My Last Thursdayism Challenge

[AV1611VET]

It's time to put an end to Last Thursdayism.

Last Thursdayism (sometimes Last Tuesdayism or Last Wednesdayism) is a version of omphalism, and Bertrand Russell's Five minute hypothesis. It is the idea that the world was created last Thursday, but with the appearance of age: people's memories, history books, fossils, light already on the way from distant stars, and so forth.

Explain Last Thursdayism without violating the literal interpretation of Genesis 5:5.

[bible]Genesis 5:5[/bible]

 

[AirPo]

That's just a test of your faith in last Thursdayism.

 

[Tiberius]

last Thursdayism is a belief that the world was created at some point in the past, but more recently than it appears. This is explained by saying that the world was created to appear much older than it actually was.

And your point is...?

And why is it that you assume the very thing that you wish to prove?

"If we assume that the Biblicalpassage that claims Adam lived 930 years is true, then last Thursdayism is obviously false. Therefore, the Bible is more likely to be true."

 

[AV1611VET]

last Thursdayism is a belief that the world was created at some point in the past, but more recently than it appears. This is explained by saying that the world was created to appear much older than it actually was.

Okay, Tiberius --- Wikipedia did a much better job explaining it than you did --- but thanks anyway.

And your point is...?

...stated in the first line of my challenge.

I don't expect this challenge to be any different than my other challenges.

That is, I issue a super-simple challenge, then go another fifty pages of posting begging someone to answer it.

In the meantime, it'll be ridiculed, questioned, and word-changed to death until it resembles nothing like it was initially issued.

Then you debate experts will wonder why I go to virtual ignore (i.e. read-only mode), and seem to be ignoring your posts.

 

[ScMay]

Whats the point of the challenge though? Since it WON'T put an end to Last Thursdayism since there is no reason to not violate Genesis. Genesis and Last Thursdayism are mutually exclusive anyway, they can't both be true. You might as well ask us to explain why something is white without contradicting that it is black.

How about you try and explain the reverse?

Explain the literal interpretation of Genesis 5:5 without violating Last Thursdayism .

Can you do it any better than I answered yours?

 

[[serious]]

well, last thursday the entire universe was created with a history. This includes the presence of the bible. Now, it could be an accurate account of the created history thus making it true. Likewise, a 4.5 billion year old rock could be created last thursday, or an apple.

 

[Paulos23]

I don't expect this challenge to be any different than my other challenges.

One wonders why you do them then.

That is, I issue a super-simple challenge, then go another fifty pages of posting begging someone to answer it.

Translation: This will go 50 pages before you get the answer you want, not the good answers you do get.

All of which does nothing to prove your point.

In the meantime, it'll be ridiculed, questioned, and word-changed to death until it resembles nothing like it was initially issued.

These changes are silly. You can't expect to make a statement like that with no scientific support and expect not to get ridiculed.

Then you debate experts will wonder why I go to virtual ignore (i.e. read-only mode), and seem to be ignoring your posts.

If you can't take the heat....

 

[The Nihilist]

It's time to put an end to Last Thursdayism.



Explain Last Thursdayism without violating the literal interpretation of Genesis 5:5.

[bible]Genesis 5:5[/bible]

Ok, got it. Some of the world's dirt has embedded in it that it was Adam for 900 years or whatever you said. Also, it has embedded age.



Do you seriously post 123 times a day on average? Maybe you need a job or a hobby. Or maybe a girlfriend.

 

[quatona]

It's time to put an end to Last Thursdayism.



Explain Last Thursdayism without violating the literal interpretation of Genesis 5:5.

[bible]Genesis 5:5[/bible]

Err, what?

 

[Split Rock]

In the meantime, it'll be ridiculed, questioned, and word-changed to death until it resembles nothing like it was initially issued.

Then you debate experts will wonder why I go to virtual ignore (i.e. read-only mode), and seem to be ignoring your posts.

I understand why you post these threads now! It is to feed your "I am persecuted because of who I am (a Bible Christian) not what I say" complex!

Good luck with that

 

[Lord Emsworth]

It's time to put an end to Last Thursdayism.

In case you wonder where the heck Last Thursdayism is anyway, you need to look up. It is right there over your head.



(And anyway, Adam was created on a Friday (right?). What makes you think that he could not have lived 930 years that solely consist of Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. I do not see any Thursdays mentioned in Genesis 5:5.)

 

[Lazuline]

Oh, this one's easy. The world was created with embedded literal-interpretation-of-Genesis-having-happened. It's the only explanation that makes sense.

 

[Nathan Poe]

It's time to put an end to Last Thursdayism.



Explain Last Thursdayism without violating the literal interpretation of Genesis 5:5.

[bible]Genesis 5:5[/bible]

Explain the literal interpretation of Genesis 5:5 without violating Last Thursdayism.

 

[AV1611VET]

Explain the literal interpretation of Genesis 5:5 without violating Last Thursdayism.

Ya --- make your jokes and stuff.

It's a lot easier to accuse God of being deceptive, than it is to study it out, isn't it?

 

[Paconious]

Ya --- make your jokes and stuff.

It's a lot easier to accuse God of being deceptive, than it is to study it out, isn't it?

Imaginary beings are hard to study. But, given the details of the work surrounding the entity in question, one can make safe assumptions. For example, King of the Hill has this nifty page in wikipedia where the location of Arlen texas is hypothesized. Of course Arlen Texas does not exist, yet gathering from the context clues of the series, various individuals have given a pretty close estimate as to where the town might be "located". Genesis resembles King of the hill in light of the fact that they are both fictional. Asking whether something fictional conflicts with somethign fictional is ludicrous. My point is that you cant really discuss the virtues of veracity on something that is made up.

 

[Nathan Poe]

Ya --- make your jokes and stuff.

It's a lot easier to accuse God of being deceptive, than it is to study it out, isn't it?

No joke, AV. if you're unwilling to try it, why should we indulge you?

 

[AV1611VET]

No joke, AV. if you're unwilling to try it, why should we indulge you?

Well, fyi, I don't go around accusing people of being Last Thursdayism.

Especially since you guys are showing that you're unwilling to defend such an accusation toward a person who is a literal interpreter of the Scriptures.

For those of you who have ever accused a Bible literalist of being Last Thursdayism, I'm wondering why you're not all in here walking over each other answering this challenge.

Believe me, your silence speaks volumes.

 

[Freodin]

Well, fyi, I don't go around accusing people of being Last Thursdayism.

Especially since you guys are showing that you're unwilling to defend such an accusation toward a person who is a literal interpreter of the Scriptures.

For those of you who have ever accused a Bible literalist of being Last Thursdayism, I'm wondering why you're not all in here walking over each other answering this challenge.

Believe me, your silence speaks volumes.

You are making fun of us again, I suppose?

But if you are indeed serious, here is a little explanation.

Last Thursdayism is the concept that the world was created in it´s present state last Thursday. It is a concept used to clarify the idea of "creating with age" and the consequences of such an notion.

People often liken Young Earth Creationism with Last Thursdayism, but they do not equal one with the other.

So the silence you here from the people "who have ever accused a Bible literalist of being Last Thursdayism" is simply because such people do not exist.

You are fighting windmills again.

 

[Joe_Sixpack]

Well, fyi, I don't go around accusing people of being Last Thursdayism.

Especially since you guys are showing that you're unwilling to defend such an accusation toward a person who is a literal interpreter of the Scriptures.

For those of you who have ever accused a Bible literalist of being Last Thursdayism, I'm wondering why you're not all in here walking over each other answering this challenge.

Believe me, your silence speaks volumes.

I don't think you understand why people are using the Last Thursday argument against you. Hint: it is not because anyone on here believes you believe the universe was created last Thursday.

 

[FishFace]

Answer: Adam had embedded life.
Alternative answer: Genesis is wrong
Alternative Alternative answer: we don't think you actually believe in Last Thursdayism, just that your position is just as good as it.