It appears you have multiple concerns, that's fine. I won't try to respond
to all of them but if you have single questions not lumped into full page
articles I will be happy to to oblige.
So I assume you believe in Evolution vs Creation? I believe in Creation.
Have you actually read the Bible or just pieces of it here and there? Or
just heard people talk about it? I have read it several times and continue
studying it.
I'm just trying to discern what you do believe as a starting point.
Tom
> Re: Re: Is this area dead?
> By: Thuff to Michl on Tue Apr 19 2016 12:59 pm
> > > > I love the discussion / debate on religion.
> > > Im interessted in discussion about religion.
> When it comes to Religion, I have a hard time believing in what it says.
> Genesis 1:1 - "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"
> Genesis 1:3 - "And God said "Let there be light", and there was light."
> The problem I have is "Who was there to witness this and write it
down?".
> Some will say "It is the word of God." If I say God talks to me, I end
up
> in a loony bin somewhere, but for those 000's of years ago, it is OK?
> And if the Earth IS the age that the bible works it out to be, no more
than
> 6000 years old, how do yo account for the fossils that have been carbon
> dated to at least millions of years old? Last I heard, carbon dating was
> accourate
> to within +/- 1000 years. Dinosaur bones dated to over 50 million years
old
> fall way out of the 6000 years that the bible would have us believe.
Some
> will try to tell you that carbon dating is not 100% accurate. My reply
to
> them is "And the word of mouth, spoken over years, told and retold down
the
> generations is 100% accurate?" What about "Chinese Whispers"?
> The bible, to me anyway, is a fictional tale, created by men in power
for
> one reason and one reason ONLY - TO CONTROL THE MASSES.
> When kings went to war alongside their armies back in the day, who did
they
> leave in charge? The priests, Why? Because the priests would put the
"fear
> of God" into the masses to keep them under control. And even when the
king
> WAS there, the priests still did the same thing.
> But yes, I do like to debate religion.
> Jeff in Australia.
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