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Does GOD know everything? Did HE see them as already corrupt and evil? I can imagine if one attends a Christian University, it may just go without saying. You keep bringing up slavery; however the primary reason slavery ended in England and the US was primarily a Bible Believing Christian Movement and not an atheistic one. In fact, I can imagine an atheist who doesn't believe in GOD and has selfish ambitions would likely make an excellent slavery Taskmaster. I feel that pangs of conscience are GOD's way of softening one's heart... Perhaps you lack that also.
The ark might float if empty. But your own source says it would capsize if it were loaded. Never mind the continual downpour of rain which might fill the ark too. Floating is one thing. Staying afloat is quite another, especially given the circumstances. In short, the ark would sink.The Smithsonian Magazine had a very scientific article regarding whether Noah's Ark could even float. And the consensus was as follows: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/could-noahs-ark-float-theory-yes-180950385/
Here's another secret: no he didn't. There's another, more logical and natural based explanation. I'll include it in my next article.I'll let you in on a little secret--------- Moses didn't actually separate the Red Sea either. It was GOD.
The stories make no sense if one has a rational, logical mind. God is more like the key to self delusion.If one doesn't believe in GOD the rest of the stories make no sense. GOD is the KEY to ETERNITY!
What "assumption" would that be? Evolution has plenty of supporting empirical evidence. Your god, not so much. As in, not any at all. God, or "god did it," is an assumption.That is certainly true with DARWINISM. It sounds "scientific," but it's all fabricated under a wrong assumption.
Ken Hamm would love you. But there is no credible scientific theory or evidence (geological nor paleontological) positing humans and dinosaurs lived together.A scientific theory as to why we have not found fossils of Dinosaurs and humans together ----- YET!:https://answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs/humans/why-dont-we-find-human-dinosaur-fossils-together/
So all Jews, Muslims, and everyone who is generally non-christian is screwed, right?God doesn't sent anyone to hell for sinning. GOD turns people away from heaven because they never accepted CHRIST as their personal SAVIOR. Have you done that?
I would hope not. Especially not in the sciences or academia.AND I'm sure that if you wrote on your resume' that you didn't believe in Darwinism or that Evolution is the means from which life became diverse from one living thing, or such a belief came up in an interview ----you most likely wouldn't get the job.
There are also too many willing to suppress critical and rational thinking to accept dogma over science.There are too many willing to accept anything to land a career.
One does not, and should not "believe" in evolution or any scientific theory. One should accept or reject them based on the evidence.This is to keep honest secular scientists out --- meaning those who really only believe in evolution and abiogenesis.
Why would you want to hire a "scientist" who doesn't accept actual science? That's like a quack must be willing to learn actual medicine to get a job as a doctor. Would you want a quack on the job?And do you know that Creation researchers must be willing to accept evolution as entirely the only way or they cannot get a job at most secular science laboratories and institutions of higher learning?
If god is omniscient, as he is often described to be, then yes!Does GOD know everything? Did HE see them as already corrupt and evil?
Neither God or the bible prohibits slavery.I can imagine if one attends a Christian University, it may just go without saying. You keep bringing up slavery; however the primary reason slavery ended in England and the US was primarily a Bible Believing Christian Movement and not an atheistic one. In fact, I can imagine an atheist who doesn't believe in GOD and has selfish ambitions would likely make an excellent slavery Taskmaster. I feel that pangs of conscience are GOD's way of softening one's heart... Perhaps you lack that also.
According to a 2011 gallup poll, 30% of Americans take the bible literally. 40% accept creationism. That seems like a decent percentage to me. Granted, the numbers might be a little lower now. But I'd wager not by much.Do they constitute a decent percentage of theist thinkers? no.
Science was never a threat because biblical literalists generally dismiss any science which might contradict their beliefs or dogma. But biblical literalists are a "threat" to science. Or at least to critical thinking.Bottom line- in 2022 science is not at the threat of biblical literalist.
Most likely from the Epic of Gilgamesh.I don't think the story as in the Bible is true but it seems to come from a true source,
Which were more likely regional floods. But from the perspective of ancient people, it might have seemed like a global flood. At least, their "world" was flooded.All around the worlds people have a story of a massive flood.
There is no evidence which supports a global flood. If anything, current evidence demonstrates it could not or never happened.The lack of paleontological and geological evidence is not true. It just means the exact "facts" given is the Bible are a folklore narrative, that has been telephoned, dramatized, and changed in ways we will never know.
Don't forget, certain biblical literalists and creationists support a 6000 year old Earth. Complete with dinosaurs alongside humans, a la The Flinstones.There was dramatic climate change 12,900 year ago that abruptly ended the last ice age. From 12,900 to 11,600 years ago is known as the younger dryas period, that ended the ice age and rose the temperature of the Earth. In this, massive flooding and sea level rise is well established. It is coming to be understood that this younger dryas period might of been initiated by a relatively large meteor that hit the ice shelfs and cause catastrophic flooding. This lack of geological evidence you claim has actually been discovered by geologist. The North American continent is full of this geological evidence.
Though the story as told in the Bible is a messed up depiction of it that traveled orally for ten thousand years. The folktale is a dramatization of humans having to start over again.
Talk about built in, contractual bias.You realize Answers In Genesis requires its "researchers" to sign a pledge that they will never publish anything that contradicts the Bible, right?
This story has so many problems with it, it's difficult to know where to begin. To simplify, I will not be focusing on other cultures earlier flood myths, which probably influenced the creation of the biblical flood myth. Neither will I be focusing on God's own imperfection (or incompetence), as his Creation had some major design flaws forcing him to essentially reboot Creation over again. I also won't delve into the implausibility of rapid repopulation over a short time after the flood either. So here are some problems with the Flood story:
1. The sheer number of animals that had to be aboard the Ark : For this, I'm going to assume that the animals on the ark were all land animals. According to the California Academy of Sciences, there are approximately 6.5 million species of land animals. I'll be conservative and round down to 6 million, give or take a million. Since we have two of every animal, the ark must be capable of holding and supporting 12 MILLION animals for an extended duration, without additional support. That alone makes the Flood story quite implausible (even more so if one includes dinosaurs as passengers). Anyone who has been in a pet store will know housing many animals takes up quite a lot of space and resources. To put that into perspective, a single adult elephant (the largest land mammal in the world) can weigh upwards of 14,000 pounds, grow up to 35 feet long, and eat 200-600 pounds of food and drink 50 gallons of water PER DAY! And Noah had 12 million animals to feed and water daily, which is an impossible task for the relatively few people aboard the ark (never mind cleaning up after the animals too). In addition, it is supposed to believed that many of those animals traveled thousands of miles, some over the ocean, and from remote places like Antarctica, outside of their natural environments and ecosystems, in time to board the ark before the flood. Really?
A myth is a myth regardless of what book or oral tradition it's in.
The lack of paleontological and geological evidence is not true. It just means the exact "facts" given is the Bible are a folklore narrative, that has been telephoned, dramatized, and changed in ways we will never know.
There was dramatic climate change 12,900 year ago that abruptly ended the last ice age. From 12,900 to 11,600 years ago is known as the younger dryas period, that ended the ice age and rose the temperature of the Earth. In this, massive flooding and sea level rise is well established. It is coming to be understood that this younger dryas period might of been initiated by a relatively large meteor that hit the ice shelfs and cause catastrophic flooding. This lack of geological evidence you claim has actually been discovered by geologist. The North American continent is full of this geological evidence.
Though the story as told in the Bible is a messed up depiction of it that traveled orally for ten thousand years. The folktale is a dramatization of humans having to start over again.
They ended slavery because it was MORALLY wrong from a Christian perspective, not an atheistic one. William Wilberforce tackled slavery in the UK. Please see: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilberforce_william.shtml. In the United States it was Christian ethics that finally broke the back of slavery. Please see: https://americainclass.org/the-religious-roots-of-abolition/So those children had no free will?
England and the US ended slavery in spite of the Bible, not because of it. The Bible makes it very clear slavery is morally acceptable to its God.
That is not entirely true. There were specific ways to acquire servants and workers. And these were indeed spelled out in the Bible. And actually, the Labor Movement depended on Christian considerations. Men have to work or they don't eat. This was the work ethic America was founded upon.If god is omniscient, as he is often described to be, then yes!
Neither God or the bible prohibits slavery.
What human wants to live among dragons? And how many humans existed on the earth at the time of the FLOOD. Answer ---- We don't honestly know. If there were only a few thousand due to the violence ----- what would be the possibility of finding any? And also man would have tried to outrun the FLOOD and seek higher ground. I believe the dinosaurs might have also but were they not accustomed to living in marshy areas, and would they not be among the first to succumb to the Flooding? The Bible doesn't spell everything out, but it makes one think.According to a 2011 gallup poll, 30% of Americans take the bible literally. 40% accept creationism. That seems like a decent percentage to me. Granted, the numbers might be a little lower now. But I'd wager not by much.
Science was never a threat because biblical literalists generally dismiss any science which might contradict their beliefs or dogma. But biblical literalists are a "threat" to science. Or at least to critical thinking.
Most likely from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Which were more likely regional floods. But from the perspective of ancient people, it might have seemed like a global flood. At least, their "world" was flooded.
There is no evidence which supports a global flood. If anything, current evidence demonstrates it could not or never happened.
Don't forget, certain biblical literalists and creationists support a 6000 year old Earth. Complete with dinosaurs alongside humans, a la The Flinstones.The biblical version is rather exaggerated. Like a theistic Roland Emmerich story.
They ended slavery because it was MORALLY wrong from a Christian perspective, not an atheistic one. William Wilberforce tackled slavery in the UK. Please see: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wilberforce_william.shtml. In the United States it was Christian ethics that finally broke the back of slavery. Please see: https://americainclass.org/the-religious-roots-of-abolition/
If water covered the entire planet, where did it recede to?
Although interesting, the Smithsonian article is not "very scientific". The author mostly ignores the ever so small fact that a wooden vessel of the size examined by the students just wouldn't stay together. Even with steel beams added to the wooden hull structure of several large trading ships toward the end of the 19th century, none of them were as large as the mythical Ark and each of them had a very short life at sea.
You realize Answers In Genesis requires its "researchers" to sign a pledge that they will never publish anything that contradicts the Bible, right?
Please show where that requirement exists in any secular laboratory or college. Provide a quote or admit you are lying. And lying is one of those things that your God will send you to Hell for, isn't it?
Is this the same Jesus that is also the God who was cool with people owning other people as slaves and who ordered his followers to kill children? Why would I accept such an evil being as anything?
What resume requires writing one's beliefs about Evolution? Do you think beliefs are a normal section to include in a resume?
Who told you? Where did you get that?
Cite your source.
Scientists: Noah's Ark Would Have Floated With 70,000 Animals If Built By Dimensions In The Bible
Scientists at the University of Leicester have discovered that Noah's Ark could have carried 70,000 animals without sinking if built from the dimensions listed in The Bible.
Scientists: Noah's Ark Would Have Floated With 70,000 Animals If Built By Dimensions In The Bible
A group of master’s students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Leicester University studied the exact dimensions of the Ark, set out in Genesis.www.businessinsider.com
You refute the argument then.
You did not sign the "pledge" did you?
Lol - you guys have a way of changing the channel, eh?
That must be another default stance.
If you're not gaining any point, and worse -you're getting stumped - change the issue. DEFLECT.
I know we must be winning whenever you guys do that.
What happened to Noah's Ark? Hello?
Did dragons exist? Dinosaurs are not dragons.What human wants to live among dragons?
We can estimate. If we go by a biblical timeline, then the flood occurred at about 2600 BC. So according to historical estimates, there were approximately 21 million people in the world at the time. Regardless if it was more or less, just about everyone, and every animal, was killed off.And how many humans existed on the earth at the time of the FLOOD. Answer ---- We don't honestly know. If there were only a few thousand due to the violence ----- what would be the possibility of finding any?
Irrelevant. The flood still wiped everything out.And also man would have tried to outrun the FLOOD and seek higher ground. I believe the dinosaurs might have also but were they not accustomed to living in marshy areas, and would they not be among the first to succumb to the Flooding?
No, it does the exact opposite. It makes one accept dogma without critically thinking about anything.The Bible doesn't spell everything out, but it makes one think.
Did you even read the article? I addressed all of that.First of all - how big is the ark? Do you know?
Next: Which animals were required in the ark?
So, you can count out marine animals.
Next: How many species?
Because they wouldn't be on a boat, duh! But marine animals generally require either fresh water or salt water. It's likely salt water marine life would die off as the salinity of the oceans changed from a deluge of fresh water.Remember, you don't include marine animals! Or, those that don't require air to live.
That's quite the logic pretzeling you have going there.Next: SPECIES
The Bible didn't speak of "species." It refers to the Hebrew, "min" which translates to "KIND."
That makes sense, no? Considering when He created earth (Genesis 1), He referred to creatures as "........according to their kind."
Well, my friend - a kind is a broader category that ONE KIND may include many species.
And what do you base that on? Horses alone took 50 million years to evolve.An example ONE ARK KIND of animal we see today that had developed after the flood, and classified into species: horse, donkey, zebra
Another one: Coyotes, wolves, dingoes,
Sounds like theistic defense of dogma.Lol - a classic example of eyes closed, covered ears.
In other words, no matter what - I'll just dig in.
No, atheism simply isn't convinced unless there's evidence.Proof that atheism is close-minded.
In other words, magic.Back to where they came from.
11 year poll, the percentage in now around 20. Also that poll is flawed, because it's doesn't give an option for atheism, or other religious preferences. You can also find study that say 56% of American believe in a god. Or that over 20% of Christians. don't believe in god. There's a flurry of conflicting statistics, church member ship is extremely down as well.According to a 2011 gallup poll, 30% of Americans take the bible literally. 40% accept creationism. That seems like a decent percentage to me. Granted, the numbers might be a little lower now. But I'd wager not by much.
My point is there aren't challenging the scientific model, they don't have the material to do so. This isn't the 90s there isn't a nation wide debate on what we should teach kids. Link shows a good visual and science is only garnering more and more of that percentage as years pass. This is also only for kids, they most defielty don't have creationism 101 in college that is a phd level science class on the 6,000 year evolution of Earth. It's an imaginary enemy that progressive atheist love to exist for their sense of moral superiority.Science was never a threat because biblical literalists generally dismiss any science which might contradict their beliefs or dogma. But biblical literalists are a "threat" to science. Or at least to critical thinking.
The worlds Northern ice shelf melted, its rose sea levels by around 400 feet. Water is a liquid it doesn't choose to stay in regional areas, It was mostly certainty a global flood.Which were more likely regional floods. But from the perspective of ancient people, it might have seemed like a global flood. At least, their "world" was flooded.
Where are the scholars that actually think this, you know ones that could actually have power in changing our academic perception of the worlds history.Don't forget, certain biblical literalists and creationists support a 6000 year old Earth. Complete with dinosaurs alongside humans, a la The Flinstones.The biblical version is rather exaggerated. Like a theistic Roland Emmerich story.
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