God created the universe in 7 days

Originally posted by Phlabibit
You asked, 'does this mean that the first 'day' was infinitely long?'

Well, I assure you it was and is not... as I've just had a glass of water.

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I still don't understand.

Originally posted by CliffLandin
"(God is) the one Who created the night, the day, the sun and the moon. Each one is travelling in an orbit with its own motion."

Wow, where is that?

Originally posted by Darfius
Wow, where is that?

That's from the Qur'an, a book that you have never picked up.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
I still don't understand.

Water was made on the second day, so the first day is long over....

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Originally posted by CliffLandin
That's from the Qur'an, a book that you have never picked up.

Oh, you mean the Qu'ran written 500 years after everyone knew the planets orbited thanks to Ptolemy?

Fascinating.

By the way, I've read enough of it to know it's a joke.

Originally posted by Darfius
Some of my brothers and sisters believe that God was the cause of the Big Bang.

If you want to get down to the nitty gritty, this could fit into the Genesis description, but I prefer not to doubt my God's omnipotence.

Yea, I believe in the big bang. God spoke, and BANG! it happened!

Originally posted by dj2becker
Yea, I believe in the big bang. God spoke, and BANG! it happened!

way cool, does that mean you will lay off the psuedo-science?

edit,,,btw i looked at the forums at that religious site you guys get your copy from....don't you think you guy might serve god better by spending your time helping them to moderate the porn outta there, than coming here to annoy us heathens with the windbag approach to religion.

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Water was made on the second day, so the first day is long over....

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Oh, I see.

Even though the first day is over, it still could have been infinitely long. If 50,000 years (measured by the amount of time it takes the Earth to go around the Sun today) before the end of the first day was still the first day, and 50,000 years before that was still the first day, etc. That is, the first day never began. It always existed.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Oh, I see.

Even though the first day is over, it still could have been infinitely long. If 50,000 years (measured by the amount of time it takes the Earth to go around the Sun today) before the end of the first day was still the first day, and 50,000 years before that was still the first day, etc. That is, the first day never began. It always existed.

I consider Infinite as Never Ending... but I guess there is room for Damn Long Time in the definition. I speculate that the bible use of the word day may mean anything. Also, I've found the translation of Aramaic to English used the word "Eon" rather than "Day"... yet they are still talking about a cycle of day to night.

You can compare these 2 translations... that has always been my problem with the Bible. Regardless if God's hand wrote the original, it is always translated by Man.

King James:
http://www.bartleby.com/108/01/1.html#S1

Aramaic Translated to English:
http://www.v-a.com/bible/genesis_1-4.html

Another interesting thing I found is Man was created day 6, and Adam was created day 7 in the Aramaic translation link I provided. Seems the translators for King James didn't like that!

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Originally posted by Darfius
Oh, you mean the Qu'ran written 500 years after everyone knew the planets orbited thanks to Ptolemy?

Fascinating.

By the way, I've read enough of it to know it's a joke.

By the way, I've read enough of it to know it's a joke.

What a hypocritical statement !

Speaking of jokes:

Five people die in a plane crash and all meet St. Peter at the pearly gate. Peter instructs them; “Catholics in room 110, Jesuits in room 125, Jews in room 131, Muslims in room 142…and please be very quiet as you pass room 101.” When one of the souls asks Peter why they should be quiet he replies, “The Baptists are in that room. They think they’re the only ones here.”

Originally posted by Darfius
Oh, you mean the Qu'ran written 500 years after everyone knew the planets orbited thanks to Ptolemy?

Fascinating.

By the way, I've read enough of it to know it's a joke.

You sell your bible short; it's just as good a joke.
BTW, here's a link to more evidence the bible is wrong
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/02/24/australia.crocodile.reut/index.html

Originally posted by xs
[b]By the way, I've read enough of it to know it's a joke.

What a hypocritical statement !

Speaking of jokes:

Five people die in a plane crash and all meet St. Peter at the pearly gate. Peter instructs them; “Catholics in room 110, Jesuits in room 125, Jews in room 131, Muslims in room 142…and please be very quiet as you pass room 101.” When one o ...[text shortened]... uld be quiet he replies, “The Baptists are in that room. They think they’re the only ones here.”[/b]

This is the best post in a religious thread I've seen yet!

Originally posted by xs
[b]By the way, I've read enough of it to know it's a joke.

What a hypocritical statement !

Speaking of jokes:

Five people die in a plane crash and all meet St. Peter at the pearly gate. Peter instructs them; “Catholics in room 110, Jesuits in room 125, Jews in room 131, Muslims in room 142…and please be very quiet as you pass room 101.” When one o ...[text shortened]... uld be quiet he replies, “The Baptists are in that room. They think they’re the only ones here.”[/b]

LOL