Of course, that's leaving it too late if you happen to be wrong.
according to you, no. But the lack of testability means that you can never really be sure (unless you want to include gut feelings).
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I guess we'll have to wait until we get to Heaven, won't we?
No.
Should there be?
the lack of testability means that you can never really be sure (unless you want to include gut feelings).
Of course, that's leaving it too late if you happen to be wrong.
that is not an easy test to devise
There are some truths we don't have to know at this time.I gotta pity you guys. You have such wildly different ideas about something, and you have no way to find out which of them is true.
That's only because the testing equipment hasn't arrived yet. Be patient.Shame there's no method of testing such things, isn't it?
The hand is unknown only by those who do not know God, because the hand belongs to God:Yes, because when observational science accidentally contradicts the words of a book written by an unknown hand from an unknown time further translated and re-translated across languages then the observational science must surely be in error!
What exactly do you mean by “literally”? Genesis does not say the earth is young or old.there are a lot of them out there who think you are in error and that Genesis should be read literally ergo the earth is rather young.
Genesis does not mention dinosaurs in the creation account. We only knew about dinosaurs from the fossils you guys dug up.Except that it clearly states in the creation account:
So that would appear to include dinosaurs as well. Unless you do not believe that dinosaurs were living creatures.
But occasionally when the laws are broken by the earth's inhabitants He pushes the stop button, then starts over.When I was a believer I always thought that the greatest way to think of God was the guy who got it all started, set the laws and pushed the go button and it goes.
No doubt you are fascinated by rocks.OUCH! That hurt!
I believe the Genesis creation account is one of those occasions where God started over, which would mean that the Genesis account is not an original creation of the universe, but a recreation of life on the earth following a mass extinction event(s):
The hand is unknown only by those who do not know God, because the hand belongs to God:
What exactly do you mean by literally? Genesis does not say the earth is young or old.
Genesis does not mention dinosaurs in the creation account. We only knew about dinosaurs from the fossils you guys dug up.
You are making claims about Genesis that are not there. Why is that?
Like I said, your argument has nothing to do with the Bible. It's your own interpretation you have a problem with.
AIG said:
- Scripture teaches a recent origin for man and the whole creation, spanning approximately 4,000 years from creation to Christ.
- The days in Genesis do not correspond to geologic ages, but are six [6] consecutive twenty-four [24] hour days of creation.
- The Noachian Flood was a significant geological event and much (but not all) fossiliferous sediment originated at that time.
- The gap theory has no basis in Scripture.
- The view, commonly used to evade the implications or the authority of biblical teaching, that knowledge and/or truth may be divided into secular and religious, is rejected.
- By definition, no apparent, perceived or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the scriptural record. Of primary importance is the fact that evidence is always subject to interpretation by fallible people who do not possess all information. (SOURCE)
I, on the other hand, am fascinated by the creator of those rocks, and I look forward to the time when He shows me how He did it.
Venus is visible during the day. If you know where to look it is bright enough to be seen during daytime. Venus and Jupiter together should be certainly bright enough.Do you really think that the people of the time wouldn't have known that it was venus and jupiter? BTW, I use a program called Stellarium (a free download off the net) and while it shows that in the year 2BC (you have to enter the year as -1 because the program includes a year 0 and the calendar doesn't, so 1BC is year 0 and 2 BC is -1) Jupiter and Venus were very close together in the sky, it also shows that they were close to the sun! To put it another way, they only would have been above the horizon in the day time, and the sun's glare would have overpowered them! They wouldn't have been visible!
Maybe AV1611VET isRemember that King Herod had to inquire as to what time the star appeared.
Had the star been a universal phenomenon, then Herold would not have had to inquire.
In addition, imagine saying, "Look! See that star there!", and the person you're talking to says, "Where? I don't see anything."
Later, another person says he sees it too, but others don't.
This would have alerted the wise men that what they were viewing was indeed the star of Bethlehem.
There are some truths we don't have to know at this time.
Venus is visible during the day. If you know where to look it is bright enough to be seen during daytime. Venus and Jupiter together should be certainly bright enough.
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