[ Poll ] A religous riddle for thee, ED!

Religous?

Yes		14.7%	[ 5 ]
No		52.9%	[ 18 ]
I am god		32.4%	[ 11 ]

Total Votes: 34

[Comrade Tool]

Silverslade1

I was aimlessly surfing the internet when I came across someone having a bit of a swipe at disproving religion. Now, on this matter I am unbiased, but I would like to see some responses to this statement:

The unit of time known as a "Day" is 24 hours, about the time it takes for the Earth to complete an entire rotation of the Sun. Therefore, for the unit of a "Day" to exist, there must be an Earth to rotate the Sun.

The bible states, quite clearly actually, that god created the Earth in six days.

How could god possibly create the Earth in six days, before the unit of a day existed?



Now, I understand that many of you might find this a trivial stab at whatever particular religion you are partial to, but I assure you it's nothing of the sort. I've simply seen this statement somewhere and wanted your opinion on it.

Wait a second! It takes the Earth about a year to rotate around the sun, not a day...

[Bob Motley]

Because He's ********' GOD, He can do whatever the ******** He wants! rofl
Enter divine inspiration. ^_^

[quankung]

1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

7And 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.

8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.

when God created the earth he also created the time unit day i guess but these verses show that it was a natural day and not a million or so years because it uses the terms evening and morning

[MemoriesThatKill]

The answer is simple.

Religious people are stupid.

They either think of the bible metaphorically(which makes them hypocrites) or literally (which makes them stupid).

Take your pick.

[Le Petit Roi]

God invented the concept of days being 24 hours?

@MemoriesThatKill....I do believe you've just made a hypocrite of your own self. ^.^

[deadmanjay]

MemoriesThatKill

The answer is simple.

Religious people are stupid.

They either think of the bible metaphorically(which makes them hypocrites) or literally (which makes them stupid).

Take your pick.

What about the religious people who don't follow the Abrahamic God or Genesis/Bible for that matter? Oh right, you fail, try again and have a nice day.

Edit: And while you are failing, try and prove that taking the story fo Genesis metaphorically would make one a hypocrite.

[Officially Unnamed]

The Great Heat Miser

I have a better riddle.

One king. One position for royal adviser. Three candidates. The three smartest men in the world, gathered from far away lands to participate in a challenge for the job. The king begins the test. Three blindfolds. Three dots, red or black. Three foreheads. Deduce the color painted on your brow, and the position is yours. Raise your hand when you see red dots, but not for black, and lower it once you have your answer. However, choose carefully, for the price of failure is death.

And so, the contest begins. Three men remove their blindfolds, three men raise their hands. One of them, soon to be the victor, notices that the other two men have red dots on their heads. After some time, he lowers his hand, and declares that he has a red dot on his head.

But, how? How did he know? What could possibly lead him to the conclusion that he had a red dot upon his brow?

No stupid gimmicks.

He deduces that he has a red dot on his head because he sees the other two raising their hands. Both of them are raising their hands, so both of them see red dots instead of black dots. Since the other two see no black dots, that must mean that, in the views of both of the other men, he is one of the two people with a red dot on their head.

This answer is wrong if they can raise their hand for only one red dot, though. xp

On days: The common answer is that "oh, they were millions or billions or whatever amount of years, even though each amount is different": Why didn't it just say "era" or "period (of time)", or some synonym? Or have each time period be a different number of days, but have them be on a logarithmic scale of some sort? Sure, people back then wouldn't understand the importance, but it would still be a small number of days, and once people figured it out, it would make sense.

[deadmanjay]

Comrade Tool

Silverslade1

I was aimlessly surfing the internet when I came across someone having a bit of a swipe at disproving religion. Now, on this matter I am unbiased, but I would like to see some responses to this statement:

The unit of time known as a "Day" is 24 hours, about the time it takes for the Earth to complete an entire rotation of the Sun. Therefore, for the unit of a "Day" to exist, there must be an Earth to rotate the Sun.

The bible states, quite clearly actually, that god created the Earth in six days.

How could god possibly create the Earth in six days, before the unit of a day existed?



Now, I understand that many of you might find this a trivial stab at whatever particular religion you are partial to, but I assure you it's nothing of the sort. I've simply seen this statement somewhere and wanted your opinion on it.

Wait a second! It takes the Earth about a year to rotate around the sun, not a day...

Seconded.

[Le recepteur]

Silverslade1

"Day" is 24 hours, about the time it takes for the Earth to complete an entire rotation of the Sun. .

I laughed. Hard.

[marinebase7]

Silverslade1

I was aimlessly surfing the internet when I came across someone having a bit of a swipe at disproving religion. Now, on this matter I am unbiased, but I would like to see some responses to this statement:

The unit of time known as a "Day" is 24 hours, about the time it takes for the Earth to complete an entire rotation of the Sun. Therefore, for the unit of a "Day" to exist, there must be an Earth to rotate the Sun.

The bible states, quite clearly actually, that god created the Earth in six days.

How could god possibly create the Earth in six days, before the unit of a day existed?



Now, I understand that many of you might find this a trivial stab at whatever particular religion you are partial to, but I assure you it's nothing of the sort. I've simply seen this statement somewhere and wanted your opinion on it.

I will give you three "logical" answers:
1. If you are atheist and deny everything in the Bible about God, he didn't
2. If you are theist and accept everything written in the Bible about God, then because he is God.
3. If you are agnostic and can't decide, well.. that is metaphorical!!!

Choose one of the above. (also one day = Earth completing one orbit on its axis)

[Rookherst Returned]

Has anyone pointed out yet, that a "day" is the time it takes the Earth to rotate on it's axis, not around the sun. That a day is caused by the Sun being (for the intent of this model) stationary, and th earth moving? That the "day" the OP wrote....is roughly what we call....A Year?

[deadmanjay]

Rookherst Returned

Has anyone pointed out yet, that a "day" is the time it takes the Earth to rotate on it's axis, not around the sun. That a day is caused by the Sun being (for the intent of this model) stationary, and th earth moving? That the "day" the OP wrote....is roughly what we call....A Year?

So, you thirded? Also, I am glad I am not the only one bored enough to leave the other place for a bit. smile

[Irahatam]

Silverslade1

I was aimlessly surfing the internet when I came across someone having a bit of a swipe at disproving religion. Now, on this matter I am unbiased, but I would like to see some responses to this statement:

The unit of time known as a "Day" is 24 hours, about the time it takes for the Earth to complete an entire rotation of the Sun. Therefore, for the unit of a "Day" to exist, there must be an Earth to rotate the Sun.

The bible states, quite clearly actually, that god created the Earth in six days.

How could god possibly create the Earth in six days, before the unit of a day existed?



Now, I understand that many of you might find this a trivial stab at whatever particular religion you are partial to, but I assure you it's nothing of the sort. I've simply seen this statement somewhere and wanted your opinion on it.

There's a scripture in the bible that says that one day to us is a thousand years to God. Now I don't know if God created the earth in six thousand years or six literal days. But, if he wanted to he certainly has the power to do so in six days or six seconds or whatever he chooses.
I really don't worry about the length of exact time it took him to create the earth. It's rather a moot point given his most important message.

[Gerble]

You're good. Too good. smile