Astronomer Dr Hugh Ross
Creation As Science. (All Atheotards Watch And Weep) ha ha ha ha
Coincidence. Whoever made up Genesis figured out legs were a lot easier for getting around than belly-crawling. So, they decided the snake was punished by God by losing his legs. Luck guess.What a copt out because the idea of snakes once having legs has just recently been theorized- so the author of Genesis(Moses) just took a lucky guess? Also are you aware that scientist agree that the order of the creation told in the Bible is the order they believe life was created- was that another lucky guess?
Next question. Originally Posted by ExNYer
What a copt out because the idea of snakes once having legs has just recently been theorized- so the author of Genesis(Moses) just took a lucky guess? Originally Posted by wellendowed1911Can you post to a link that says the idea that snakes once had legs was only recently theorized?
Also are you aware that scientist agree that the order of the creation told in the Bible is the order they believe life was created- was that another lucky guess? Originally Posted by wellendowed1911NO, THEY DON'T. Because Genesis got it WRONG.
I don't believe there was a world wide flood. The idea comesBojulay, basicallly what you're saying if the translation was correct, the flooding wasn't world wide, but localized or regional?
from the bad translation of the hebrew word Erets translated
Earth in the english, when 1476 other times in the Bible it is
properly translated Land, speaking about a specific area
not the whole Earth.
With the proper translation understood, Noah took animals
onto the Ark that would be for his own use, and to repopulate
the area that was affected by the flood. The Land of Noah not
the Earth of Noah.
The bad translation has lead people that believe in creation
to try and defend some erroneous world wide flood event.
When properly understood the Bible doesn't even make
such a claim.
And gee golly the flood story actually makes sense when properly
understood. Originally Posted by bojulay
I don't believe there was a world wide flood. The idea comesThere is no understanding that is capable of making the flood story make sense.
from the bad translation of the hebrew word Erets translated
Earth in the english, when 1476 other times in the Bible it is
properly translated Land, speaking about a specific area
not the whole Earth.
With the proper translation understood, Noah took animals
onto the Ark that would be for his own use, and to repopulate
the area that was affected by the flood. The Land of Noah not
the Earth of Noah.
The bad translation has lead people that believe in creation
to try and defend some erroneous world wide flood event.
When properly understood the Bible doesn't even make
such a claim.
And gee golly the flood story actually makes sense when properly
understood. Originally Posted by bojulay
There is no understanding that is capable of making the flood story make sense.It is possible that Ararat was at much lower height. Low enough for the flooding to cover the mountain at some points. A major earthquake would have uplifted the rocks upward,usually very slowly, but some times very quickly and suddenly, This type of earthquake is very rare and has happened before in a number of location. I believe the Ararat mountains are on the fault lines.
Even assuming I buy your BS revisionist history that only a local area was flooded, not the entire earth, you still have to explain how the local area got buried under enough water to cover the highest mountain peaks.
In the Noah fable, the Ark supposedly landed on Ararat - over 13,000 feet high.
So how do you confine water many thousands of feet high? how do you stop gravit from spreading it outward to cover the entire world? Was there some kind of wall thousands of feet high around the Middle East that allowed all the water to be confined in some mammoth swimming pool? Originally Posted by ExNYer
It is possible that Ararat was at much lower height. Low enough for the flooding to cover the mountain at some points. A major earthquake would have uplifted the rocks upward,usually very slowly, but some times very quickly and suddenly, This type of earthquake is very rare and has happened before in a number of location. I believe the Ararat mountains are on the fault lines.Wow. What complete made up nonsense.
yes, there was wall and its called ICE, to be more specific, glacial ice towering at 3 - 4 miles high.. It did not surround the mid-east though.
there could have been a rare double whammy effect from the flooding from the Mediterranean sea and flooding from the melting glacial ice. Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
Wow. What complete made up nonsense.Are you seriously considering the possibilities of a global flood and a cargo vessel that might survive it, or are you simply looking for any excuse to try and discredit the Bible? If Bible-bashing is important to you, it seems like maybe you should address the actual text, rather than arbitrary interpretations.
Genesis says that the RAIN covered ALL the highest mountain peaks, NOT just Ararat. The Ark supposedly finally settled on a mountain in the Ararat area.
So, did an earthquake lift ALL the mountain peaks?
And is there ANY geological record of a glacier being in the area of the Middle East in the last 6000 years? NOPE. Originally Posted by ExNYer
I am sorry, but this is yet another situation where the biblical literalists tie themselves in knots.Old-T not true- not every Christian or Jew believe the Old Testament is literal-I personally think it's misunderstood interpretation- it's very difficult for someone to write a book written many thousands of years ago and expect people in modern times to make perfect sense of it- heck they have words in those days that don't even exist on our days now and vice versa.
If the bible is literally true and perfect--putting aside which translation--then there was a rather large amount of water, covering Everest. Surface of the earth to 29,000 feet deep. LOTS of water that has since gone "poof" into nothingness. That has some obvious difficulties to try and explain.
This new "Well, it's sort of literal. Locally literal." means it is NOT literally true. It is a story intended to convey a much bigger message than how many cubits the boat was. I have no problem with that, but then one has to treat all of it as a moral message, not a pure historical work.
So giants are not necessarily giants. Six days of creation may be thousands of years of divinely guided evolution. And women may not really be missing a rib. That would not make the moral teachings any less true, but it would sure put some Thumping preachers out of work.
I find it pretty sad when some Christians have so little understanding/true belief in the real Christian message that they feel threatened if some Jews didn't live 900 years, or if Jonah wasn't really inside a whale's belly for a few days. Originally Posted by Old-T