<quote><B>Reactor</B>
Diogenes…
“Do you believe in the literal Genesis story of creation? Do you think the sun revolves around the Earth? Do you think the sky is a solid dome? Do you believe that the whole Earth was flooded a few thousand years ago?”
- Yes
- It doesn’t say that
- It doesn’t say that
- It doesn’t say that
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Firmament
(heaven)
1:6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
1:7
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
1:8
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
1:10
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
1:13
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
1:14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
1:15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
1:16
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
1:17
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
1:18
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Okey, Dokey. Seems pretty straightforward.
7:4
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
7:5
And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
7:6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
When did Noah
enter the ark?
7:7
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
7:8
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
7:9
By twos or
by sevens?
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
7:10
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
7:12
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
When did Noah
enter the ark?
7:13
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
7:14
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
7:15
By twos or
by sevens?
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
7:16
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
7:17
How long did
the flood last?
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
7:18
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
7:19
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
7:20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
:smack:
Are you going to argue that it wasn’t several thousand years ago?
These things ARE IN THE BIBLE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
They ARE NOT TRUE.
We simply wish to know how you reconcile them
I think your posts are fine… but then, I’m wrong about everything apparently, so…
I don’t believe God is pro slavery, but he let it happen. And, he let killing happen, and lots of other nasty things. The point I’m trying to make- God can do whatever he likes. He is God. Read the book of Job if you disagree with me. I’m not going to wiggle and argue all day. He had those things happen, yes. But I believe that God has the right to do what he wants, when he wants to, and how he wants to. To understand how I can think this way, you need to read more about God. That’s why there are stories of events in the bible-- so we can understand.