Originally posted by twhitehead
Does the Bible mention any assistance from God and if it was all just a totally non-scientific miracle (ZAP ... all those bad people gone) then why the need to explain it as a flood with a boat etc as if it was actually feasable.
On a nother track ....
Does any one know why in the Old Testament God was so into direct punishment of bad people and rewar hier lifetime whereas nowadays judgement and rewards appear to be reservered for the afterlife ?[/b]
Does the Bible mention any assistance from God and if it was all just a totally non-scientific miracle (ZAP ... all those bad people gone) then why the need to explain it as a flood with a boat etc as if it was actually feasable.
Of coarse God had everything to do with it. God warned Noah, and started the floods when Noah had completed the arc.
I don’t think that miracles are totally non-scientific as you put it, but if you believe in the other miracles of the Bible then it is not too hard to believe that God made it possible.
Here are some links that suggest that our consciousness can have a real impact on the world around us. I suspect that the more we discover about science and religion, the more we will be able to reconcile the two.
http://www.mercola.com/2002/may/8/prayer.htm
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:VyCwRnaDyHAJ:www.item-bioenergy.com/infocenter/ConsciousIntentiononDNA.pdf+Leonard+Laskow+observer+effect&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://www.usenet.com/newsgroups/sci.physics.relativity/msg15965.html
Could this research offer a possible explanation for some of the miracles performed by Jesus?
On a nother track ....
Does any one know why in the Old Testament God was so into direct punishment of bad people and rewarding of good people within thier lifetime whereas nowadays judgement and rewards appear to be reservered for the afterlife ?
This is not necessarily true. A few stories don’t represent the billions that lived back then. I suspect that not much has changed in this regard. People still suffer and are rewarded today like they were back then.