How many here believe in evolution?

[Syzygyone]

Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
So you admit, the Bible is a nothing more than story book?
-SW

Parts of it are supposed to be eye witness accounts but you know how accurate eye witness accounts are!

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

Well at one point you are saying that the world was created in 7 God days, which concurs with the Bible, and then another point you are saying it's fiction.

You can't have both, either it's accurate as it claims to be "the truth", or its Dr. Seuss ~1,950 years ago.
-SW

[Syzygyone]

Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Well at one point you are saying that the world was created in 7 God days, which concurs with the Bible, and then another point you are saying it's fiction.

You can't have both, either it's accurate as it claims to be "the truth", or its Dr. Seuss ~1,950 years ago.
-SW

I can have whatever I want.  This is Amurica dammit!:D


I never said anything about it being fiction or fact.  I just said some of it was supposed to have been written by eyewitnesses and then implied that eye witness accounts are notoriusly in accurate.  Ask any cop or prosecutor!

The "God Days" concept , as you so aptly described it, was written as a logical exemplfication of how the words of the bible can be shown to be not antithetical to belief in evolution.  Maybe the bible is not to be read literally.  Or is that a new concept to you?  What does that mean?  Is it real or is it memorex?!

































Only God knows!

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

I said, "why wouldn't the bible be written in human terms".

You said, "if it was written today, how would it start? BANG!"

This led to my next assertion, so you admit the bible is fiction?

Afterall, you are saying that if the bible were written today instead of ~1,950 years ago it would of started with a bang rather than God's 7 days of hard labor.

This means that if you can say it would follow the beliefs of the day, then it is indeed fiction and thusly any interpretation of the bible is moot - since its nothing more than a children's book.
-SW

[Octavius]

god = fnord


I eat hotdogs on fridays... without the bun.  thank you

[Syzygyone]

Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
I said, "why wouldn't the bible be written in human terms".

You said, "if it was written today, how would it start? BANG!"

This led to my next assertion, so you admit the bible is fiction?

Afterall, you are saying that if the bible were written today instead of ~1,950 years ago it would of started with a bang rather than God's 7 days of hard labor.

This means that if you can say it would follow the beliefs of the day, then it is indeed fiction and thusly any interpretation of the bible is moot - since its nothing more than a children's book.
-SW

Oh Contraire Oh wiseenheimer.

The fact that it would now start with a BANG represents the increase in human understanding and knowledge, at least in some limited sense.  So, the newly written bible could start with a bang and still have umpty ump bazillion years of hard labor for god to sort all the cosmic goo out into the universe.

Heck, that Bang could be God opening his door to get started.

Anyway, I am sure of one thing. I am gettin tired of trying to get this thread to 1000 posts!;)

[GrimCO]

Syzy,

I'm getting weary as well. But I will endeavor to help you get this thread to 1000 posts...

There once was a man from Nantucket...

[Syzygyone]

[GrimCO]

Damn it. You're following through with it....LOL

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by Syzygyone
Oh Contraire Oh wiseenheimer.

The fact that it would now start with a BANG represents the increase in human understanding and knowledge, at least in some limited sense.  So, the newly written bible could start with a bang and still have umpty ump bazillion years of hard labor for god to sort all the cosmic goo out into the universe.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."

Maybe he did it with a bang, and from what did he create it?

"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Was Adam created from the earth?  is that done through the spontaneous creation of DNA from primordial ooze?

"And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof."

Was Eve created from Adam's rib?  Is this cellular division?

So many questions, only a few hundred posts to go.

[davidpt40]

The creation story loses credibility when it has to be interpretted symbolically due to it being written in such a literal fashion.

[Hawklore]

~Largest Thread Second to the Stripper Forum Thread.~

[Nash]

Originally posted by Hawklore
~"...Second to the Stripper Forum Thread."~

Ruh?

[SOB]

Once you reach the pinnacle of tardliness and start a thread that reaches the 500 mark, you know you've arrived.  Of course, you've arrived at dorktown, but at least you've finally arrived.

[_Schadenfreude_]

Originally posted by NUKE
Thrawn said:
 

Nice..... you just called all Christians imbeciles.

Yep...pretty much.