[ 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

[marinebase7]

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.

Yes.. that is called "metaphorical translation".. I have absolutely no problem with that (clearly Earth being a flat circle is metaphorical...) except... where do you draw the line? What if Jesus was metaphorical? What if everything you ever read in the Bible was just one huge metaphor?

[Armored Cavalry]

It's simple:

the Bible was written after God created Earth, and it was easier for the scribe to write (and God to say) that the earth was made in 6 days than 518400 seconds. After all, the unit of measurement called a "day" did exist before the person who wrote the Bible.

Duh.

[Officially Unnamed]

marinebase7

Yes.. that is called "metaphorical translation".. I have absolutely no problem with that (clearly Earth being a flat circle is metaphorical...) except... where do you draw the line? What if Jesus was metaphorical? What if everything you ever read in the Bible was just one huge metaphor?

Actually, metaphorical Jesus makes a lot more sense to me than "metaphorical period of time".
I mean, really, he DID tell a lot of parables that were metaphors for life...
And he said something along the lines of "I am the way, the truth, etc." and then later "The only way to God is through me", which would actually make sense linking those together (you get to heaven not on believing in Jesus, but following his way of life).

Also: how the hell is a period of time a metaphor for another period of time? That's like saying that a foot is a metaphor for a hand. It just doesn't work. If it does, then it's certainly redundant and confusing.

[Kuchen Fairy]

When the Bible was written, Earth already existed. Using days as a measurement of time doesn't mean that measurement had to have existed at the time of creation.
For instance, saying neanderthals stood at so-and-so feet tall on average is not paradoxical, despite the fact that in the days of the neanderthal, the concept of a foot measurement did not exist.

[marinebase7]

Officially Unnamed

marinebase7

Yes.. that is called "metaphorical translation".. I have absolutely no problem with that (clearly Earth being a flat circle is metaphorical...) except... where do you draw the line? What if Jesus was metaphorical? What if everything you ever read in the Bible was just one huge metaphor?

Actually, metaphorical Jesus makes a lot more sense to me than "metaphorical period of time".
I mean, really, he DID tell a lot of parables that were metaphors for life...
And he said something along the lines of "I am the way, the truth, etc." and then later "The only way to God is through me", which would actually make sense linking those together (you get to heaven not on believing in Jesus, but following his way of life).

Also: how the hell is a period of time a metaphor for another period of time? That's like saying that a foot is a metaphor for a hand. It just doesn't work. If it does, then it's certainly redundant and confusing.

Good God.. if you find the answer to that... please please please tell me~

[Fr1skyCrUnCh]

This is cute, I love how people put God within the constraints and conformity of a human perspective.