im not saying that what i am posting is fact
not at all just saying that it is interesting pointing out what different christians believe and why and what i posted does not change the six thousand years for man thing |
Originally Posted by jared8783
(Post 817580)
wait what?
what i posted gives the earth no age whatsoever only an age for man from what i understand the six thousand year thing has nothing to do with the age of the earth and everything to do with the age of man as i posted above 2k from adam to abraham 2k from abraham to jesus 2d from jesus til now i have been trying to figure out how these numbers were calculated with no luck and no the creation of the earth was not part of the six days of creation that the creation of man was a part of in genisis 1 it says in the beginning god created the heavens and earth. then it goes on to discuss the six days and the creation of the heavens and earth are not part of that there is no specification of time between the creation of the heavens (outer space) and the earth then don't forget in 2 peter 3:8 it says a thousand years is like a day to god therefore some translate the six days as six thousand years __________________ Like Joe said, there's no conflict in Christianity and evolution. The only conflict arises from what he defines as Young Earth Creationism. |
i apologize
i did a poor job of proof reading post number eighteen it has been edited to say exactly what i was trying to say
Originally Posted by jared8783
(Post 817556)
and no the creation of the earth was not part of the six days of creation that the creation of man was a part of
in genisis 1 it says in the beginning god created the heavens and earth. then it goes on to discuss the six days of creation and the creation of the heavens and earth are not part of that edit: there is no specification of time between the creation of the heavens and earth and how long after that it was before the six days of creation started |
Originally Posted by jared8783
(Post 817596)
i apologize
i did a poor job of proof reading post number eighteen it has been edited to say exactly what i was trying to say Well, what you are saying does not oppose evolution then. It's only a very specific belief that contradicts evolution Jared. As Joe has said, if you do not take every word as the bible as literal (I.e., do not subscribe to what Joe referred to it as Young Earth Creationism), nothing in it prohibits evolution. |
Natural selection is a real thing. Anyone who argues otherwise is flat wrong as it's completely beyond doubt. Just as sure as the sky is blue.
Natural selection drives evolution. Creationism is a theory concocted by an ancient civilisation which did not understand the world it lived in. This is no different than the Mayans, Aztecs, Egyptians, etc. Anyone pray to Ra lately? Perform a ritual sacrifice? There is nothing to argue in this thread. |
did anyone here deny natural selection?
this thread was started because i didn't think that specitation to the point of not being able to reproduce with its parents had been observed therefore i said it was a nice theory but not a fact. the thread is now off track and will probably stay off track til i finish reading on specitation observations though i like it being off track what i really wanna discuss if how far off track mainstream christianity is from the bible and how some thing christianity is the problem with politicians trying to impose beliefs when it is not. those who impose beliefs are heritics |
I didn't read the thread after the first few posts.
That's what I get for injecting my $.02 without reading, lol. |
Originally Posted by jared8783
(Post 817645)
did anyone here deny natural selection?
this thread was started because i didn't think that specitation to the point of not being able to reproduce with its parents had been observed therefore i said it was a nice theory but not a fact. the thread is now off track and will probably stay off track til i finish reading on specitation observations though i like it being off track what i really wanna discuss if how far off track mainstream christianity is from the bible and how some thing christianity is the problem with politicians trying to impose beliefs when it is not. those who impose beliefs are heritics IIRC, the only thing that prohibits speciation from within the Bible is a literal reading of Genesis. And I do mean literal, on the level of "The earth is 6000 years/10k/whatever old". Joe did an excellent write up explaining it. Ultimately, it comes down to a minority (What Joe termed Young Earth Creationists) convincing other people to get up in arms over something that only exists for the YEC's cause. |
aliens did genetic experiments on apes and made us
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Originally Posted by blaen99
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IIRC, the only thing that prohibits speciation from within the Bible is a literal reading of Genesis. And I do mean literal, on the level of "The earth is 6000 years/10k/whatever old".
Joe did an excellent write up explaining it. Ultimately, it comes down to a minority (What Joe termed Young Earth Creationists) convincing other people to get up in arms over something that only exists for the YEC's cause. Person A (presumably wearing a large belt buckle) says "Look, it says right here, six days plus x,000 years. That's it." Person B (presumably wearing an artificially distressed T-shirt with a picture of Carl Sagan on it) hears this, and replies "You're a damned fool. How can you possibly ignore the panoply of physical evidence which directly proves otherwise?" Person C, a television anchor, grabs hold of this and turns it into a two hour documentary special, and that pretty much shuts the door on logic and reason. Viewpoints A and B are stretched to their most extreme and absolute, and those who might posit a centrist point of view become lost in the noise. It's reductio ad absurdum, but it seems to be the way of things. The original post here wasn't actually about the age of the universe (or the earth) per se, however it's an important point which one must resolve in order to have discourse on the acceptance of an evolutionary model within the framework of a Judeo-Christian faith system. If the earth really is only 6,000-12,000 years old, that's not really enough time for any meaningful evolutionary processes to take place. It's also not enough time for dinosaurs to have roamed the planet, and I mention that only to raise a question: Why is it that, having blindly accepted a relatively fanciful premise, based on one interpretation of a small, vague, and self-contradictory account which is in conflict with all observable evidence, must some people go on to fabricate one excuse after another, completely absent logic or reason, to dismiss those arguments which weaken their premise rather than to consider said arguments as grounds for re-shaping their original assumption? Example: Person A: "The earth is x,000 years old, not x,000,000,000 years." Person B: "But we have physical evidence here in our hands, in the form of fossilized plant and animal remains, which proves otherwise. It would have taken millions of years for all of this to form." Person A: "Well, God just laid down the whole fossil record intact when He created the earth." Person B: "We can also deduce the age of the universe by the fact that all of the galaxies which we can observe are clearly expanding outwards from a single point. For them to have reached their current positions, given their speed, would have taken billions of years." Person A: "Well, God spread all of the galaxies into a specific starting point and then assigned each of them a velocity and direction to make it appear that they all originated at a single point in space billions of years ago." Ok, so given an omnipotent Creator, these assertions are certainly not easily refuted, but why would this have happened? Is Person A claiming that God is a jerk? Or could it be that Person A simply took far too literal and absolute an interpretation of a story which, regardless of its fundamental validity, was written several thousand years ago by men with a relatively finite and primitive understanding of the world around them, in a series of languages from which it is not especially easy to make unambiguous translations of meaning into Latin / English / etc., and which, at best, are revelatory rather than observational in nature. I would posit, to anyone who interprets Genesis 1 as laying out a literal six-day timeframe for the creation of the universe, that they refute the following assertion: "God revealed the creation of the universe to someone in the form of a vision which lasted six days. Each day, a different phase of the operation was depicted. That person then wrote down what had been revealed to him each day. This process would be analogous to my watching a six-part miniseries about the Vietnam War on television, where each part in the series explores a different phase of the operation, and is aired over the course of six nights. It would be improper for me to claim that the Vietnam War lasted only six days, despite the fact that it was shown to me over a six day period."
Originally Posted by bigx5murf
(Post 817854)
aliens did genetic experiments on apes and made us
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Originally Posted by bigx5murf
(Post 817854)
aliens did genetic experiments on apes and made us
/thread i used to know a guy that sincerely believed that he said we were created as a slave race to mine gold and that satan was the alien in charge and his time is coming to an end and he wont give up without a fight and the aliens are coming back and will be war it was very difficult not to laugh at him |
Originally Posted by JasonC SBB
"The Greatest Show on Earth" is a great book...
Originally Posted by blaen99
(Post 816689)
You know, it is, although some parts are not fully accurate anymore. But it's still a great book nonetheless. And this inspired something I remembered.
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Originally Posted by JasonC SBB
(Post 818201)
Originally Posted by JasonC SBB
"The Greatest Show on Earth" is a great book... Do you have a link explaining what's incorrect? |
Originally Posted by jared8783
(Post 818182)
lmao
i used to know a guy that sincerely believed that he said we were created as a slave race to mine gold and that satan was the alien in charge and his time is coming to an end and he wont give up without a fight and the aliens are coming back and will be war it was very difficult not to laugh at him *edit... forgot about censoring here... Eve was probably very promiscuous... All of our very promiscuous mother... |
Originally Posted by bigx5murf
(Post 818334)
Not saying I believe it, but it does conveniently explain why no missing link exists. Also, some world renowned geneticists claim our DNA can all be traced back to one mother. Which implies there was an "Eve"... and she was probably a -----. All of our ----- of a mother...
*edit... forgot about censoring here... Eve was probably very promiscuous... All of our very promiscuous mother... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve The claim is specific to mitochondria, and interestingly there's also a scientific basis for an Adam as well as an Eve. |
Originally Posted by blaen99
(Post 818339)
This is not exactly what the geneticists say. A link to the theory, which has nothing to do with being a harlot ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve The claim is specific to mitochondria, and interestingly there's also a scientific basis for an Adam as well as an Eve. |
Originally Posted by bigx5murf
(Post 818825)
reading through that, they weren't the only humans alive at the time... and actually lived 10ks years apart... how the hell did they get it on?
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Originally Posted by blaen99
(Post 817650)
mean literal, on the level of "The earth is 6000 years/10k/whatever old
Originally Posted by bigx5murf
(Post 818334)
Not saying I believe it, but it does conveniently explain why no missing link exists. Also, some world renowned geneticists claim our DNA can all be traced back to one mother. Which implies there was an "Eve"... and she was probably a -----. All of our ----- of a mother...
*edit... forgot about censoring here... Eve was probably very promiscuous... All of our very promiscuous mother... not saying it is not possible anything is possible |
Originally Posted by bigx5murf
(Post 818334)
Not saying I believe it, but it does conveniently explain why no missing link exists.
IIRC There have been continually more discoveries of "links". And also a lot of "dead-end" branches. |
Don't have the energy to do an extensive analysis or even one, but...
http://www.nature.com/news/yeast-sug...ar-life-1.9810 |
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