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Tintin
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Christianity could be considered eastern mysticism too.
Eastern? The Holy Land is to the West.
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Eastern? The Holy Land is to the West.
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didymos
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Australians are crazy that way
So where does 'eastern mysticism' come from according to you? California?
Wait... maybe it does...
Look Einstein, you're wrong.
analogy
əˈnalədʒi/
noun
noun: analogy; plural noun: analogies
- a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
[COLOR=#878787 !important]"an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies"[/COLOR]- a correspondence or partial similarity.
[COLOR=#878787 !important]"the syndrome is called deep dysgraphia because of its analogy to deep dyslexia"[/COLOR] - a thing which is comparable to something else in significant respects.
[COLOR=#878787 !important]"works of art were seen as an analogy for works of nature"[/COLOR] - LOGIC
a process of arguing from similarity in known respects to similarity in other respects.
- a correspondence or partial similarity.
I mentioned the culmination of biological mutations and how when they add up they lead to significant changes in species, and you tried to analogize it by saying 'grocery bills add up, but they certainly don't become money growing on trees'.
1. Grocery bills are not analogous to biological mutations, in any way relevant to this argument whatsoever.
2. Grocery bills would never add up to money, if anything they'd add up to a lack of money.
3. Grocery bills and money are in no way comparable to genetic mutation and evolution.
If I literally have to explain to you why this is an analogy, and why it is an absolutely terrible, flawed, horribly irrelevant and nonsensical one, then I really don't think you're qualified for this argument.
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Most of those who say that the earth is 6,000 years old don't get it from scientific evidence.
They get it from Bishop Ussher, who died in 1656.
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StoneThrower
Guest
A no, the word Yom designates a 24 hour day and the text says there was morning and evening further indicating it was a 24 hour day.
Agreed....and scripture never says to sum the generations to arrive at a date, that is a human idea...
A Hebrew day is from evening to evening.
Thus, when the text states 'and there was evening and there was morning', this must either be either 12hrs, or something less than 24hrs, with this line of reasoning...
There was no correspondence in their grammatical construction.
The second clause of your statement did not have an object, or conclusion.
In your sense of it, my statement could not be analogous to yours.
"Significant changes" do not a different species make.
Your statement made no conclusion regarding evolution.
And you missed my analogy.
And that is the analogy. . .sorry you missed it.
Adaptations within the species are in no way comparable to evolution into a new species.
Like I had to explain to you why mine was an analogy. . .of a conclusion unrelated to the premise.
In addition, your statement presented no conclusion related to the premise.
So my statement with its conclusion could not be analogous to your statement without one.
Rather, mine was analogous to an assumed conclusion which did not follow from the premise.
And so we're back to the God-man and Scripture:
"Physician, heal thyself."
Nor does Scripture say "Do not abort unborn children," or "God is sovereign" or "God is triune."
Are those also human ideas?
All of God's Word is true, including any science which it contains.
The Author of science is not mistaken regarding it.
Correct. . .there was only one evening in any day.
Incorrect. . .that's with your line of reasoning.
Evening extended until morning, which then extended until evening each day.
There was only one evening and one morning in a day.
There was not an evening, a morning and another evening in one day.
"And there was evening and there was morning the first day."
"And there was evening and there was morning the second day." etc.
Each presents succeeding complete revolutions of the earth on its axis, not something less than 24 hrs.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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Because God created all that science is trying to find out, and God as the creator knows more science than all men, and because all scripture is true, does that mean to you that you must read scripture as a manual in science? Do you actually think that science is what scripture is given to us for?
Scripture was given to us for truth, on whatever and all it reveals.
It means to me that whatever Scripture reports about science is true.
It does not mean that Scripture answers all questions about science, as does a manual.
I am not in the business of accommodating Scripture to science.
I am in the business of accommodating science to Scripture.
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Pottyone
Guest
A certain little thing called a global flood might of course make it difficult to find many of your " missing" fossils anyway!
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StoneThrower
Guest
There's literally zero evidence of a global flood. In fact, it has been proven that there was never a global flood since a global flood would have left clear signs consistent over the globe.
If God has revealed to you that Jesus is the Christ and He died, rose again and ascended into heaven then what's the issue with believing Genesis? To me it comes hand in hand.
In hindsight, I remember reading the story of Balam? And the talking donkey not long after I was born again and not having one issue that a donkey spoke, I was amazed it spoke..that's some serious mind shifting on Gods behalf. So go on! Have faith like a child!
In hindsight, I remember reading the story of Balam? And the talking donkey not long after I was born again and not having one issue that a donkey spoke, I was amazed it spoke..that's some serious mind shifting on Gods behalf. So go on! Have faith like a child!