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Even as a Christian...I find it difficult to take all of the Bible literally. As ridiculous as many on here seem to think it is(and I respect your view)...I DO believe firmly in Creation; however, I don't for instance think it took a literal 7 days. I think it was longer. I think God's time can be different than our time.
[1 point]3 years ago by paradoxgrlReplyEdited 3 years ago by paradoxgrl
yeah... why would you assume that? that's such an insignificant detail, why mess around with the idea that the bible is fallibel in any way? we have absolutely no idea how god experiences time and we can't make any guesses about it.
To me that doesn't make the Bible fallible. It explains things like how dinosaurs could have existed still going with the Creation theory...when Science proves their existence so far before man's existence. If God created them first...and in HIS time man came "x" number of days later..then it would still be logical and plausible. If anything, it makes it MORE believable, and LESS fallible.
[1 point]3 years ago by paradoxgrlReplyEdited 3 years ago by paradoxgrl
It has got some nice stories (and some not so nice - like drowning all but 8 people in the world), but at the end of the day it is just a book.
It makes no more sense to take it all as fact than it does to live your life according to reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy!
The bible of also full of contradictions, so at teh end of the day you will have to make decisions as to which bits you believe, and once you admit that even one bit is wrong, you can't say it is the infallable word of god.
Jesus is supposed to be descended from old King David (to make him fit with the Messiah role). 2 gospels tell us how JOSEPH is descended from David (by 2 different roots btw) and then they tell us all about the Virgin Birth, that apparently old Joseph had nothing to do with it!
You can't have it both ways, it was either Joe and not the Holy Spirit, then is is descended from David or it was the Holy Spirit and he was not.
Lessee--originally oral history in proto-Aramaic and ancient Aramaic, then written down in Greek, translated into Latin, and from there into English and a plethora of other languages--including Klingon!
Nope.
[1 point]3 years ago by dauguyReplyEdited 3 years ago by dauguy
Gen 1,24: An Ceiling Cat sayed, i can has MOAR living stuff, mooes, An creepie tings, An otehr aminals. It happen so tehre.25 An Ceiling Cat doed moar living stuff, mooes, An creepies, An otehr animuls, An did not eated tehm.
Even as a Christian...I find it difficult to take all of the Bible literally. As ridiculous as many on here seem to think it is(and I respect your view)...I DO believe firmly in Creation; however, I don't for instance think it took a literal 7 days. I think it was longer. I think God's time can be different than our time.
Is this a "god made the big bang" or "god threw some rocks and dinosaurs together etc" creation belief?
yeah... why would you assume that? that's such an insignificant detail, why mess around with the idea that the bible is fallibel in any way? we have absolutely no idea how god experiences time and we can't make any guesses about it.
To me that doesn't make the Bible fallible. It explains things like how dinosaurs could have existed still going with the Creation theory...when Science proves their existence so far before man's existence. If God created them first...and in HIS time man came "x" number of days later..then it would still be logical and plausible. If anything, it makes it MORE believable, and LESS fallible.
It has got some nice stories (and some not so nice - like drowning all but 8 people in the world), but at the end of the day it is just a book.
It makes no more sense to take it all as fact than it does to live your life according to reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy!
The bible of also full of contradictions, so at teh end of the day you will have to make decisions as to which bits you believe, and once you admit that even one bit is wrong, you can't say it is the infallable word of god.
^^^ Exactly. What he said! ^^^
name one contradiction. one.
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[1 point] 3 years ago by deleted user ReplyLooks like you floored him with that one, he has not been back since :))
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[0 points] 3 years ago by deleted user ReplyJesus is supposed to be descended from old King David (to make him fit with the Messiah role). 2 gospels tell us how JOSEPH is descended from David (by 2 different roots btw) and then they tell us all about the Virgin Birth, that apparently old Joseph had nothing to do with it!
You can't have it both ways, it was either Joe and not the Holy Spirit, then is is descended from David or it was the Holy Spirit and he was not.
(Sure you have actually read the bible Foxy?)
What's up mate, (ceiling) cat got your tongue? :))
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[1 point] 3 years ago by deleted user ReplyOn the other hand Lord of the Rings trilogy is actually books worth reading.
Lessee--originally oral history in proto-Aramaic and ancient Aramaic, then written down in Greek, translated into Latin, and from there into English and a plethora of other languages--including Klingon!
Nope.
I do like the LOLCAT version though ....
Gen 1,24: An Ceiling Cat sayed, i can has MOAR living stuff, mooes, An creepie tings, An otehr aminals. It happen so tehre.25 An Ceiling Cat doed moar living stuff, mooes, An creepies, An otehr animuls, An did not eated tehm.
http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
OMG, warn a person! I nearly snorted coffee out my nose!
that would have been worth seeing, shame you did not capture that on webcam, perfect for youtube!