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PrysdieHeer!
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 Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject: Different Nations, Different Talents |
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I noticed that every nation has its pros and cons!
Now my question is, is this different properties caused by, blood,
Nurture,
or Blessings from God?
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P1234567890
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: Different Nations, Different Talents |
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| PrysdieHeer! wrote: | I noticed that every nation has its pros and cons!
Now my question is, is this different properties caused by, blood,
Nurture,
or Blessings from God?
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History, economics, geopolitics, and the people currently living there have my vote.
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RevJP
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, P123 has said something I fully agree with... 
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P1234567890
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| RevJP wrote: | | Wow, P123 has said something I fully agree with... |
Cool, here's another: Jesus Christ teaches many excellent moral lessons in the Bible.
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PrysdieHeer!
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| P1234567890 wrote: | | RevJP wrote: | | Wow, P123 has said something I fully agree with... |
Cool, here's another: Jesus Christ teaches many excellent moral lessons in the Bible. |
Good!
Start listening to those!
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Negative Overload
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You say that as if you do not believe P123 doesn't already adhere to them.
I believe he has said before that there are many good moral lessons to be learn from the teachings of Jesus; and if he finds that they're good, then it stands to reason that he lives by them.
Hopefully you're just giving him a friendly reminder, and not judging or degrading him in any way...
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PrysdieHeer!
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| Negative Overload wrote: | You say that as if you do not believe P123 doesn't already adhere to them.
I believe he has said before that there are many good moral lessons to be learn from the teachings of Jesus; and if he finds that they're good, then it stands to reason that he lives by them.
Hopefully you're just giving him a friendly reminder, and not judging or degrading him in any way...
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You`re right, but I`m not judging him, I`m trying to tell him to listen to the Bible!
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P1234567890
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| PrysdieHeer! wrote: |
You`re right, but I`m not judging him, I`m trying to tell him to listen to the Bible! |
I would encourage you to do the same. One of the major principles in the Bible is that of TRUTH.
This means that if you want to live your life by the Bible, then you need to accept things that are true even if you don't like them. An excellent example is the age of the Universe. The truth is that it is billions of years old. If you honor the Bible, then you should accept that instead of constantly making intellectually vapid arguments that it's only a few thousand years old.
You should use science to help you get a better understanding of the Bible.
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"...with or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil -that takes religion..."
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PrysdieHeer!
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| P1234567890 wrote: | | PrysdieHeer! wrote: |
You`re right, but I`m not judging him, I`m trying to tell him to listen to the Bible! |
I would encourage you to do the same. One of the major principles in the Bible is that of TRUTH.
This means that if you want to live your life by the Bible, then you need to accept things that are true even if you don't like them. An excellent example is the age of the Universe. The truth is that it is billions of years old. If you honor the Bible, then you should accept that instead of constantly making intellectually vapid arguments that it's only a few thousand years old.
You should use science to help you get a better understanding of the Bible. |
I know the Bible, better than You, I believe, and it teaches the world is about 6000 years old.
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RevJP
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| Quote: | | I know the Bible, better than You, I believe, |
That's possible. But knowing it and understanding it can be quite different.
| Quote: | | and it teaches the world is about 6000 years old. |
Only if you work from the fall of Adam forward. We have no way of knowing how much time had passed from creation until Adam and Eve were ejected from the garden.
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PrysdieHeer!
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| Quote: | | and it teaches the world is about 6000 years old. |
Only if you work from the fall of Adam forward. We have no way of knowing how much time had passed from creation until Adam and Eve were ejected from the garden. |
Not from the fall, but from the point when Adam was created.
And we do know how much time passed from the creation to Adams creation.... 5 1/2 Days
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Two things:
One day is like a thousand years to God, according scripture. I'll grant that is figurative, meaning that our time has no meaning for Him. Day 1 - 4 could have easily been 4 quadrillion years, the creation account before the establishment of the earth is not bound by our understanding of time.
Second: We have absolutely NO idea how long Adam was in the garden before Eve was made, or how long the both were there together before the fall. They could have been there for billions upon billions of years. There is no reference telling us that they were there for 1 day or 1 year, or anything before the fall. The generations, and ages, were not counted until after they were evicted from the garden.
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P1234567890
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I know the Bible, better than You, I believe, and it teaches the world is about 6000 years old. |
I'm not sure this is true. I don't claim to know the Bible well, but you believe that it promotes slavery and justifies the oppression of women. You use the Bible to suppress truth. As far as I can tell, I know the Bible better than you.
But even if this isn't true, certainly I am a better Christian than you are.
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-Blaise Pascal
"...with or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil -that takes religion..."
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P1234567890
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| RevJP wrote: | Two things:
One day is like a thousand years to God, according scripture. I'll grant that is figurative, meaning that our time has no meaning for Him. Day 1 - 4 could have easily been 4 quadrillion years, the creation account before the establishment of the earth is not bound by our understanding of time.
Second: We have absolutely NO idea how long Adam was in the garden before Eve was made, or how long the both were there together before the fall. They could have been there for billions upon billions of years. There is no reference telling us that they were there for 1 day or 1 year, or anything before the fall. The generations, and ages, were not counted until after they were evicted from the garden. |
Wow, thank you RevJP for a much-needed injection of scriptural sanity!
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"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."
-Blaise Pascal
"...with or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil -that takes religion..."
-Steven Weinberg
"I would bless my children with your destruction instead."
-Someone who shall remain anonymous. |
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