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Originally Posted by Brandon  I'm alittle late to this discussion so here's what I think.
1) the existance of Dinosaurs has no relation to the Bible being flawed. One point of view held by Christians is that dinosaurs lived along side man. If this is true so what? The bible doesn't explicitly mention every animal in creation. "The Bible never mentions peacocks, yet peacocks are known to exist - therefore the bible is flawed" - obviously this thought is ridiculous. Besides, like lyric mentioned, some verses (besides the dragon reference George mentioned) could possibly be talking about dinos. (somewhere in Job I think) |
Again, science proves that dinosaurs existed alongside neandrathal man. Not civilized man with reading and writing skills. Nice try though.
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Originally Posted by Brandon Another view held by some Christians is that the earth is really really old and dinos were extinct long before man came. This view is called 'Old Earth' by many christians and allows room for some of the scientific(?) views held by many. If this was the case then the bible wouldn't mention them of course, because they weren't around. Remember, eventhough the Bible is the inspired word of God, it is still INSPIRED, meaning that men wrote it according to what they knew at the time. The meanings remain the same. |
With so many different versions doesn't it get tough for you after a while to deep down in you heart believe all that? I mean scientists admit they don't know everything whereas the bible though written by men proposes itself to be the word of God so should be inherently flawless no? The fact that you have to stretch it that far in order for you to still believe in it should be enough to raise some doubt in the logical side fo your brain but.... guess not.
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Originally Posted by Brandon 2) Adam and Eve and cavemen? Umm... where is the flaw? Adam and Eve were Neanderthals. Nowhere, to my recollection, does the bible mention Adam and Eve writing anything. They did communicate but i'm sure it wasn't through the complex language skills we have today. I'm still confused as to what the flaw is here. |
Did you just challenge me on the contents of the book of Genesis when it's obvious you haven't read it yourself? Still confused you say? Here's some help from Genesis:
xxxiv 1 The devil said: 'I do not suffer thee to till the field, except thou write the bond that thou art mine.' Adam replied: 'Whosoever is lord of
2 the earth, to the same do I (belong) and my children.' Then the devil was overcome with joy. (But Adam was not ignorant that the Lord
3 would descend on earth and tread the devil under foot.) The devil said: 'Write me thy
4 bond.' And Adam wrote: 'Who is lord of the earth, to the same do I belong and my children.'
xxxv 1 Eve said to Adam, 'Rise up, my lord, let us pray to God in this cause that He set us free from that devil, for thou art in this strait on my account.'
But Adam said: 'Eve, since thou repentest of
2 thy misdeed, my heart will hearken to thee, for the Lord created thee out of my ribs. Let us fast forty days perchance the Lord will have pity on us and will leave us understanding and life.' I, for my part, said: 'Do thou, (my) lord,
3 fast forty days, but I will fast forty-four.'
Thanks,
- George