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You are certainly depending on your opinion to not accept the numbers of people I have met or read their testimony on why they started their journey to Jesus. I met a Jew who came to Jesus from reading the Prophets and then Matthew. I read books by individuals who came to Jesus by trying to discredit the Bbile. Like Apostle Paul says, "I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some."

You are concerned about people's opinion of me or my post. Their opinion of me or my post is NOT the ONE with Whom they must eventually deal. It is God's opinion of them that they must be concerned with.

I’m just making a point on what’s clear and what’s not so clear. Between genesis 1;1 and 1;2 in my mind, there is not clarity on how much time has passed between “in the beginning” and “then God said” not a hill to die on in my book.

Genesis specifies literal days, the morning and evening of the first day, second day, etc. Written at a time when people had no idea of the sheer scope and scale of the universe.

“So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today.” - the writer of Hebrews
Do you think you’re succeeding…? People here have made it crystal clear that you’re pushing people away from Jesus.Folks may need reminding that those who hope to use the Bible to beat FACTS and TRUTH into non-existence represent only a small slice of fully devoted followers of Jesus ~ the majority of whom have no problem with FACTS and TRUTH.

Jesus had some pretty harsh words for those who push His children away.

Ringman reminds me of Barack. He was autistic.

Nothing wrong with that, I just see similarities. Or, he’s just the run of the mill troll.

My give a chit meter of how old the earth is or isn’t, is still pegged….. at zero. However, my belief is that it’s in the billions.


Clyde

My point is that it was men who wrote the Bible. They had no way of determining how old the earth is. We have the scientific method which allows us to determine the age. Science is for the most part correct if done correctly. So why would you believe people who had no concept of science or the scientific method? The best way to look at it is that the men who wrote the Bible provided the best explanation of how the earth came to be and how old it is, but men are fallible and had no way to determine the truth. It’s best not to look to the Bible for science.

Yes! With The Sound Of Music.

I'm certain the earth is older than me and am reasonably certain it will outlast me.

I saw somewhere that RayLene has admitted to being diagnosed as suffering from the Dunning/Kruger effect.

Your post made me smile.

Poor girl, it must be hard to go through life never understanding the difference between fact and fiction, reality and myth. Always feeling right, yet left with a nagging sense of grief and frustration when her beliefs are challenged.

you are all wrong about the earth, Adam and Eve.


The first humans
The three bothers Odin, Vili and Ve were strolling together on a beach. As they were walking they found two nice looking logs. One seemed to be from the Ash tree and the other seemed to come from an Elm tree.

Odin blew the gift of life and spirit into the logs.

From Vili they received movement, mind and intelligence.

Ve gave them shape, speech, feelings and the five senses.

The first two humans had been created.

The man was given the name Ask. He had been made out of wood from an Ash tree.

The woman was given the name Embla. She had been made from the wood of an Elm tree.

The Aesir decided the humans was to reside in a place they named Midgard. The Aesir named their own territory Asgard. It was to be just about impossible for humans to wander through to Asgard, the home of the gods.




The world was created from the remains of the giant Ymir. The three brothers dragged Ymir’s lifeless body towards the center of Ginnungagap, this is the place where they created the world from the remains of Ymir.

The blood became the oceans, rivers, and lakes.
The flesh became the land.
The bones became the mountains.
The teeth were made into rocks.
The hair became the grass and trees.
The eyelashes became Midgard.

They threw the brain up in the air and it became the clouds, and the skull became the sky, Ymir’s skull would be the lid that covered the new world. The brothers grabbed some of the sparks shooting out from Muspelheim, the land of fire.

They threw the sparks up toward the inside of the skull, these sparks gleamed at night and this is what we call the stars. On the plains of Idavoll, they built Asgard, which would be the home of the Gods. Very far away from Asgard, in a place called Jotunheim was the giants allowed to live.

A very typical, well-reasoned post which is normal for my friend antlers. 👍🏼

I get frustrated by the Creation/evolution arguments, especially as it relates to Christianity. We are saved by the Blood of Jesus Christ not by any belief or non-belief in evolution.

An evolutionist may very well discuss many subjects including the width of standard gauge railroad tracks, or the proper fuel for your diesel pickup when the ambient temperature hits -50F. That does not place those subjects in the purview of evolution.

I am fascinated so many here believe in Jesus' Blood but don't believe His Word. I occasionally encounter folks stuck in the Law of Moses. It is about as tough to get them to accept "Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to everyone who believes." and "...you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ." This information falls under "Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesu Christ."

Days passed between his commands to nature. There's no reason to assume that days passed between nature obeying his commands.

There's nothing false, for example, about the statement: "On Monday, March 3rd, 1943, General Richards commanded the fort be constructed, and it was so, and he saw that it was good," even if construction wasn't complete for a month. Heck, it's the case even if construction didn't start for a month, it's still a perfectly true statement from our perspective in the year 2023. There's nothing in the statement that grammatically requires that the fort was completed on March 3rd.

The above statement could go on and read that the next day, "On March 4th, 1943, General Richards commanded that his third brigade take Strasbourg, and it was so, and he saw that it was good." Again, the statement isn't an assertion that on March 4th the city was actually taken. It could have been days or weeks later, but from our perspective in 2023, it's a perfectly correct statement, and doesn't even force the conclusion that it occurred after the fort was constructed.

All we know from the above two statements (from our perspective in 2023) are the dates on which the two commands were issued, and the sequence of the two commands. Information about when they were accomplished isn't contained in them, just that at some point they were.

Three archeologists walk into a bar…🤔

I believe in Jesus’ Blood, and I believe His Word. Wholeheartedly. But I absolutely and unequivocally disagree with your interpretation of His Word.

Yep!

John 5:46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”