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Originally posted by stellspalfieLOL, Bible or comics you a fantasy merchant dude!
no i was into marvel comics rather than the bible.....i like my fantasy stories grounded in reality.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieBut I read an awful lot of you guys as you defend your fantasy stories. Am I to understand that all of you suck so badly at explaining the bible then, because none of you theists are at all convincing when you speak about the bible??
Serious study under a pastor teaching from the original languages of scripture began in my mid 20s and continues today.
and yet the most vocal opponents of scripture are those who never read it!
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyTo GKR: "[I owe you the reference.]" Matthew 6: 22-23 “The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. 23 “But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!" New American Standard Bible
"Whether you realize it or not, apprehending absolute spiritual reality is the singularly most important priority in our lives."
[What greater decision do human beings make during their lives on earth other than their permanent eternal address?]
and
"What other contributors to this forum believe or reject for whatever reason is strictly their bus ...[text shortened]... f the light that is in them be darkness, how great is that darkness." [I owe you the reference.]
Originally posted by finnegan“You don’t think of the Bible necessarily as a scientifically accurate source of information, so I guess we were quite surprised when we discovered it would work. [b]We’re not proving that it’s true, but the concept would definitely work.”
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What do you think about science proving the Bible true?"
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYes, I know. And you quoted them. And I agree with them ~ both when I originally wrote them ~ and when you quoted them.
[In reply to "Originally posted by FMF Many of the Christians in this community do not accept the doctrine of "The Trinity". Thread: "Christianity is not a religion"]... they're your own words.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThe researchers said "We’re not proving that it’s true, but the concept would definitely work.” In other words, the research does not prove that the Bible story is true, it only proves that a really big wooden boat could have the buoyancy needed to carry a large cargo.
"Nothing is proved "true" in this post, as stated explicitly by the scientists." -Finnegan... Please tell me more.
Originally posted by Great King Ratgee thats hard to respect dude.
But I read an awful lot of you guys as you defend your fantasy stories. Am I to understand that all of you suck so badly at explaining the bible then, because none of you theists are at all convincing when you speak about the bible??
In fact the opposite, you people have the remarkable gift of making the bible less and less relevant and more and more ridiculous.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyAnyhow lets get to the point, the common misconception among our somewhat self assuming although well meaning friends is that the ark carried every kind of species, but this is not necessarily the case, the different kinds could have easily been accommodated according to their respective classes. Please consider this:
Wonder why.
Originally posted by SuzianneGenesis 7:1-3 "And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; Notice that the Lord did not say to Noah, “Go into the ark,” but “Come,” plainly implying that God was himself in the ark, waiting to receive Noah and his family into the big ship that was to be their place of refuge while all the other people on the face of the earth were drowned. The distinctive word of the gospel is a drawing word: “Come.” Jesus says, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest;” and he will say to his people at the last, “Come, ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” “Depart” is the word of justice and judgment, but “Come” is the word of mercy and grace. “The Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark;” — Gen 7:1. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Therefore God drew a distinction between him and the unrighteous, for he always hath a special regard for godly people. Gen 7:2-3. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Of fowls also of the air by sevens the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. Of the clean creatures which might be offered in sacrifice to God you see that there was a larger proportion than there was of the unclean, that there might be sufficient for sacrifice without the destruction of any species. The unclean beasts were mostly killers and devourers of others, and therefore their number was to be less than that of the clean species. Oh, that the day might soon come when there would be more of clean men and women than of unclean, when there would be fewer sinners than godly people in the world, though even then there would be the ungodly “by two” like the unclean beasts."
"And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed ali ...[text shortened]... male: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female."
Exactly what I said.