See, here's the thing.
You pounded away with your new ICR homeboy, Dr. Cupps.
Dr. Hurd refuted what Dr. Cupps had to say.
Nobody has refuted much of anything Dr. Hurd had to say with anything other than mindless driveling rhetoric.
You YECs keep urinating against the wind.
Duh.
Every Christian here needs to hear me out this minute or two.
Atheists always attempt to refute by their nature anything Christian. Dr. Cupps is the real scientist, the right person to listen to. Some people have a hard time recognizing the wide gulf of true knowledge no atheist is capable of holding, assuming some of them are capable of delivering some truth somewhere, some day, as after all they are human. They come into Christian chat groups to divide, to destroy, by the nature of their father the Devil. That is what God calls them. Many Christians know that. But yet, Paul warned us to mark them publicly, and avoid them. Of course that couldn't mean never be around them, else we must leave the planet. It means to make their lies known in no uncertain terms, and reject all they say. The reason for
all is because Satan uses false teachers to deliver partial truths, which are of course lies. People who sponsor or identify with liars are to be avoided also, that is reject what they have to say. We can't trust anything from them because of the embedded and outright lies against God and the children of God.
Even when a trusted, hand-picked disciple seems to be telling the truth, it is necessary to be on guard. Peter spoke 'noble', fearless words concerning Jesus' destiny.
Matthew 16:21-23 (KJV)
[SUP]21 [/SUP] From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
[SUP]22 [/SUP] Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
[SUP]23 [/SUP] But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Whether it may be a Christian or unbeliever, there are times when it is best to speak against what seems like a good thing, but opposes the plan of God. Disputing the Genesis creation account, adopting evolution and making man just part of the animal kingdom, disputing the flood account of Genesis as being literal truth and of necessity covering the whole planet, together with other related facts identifies those people as ignorant due to lack of knowledge, or willingly ignorant and in spiritual danger.
2 Peter 3:1-7 (KJV)
[SUP]1 [/SUP] This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
[SUP]2 [/SUP] That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
[SUP]3 [/SUP] Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
[SUP]4 [/SUP] And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
[SUP]6 [/SUP] Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
[SUP]7 [/SUP] But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Jesus is the "last Adam", as Paul explained in and can't possibly have included offspring of a shared relative of apes. Last Adam, not a sophisticated animal, concerning the Genesis account. (1 Cor 15:35-50) The gospel relates directly to all of Genesis in order to explain sin, as written in the Bible, and even the concept of redemption in that book.
There are more reasons for some people to be more than simply unbelieving, digging themselves deeper as skeptics, to the next level as scoffers, then false teachers by sing distorted knowledge gained in those act to the denial of the blood of Jesus.
As long as I'm allowed I will keep doing this. I am very appreciative of this place, affording us the opportunity to plant gospel seed around the world. I have watched over the years that excess toleration of atheist input tends to discourage believers and those seeking the truth. The end result has been Christians stop contributing comments and financial support, then vacating formerly good-ground sites the past 30 years, leaving the sites to the enemy. I didn't do enough to prevent that many times, thinking we owe them political correctness and sweet words of encouragement. That was ignorance on my part and that of others who were very capable teammates, just like I have discovered here.