Posts by d0rkyd00d

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God's Weapons !!!

by thinker in

i think it is fair to say that whoever wrote genesis had a very limited scientific understanding of the world in which he lived.

most of nature was a mystery to him.

let us examine what he did "know"; namely, god lived in heaven, which was in the sky.

great post. :) A lot of Bible stories are fishy. Take manna for instance. I forgot where i saw this, but in the desert where the Israelites were, manna supposedly fell from the sky at night. There is a huge group of trees by this desert that give off a dust that is edible, sometimes stacking several inches high. It is carried by the wind into the desert. If you were these people, wouldn't you think it was God giving you this "food"? I mean, food doesn't just blow off of trees and land in the desert, does it......

"No cool quote yet. but i'll think of one soon."

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Why is there evil

by d0rkyd00d in

don't know if this has been touched on before, but where did evil originate?

yes, some may answer satan.

but think about this: god created all things, and god is perfect.

d0rkyd00d

If there were no night time, how would we see the stars?

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Why is there evil

by d0rkyd00d in

don't know if this has been touched on before, but where did evil originate?

yes, some may answer satan.

but think about this: god created all things, and god is perfect.

d0rkyd00d

P.S. Pom, good post above mine. Sorry i didn't read it until after i had already posted, but u make some good points. KudOs!

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Why is there evil

by d0rkyd00d in

don't know if this has been touched on before, but where did evil originate?

yes, some may answer satan.

but think about this: god created all things, and god is perfect.

d0rkyd00d

My question to you pom is where does the Bible mention ANYTHING about the troubles in heaven being represented through animals? I'm not saying it's a bad theory, but I don't know where you made the connection using scriptures. Also, i agree with the post saying without bad we wouldn't appreciate the good. I've often thought about that, so kudos, i agree totally. I always worried about not feeling sadness on paradise earth, because it is an emotion I like, maybe just because it is an EMOTION, one not dealing with perfection. I need to be sad sometimes.\

Speaking of concrete evidence, I'd also like to mention something I learned in my AP Language class. You cannot prove a fact. You can only prove your perception of truth. Prove the fact God exists; to be honest, you can't, which is why the "fact" of God existing will never be strong. Have i gone far enough off on a tangent here? :-)

"No cool quote yet. but i'll think of one soon."

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Why is there evil

by d0rkyd00d in

don't know if this has been touched on before, but where did evil originate?

yes, some may answer satan.

but think about this: god created all things, and god is perfect.

d0rkyd00d

33 for God is not a God of confusion

/me doesn't understand. :(

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Why is there evil

by d0rkyd00d in

don't know if this has been touched on before, but where did evil originate?

yes, some may answer satan.

but think about this: god created all things, and god is perfect.

d0rkyd00d

This theory of God created animals with violent tendencies to represent what was going on in heaven is an interesting one to me. Where is your biblical basis for even starting to believe this?

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Matthew Makes Another Error

by JosephAlward in

the 1 chronicles author lists the descendents of david; some of these, in order, are jehoshaphat, jehoram, ahaziah, joash, amaziah, azariah, jotham, ahaz, hezekiah, manasseh (1 chronicles 3:10-13 niv).

the matthew author contradicts this genealogy; he leaves out the four consecutive descendents underlined above, and in their place puts uzziah, who he says is jehorams son.

(matthew 1:8-10 niv).

d0rkyd00d

Correct me if i'm mistaken, but i believe it was on this same topic that you yourself were attacking josef. take your own advice about not attacking the person hypocrite! and MEEERRRY CHRISTMAS!

"No cool quote yet, but i'll think of one soon."

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Why is there evil

by d0rkyd00d in

don't know if this has been touched on before, but where did evil originate?

yes, some may answer satan.

but think about this: god created all things, and god is perfect.

d0rkyd00d

Thanks for the welcome backs. :) I think the topic kinda got off track for some of you though. I'm not completely oblivious, i do know that evil exists. I'm wondering why a perfect being who's creation was originally perfect could be flawed in that they had even the potential of going from good to bad, like Satan did. Satan was a perfect angel, incapable of hate, just as God is. So how'd Satan even have the emotional capacity for jealousy or greed if God knew no such things, therefore being unable to create anything with these emotions? Or is God so powerful that he creates things not knowing their full capabilities? Or can God make a rock so big that he can't pick it up? Wait a second......

"No cool quote yet. but i'll think of one soon."

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Matthew Makes Another Error

by JosephAlward in

the 1 chronicles author lists the descendents of david; some of these, in order, are jehoshaphat, jehoram, ahaziah, joash, amaziah, azariah, jotham, ahaz, hezekiah, manasseh (1 chronicles 3:10-13 niv).

the matthew author contradicts this genealogy; he leaves out the four consecutive descendents underlined above, and in their place puts uzziah, who he says is jehorams son.

(matthew 1:8-10 niv).

d0rkyd00d

not to jump in on this, cuz i'm completely unedumucated when it comes to the Bible chat, but pom just used a technique used by jehovah's witnesses every watchtower, book, tract, etc. Simply pick apart, sentence by sentence, whatever something says, instead of looking at the whole picture. Witnesses like picking part of a scripture that fits whatever they hell they are talking about, and smackin it down in a book to prove they are right. However, ur missing the bigger picture pom.

Why would God yearn for the attention and worship of a bunch of sinners? I would be content as the greatest being in the universe if my creation loved me, i wouldn't give a rat's ass if they worshipped me. If i gave them the right to free thought, i woudn't punish them for using it. what was the point of giving it to them in the first place? It's people who pick and tug at the bible who make it what they want it to be that are the real sinners, distorting "God's word". Seriously pom, get a life. Already have one? Get a refund. Cuz your monkey busines is getting kinda boring. You have no arguments. You change the subject when you are cornered. give it up already.

"No cool quote yet. but i'll think of one soon."

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Why is there evil

by d0rkyd00d in

don't know if this has been touched on before, but where did evil originate?

yes, some may answer satan.

but think about this: god created all things, and god is perfect.

d0rkyd00d

Don't know if this has been touched on before, but where did evil originate? Yes, some may answer Satan. But think about this: God created all things, and god is perfect. Why would his creation be imperfect if God is perfect? And how did any sort of evil tendency reside inside of an angel, if God knows no such thing as evil. He wouldn't have the ability to create something with even the slightest tendency to be evil, would he?