 

[Paul4JC]

 

[Paul4JC]

 

[d taylor]

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Looks like the sun, i wonder why. Could it be because the moon is also a created light that gives off its own light.

 

[prodromos]

Looks like the sun, i wonder why.​

As an experienced photographer, I'm sure you could understand why.

 

[d taylor]

As an experienced photographer, I'm sure you could understand why.

I do know this i was able to reproduce how light works on the moon when recorded by a camera, by covering a light bulb with paper. This reproduced the exact same action of the light as i have recorded on the moon.

But i was never able to reproduce the moon's light action, by recording a sphere reflecting light from another light source.

 

[Lost4words]

I do know this i was able to reproduce how light works on the moon when recorded by a camera, by covering a light bulb with paper. This reproduced the exact same action of the light as i have recorded on the moon.

But i was never able to reproduce the moon's light action, by recording a sphere reflecting light from another light source.

The moon and the light bulb have so much in common too...

 

[d taylor]

The moon and the light bulb have so much in common too...

They are both created lights that give off their own light.

 

[Lost4words]

They are both created lights that give off their own light.

One gives off light due to an electric current.

The other gives off light due to a reflection from the sun.

 

[d taylor]

One gives off light due to an electric current.

The other gives off light due to a reflection from the sun.

What works (with the suns light and the moon) have you done that has brought you to this belief.

 

[Lost4words]

Common sense my friend

 

[prodromos]

What works (with the suns light and the moon) have you done that has brought you to this belief.

Oddly enough, you can stare at the moon for hours, whereas if you look directly at the sun for even a short time your eyes will be damaged.

The sun, when viewed through filters, has no shadows on the surface because it emits light. The moon's surface has shadows because it reflects light.

 

[d taylor]

Oddly enough, you can stare at the moon for hours, whereas if you look directly at the sun for even a short time your eyes will be damaged.

The sun, when viewed through filters, has no shadows on the surface because it emits light. The moon's surface has shadows because it reflects light.

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The Bible states the sun is the greater created light. The sun has no shadows because it is always fully lit. The moon has no shadows when it is fully lit.