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 Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:31 am
Hey!
My name is Allie! I'm here to answer your Questions about God! If it's a personal question, feel free to PM me. If not, post a reply down here about ANYTHING that science and God "don't" agree on. I put that in quotes because I am a bible student and I'm prepared to handle any question you throw at me! Happy Learning!
P.S. ~ Topics are posted in RED!
Questions already answered!
Why aren't Dinosaurs mentioned in the Bible? ~pg.1
Can God Create A Stone He Cannot Lift? ~ pg. 1
How can you say the Earth is only 6000 years old, when Carbon Dating says otherwise? ~ pg. 1
If I'm Gay, do I go to Hell? ~ pg. 2
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:33 am
Why aren't Dinosaurs mentioned in the bible?
Dinosaurs DO make sense!
First, we should not expect to see the word dinosaur in the Bible. The term was not coined until a famous paleontologist, Sir Richard Owen, gave them that name in 1841 - nearly 18 centuries after the New testament was published.
Second, just because a creature is not mentioned does not mean that it does not exist. Thousands of animals are not mentioned including giraffes, alligators, and penguins.
Third, the bible does mention at least two different creatures that very well may have been dinosaurs.: behemoth and leviathon. Behemoth is described as having a tail as large as a cedar tree (Job 40:15-19). Of Leviathon, the Lord said to Job, "Indeed any hope of overcoming him is false; shall one not be overwhelmed in the sight of him? No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.. who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? Who cna open the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around? His rows of scales are his pride.." (Job 41:9-10; 13-15) Scales? Terrible teeth? So fierce that no one would dare wake him up? It is easy to see why numerous bible scholars have concluded this to be a dinosaur.
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:21 pm
Hello there I have a question (actually I have 2, but I will only ask you this one for now because I'm curious on how you gonna answer the first one)
-can God create a stone that He can not lift?
I will tell you the reason why I asked this question if you want =]
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:01 pm
Can God Create A Stone He Cannot Lift?The answer is no, no matter how confusing this is gong to sound, bear with me iKile (; God can lift anything! He is ALL-powerful and He is.. well.. GOD! He can creat a 'stone' so big its bigger than the solar system, If he wanted to. But because He is God, He can do anything, thus He can lift any stone He creates. We must also keep in mind that He has no limit to strength because He is all-powerful and He is God. Very controversial topic, though. smile Thanks!
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:26 pm
Right, that's how I explain things when some kids asked me that, but they don't seem to get it =P
The next question is:
-let's say you and your mum are at home when the phone rings, you answer it and some lady on the phone wants to speak with your mum, your mum doesn't want to speak to her so your mum tells you to tell the lady that she (your mum) is not at home. Now on one hand u have to lie that your mum is not home which is a sin and on the other hand you're not doing what your mum told u, so in some way you're disrespecting her which is also a sin.
What should u do?
Sorry for bothering u with those questions =P
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:47 pm
Well, that is a very hard one also. First, I'm assuming the child in this scenario is a Christian, but If the mother is, she shouldn't be telling you to lie to someone, that's wrong on her part. The bible states very clearly that we are to obey our parents UNLESS it goes against God's word. If she actually is busy, then you simply tell them that she is busy and can't come to the phone. I think a huge part of this would also determine who it is on the other line. If its her ex husband apologizing, hand the phone to her anyways. If its a salesperson, simply ask them not to call again nicely, et cetera. It's all phone etiquette smile I think in that situation, you would cover the mouthpiece and tell your mum that you aren't going to lie for her and hand her the phone anyways. If she's a christian, she'll understand and be happy your following God's word. My mum personally tells me that if she EVER tells me to do something that is wrong in God's sight, to tell her.
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:21 pm
http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=21181521 you should take a crack at those questions lol I tried my best to answer them. Also in regards to the can God make a Rock so big that he himself cannot lift it, I know you said God is God so he can do anything and therefore he can pick up the rock and stuff and I agree but doesn't that contradict the fact that God can do anything? I know someone who get's on my nerves when he says "Well doesn't that contradict the fact that God can do anything?" When I tell him something about God. lol I'm not gonna lie I would like you to answer my questions first. And lol my mom asked me that dinosaur question the other day xd
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:00 pm
The AngeI of Love Why aren't Dinosaurs mentioned in the bible?Dinosaurs DO make sense!
First, we should not expect to see the word dinosaur in the Bible. The term was not coined until a famous paleontologist, Sir Richard Owen, gave them that name in 1841 - nearly 18 centuries after the New testament was published. Second, just because a creature is not mentioned does not mean that it does not exist. Thousands of animals are not mentioned including giraffes, alligators, and penguins. Third, the bible does mention at least two different creatures that very well may have been dinosaurs.: behemoth and leviathon. Behemoth is described as having a tail as large as a cedar tree (Job 40:15-19). Of Leviathon, the Lord said to Job, "Indeed any hope of overcoming him is false; shall one not be overwhelmed in the sight of him? No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.. who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? Who cna open the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around? His rows of scales are his pride.." (Job 41:9-10; 13-15) Scales? Terrible teeth? So fierce that no one would dare wake him up? It is easy to see why numerous bible scholars have concluded this to be a dinosaur. My reply is made to statements that I have bolded. We don't see the word for dinosaur in English until then... Or Orcus help me, are you one of those that thinks that the Bible was written in English first? Are you a New World Creationist? If so then you must believe that Noah rounded up all of the dinosaurs on your ark... Or are you going with the plethora of scientific evidence in your understanding of the Earth's true age?
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:26 pm
starry night-163 http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=21181521 you should take a crack at those questions lol I tried my best to answer them. Also in regards to the can God make a Rock so big that he himself cannot lift it, I know you said God is God so he can do anything and therefore he can pick up the rock and stuff and I agree but doesn't that contradict the fact that God can do anything? I know someone who get's on my nerves when he says "Well doesn't that contradict the fact that God can do anything?" When I tell him something about God. lol I'm not gonna lie I would like you to answer my questions first. And lol my mom asked me that dinosaur question the other day xd It does actually contradict the statement that god can do anything (which He can). I fersure take a crack at them, some of 'em are hard! That one is just like this : Everything has a cause and an effect, but God is the 'uncaused cause' (it says in Isaiaha). God is perfect and that's why we have so much trouble trying to figure Him out because He is supernatural and we aren't. When we arrive in Heaven, It says we will have all knowledge, thus we will know and understand everything like this smile I might tag on that God can lift ANYTHING, thus nothing is too Heavy for him wink
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 4:35 pm
Matasoga The AngeI of Love Why aren't Dinosaurs mentioned in the bible?Dinosaurs DO make sense!
First, we should not expect to see the word dinosaur in the Bible. The term was not coined until a famous paleontologist, Sir Richard Owen, gave them that name in 1841 - nearly 18 centuries after the New testament was published. Second, just because a creature is not mentioned does not mean that it does not exist. Thousands of animals are not mentioned including giraffes, alligators, and penguins. Third, the bible does mention at least two different creatures that very well may have been dinosaurs.: behemoth and leviathon. Behemoth is described as having a tail as large as a cedar tree (Job 40:15-19). Of Leviathon, the Lord said to Job, "Indeed any hope of overcoming him is false; shall one not be overwhelmed in the sight of him? No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.. who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? Who cna open the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around? His rows of scales are his pride.." (Job 41:9-10; 13-15) Scales? Terrible teeth? So fierce that no one would dare wake him up? It is easy to see why numerous bible scholars have concluded this to be a dinosaur. My reply is made to statements that I have bolded. We don't see the word for dinosaur in English until then... Or Orcus help me, are you one of those that thinks that the Bible was written in English first? Are you a New World Creationist? If so then you must believe that Noah rounded up all of the dinosaurs on your ark... Or are you going with the plethora of scientific evidence in your understanding of the Earth's true age? No, but just as tthe words of other lanugages can be translated into English, so can This word 'dinosaur'. The Bible translated in English before 1841,It was written in Hebrew and Greek originally. I am a Christian, A strong believer that Jesus died for my sins and rose three days after and by HIM alone I have recieved salvation and if I follow Him, I will go to Heaven to be with My Lord and fellow Christians. Yes, Noah did round up the dinosaurs. It is said 2 of every living animal, and dinosaurs were, infact, living. First, bear in mind that the Ark was not the 45-50ft model made popular in children's books. In fact, it was about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet tall (approximately 4.5 stories). Also, Not all dinosaurs were large like the brachiosaur. Many of them, like the compsognathus, were quite small, even just a few pounds. Even the Biggest dinosaurs came from eggs no larger than footballs. Also, He probably took newborns. Infant dinosaurs strong enough to survive for a while and repopulate. They would hav eaten less and taken up a LOT less room.
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 6:18 pm
The AngeI of Love Matasoga The AngeI of Love Why aren't Dinosaurs mentioned in the bible?Dinosaurs DO make sense!
First, we should not expect to see the word dinosaur in the Bible. The term was not coined until a famous paleontologist, Sir Richard Owen, gave them that name in 1841 - nearly 18 centuries after the New testament was published. Second, just because a creature is not mentioned does not mean that it does not exist. Thousands of animals are not mentioned including giraffes, alligators, and penguins. Third, the bible does mention at least two different creatures that very well may have been dinosaurs.: behemoth and leviathon. Behemoth is described as having a tail as large as a cedar tree (Job 40:15-19). Of Leviathon, the Lord said to Job, "Indeed any hope of overcoming him is false; shall one not be overwhelmed in the sight of him? No one is so fierce that he would dare stir him up.. who can remove his outer coat? Who can approach him with a double bridle? Who cna open the doors of his face, with his terrible teeth all around? His rows of scales are his pride.." (Job 41:9-10; 13-15) Scales? Terrible teeth? So fierce that no one would dare wake him up? It is easy to see why numerous bible scholars have concluded this to be a dinosaur. My reply is made to statements that I have bolded. We don't see the word for dinosaur in English until then... Or Orcus help me, are you one of those that thinks that the Bible was written in English first? Are you a New World Creationist? If so then you must believe that Noah rounded up all of the dinosaurs on your ark... Or are you going with the plethora of scientific evidence in your understanding of the Earth's true age? No, but just as tthe words of other lanugages can be translated into English, so can This word 'dinosaur'. The Bible translated in English before 1841,It was written in Hebrew and Greek originally. I am a Christian, A strong believer that Jesus died for my sins and rose three days after and by HIM alone I have recieved salvation and if I follow Him, I will go to Heaven to be with My Lord and fellow Christians. Yes, Noah did round up the dinosaurs. It is said 2 of every living animal, and dinosaurs were, infact, living. First, bear in mind that the Ark was not the 45-50ft model made popular in children's books. In fact, it was about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet tall (approximately 4.5 stories). Also, Not all dinosaurs were large like the brachiosaur. Many of them, like the compsognathus, were quite small, even just a few pounds. Even the Biggest dinosaurs came from eggs no larger than footballs. Also, He probably took newborns. Infant dinosaurs strong enough to survive for a while and repopulate. They would hav eaten less and taken up a LOT less room. I see. And what say you to the decades of carbon dating and like evidence that the world is, in fact, beyond any shadow of reasonable doubt, about 4.5 billion years old? Or do science and your deity not agree so much as you initially thought?
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:55 pm
Ill take this one Allie, wink
Matasoga, take this on. There is no such claim in the bible i have read that claims existence to be a certain age, at least not to my knowledge. Take the Garden of eden for existence. A relatively short story, one would speculate that it was a short period of time in which Adam and Eve spent there. Logically that sounds reasonable in relation to the events that took place there, but I dare argue that point of logic, with logic of my own. Maybe adam and eve were in the garden for billions of years before they had to go and ruin it for the rest of us! Just an objection to the arguments proposed to religion, that are damn hard to retaliate against, if we think with such a closed mind. As some of us who listened to INTERPRETATIONS of gods teachings are. ):
Just some idea for thought my friend.
Take this one Allie, its a hell of a question, If Im gay, will I go to hell?
Oh and before you answer that, actually read the quote about gays in the bible. Im not one who can tell you where this and that are said in the bible so hope you know where it is, if not google that shizz
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:35 pm
-v- Avenue -v- Ill take this one Allie, wink Matasoga, take this on. There is no such claim in the bible i have read that claims existence to be a certain age, at least not to my knowledge. Take the Garden of eden for existence. A relatively short story, one would speculate that it was a short period of time in which Adam and Eve spent there. Logically that sounds reasonable in relation to the events that took place there, but I dare argue that point of logic, with logic of my own. Maybe adam and eve were in the garden for billions of years before they had to go and ruin it for the rest of us! Just an objection to the arguments proposed to religion, that are damn hard to retaliate against, if we think with such a closed mind. As some of us who listened to INTERPRETATIONS of gods teachings are. ): Just some idea for thought my friend. I wasn't speaking from the bible. There's more to your religion than what's between the leathery covers of your KJV. Some of it is Judaic (most scholarly followers of Christian bible that believe it to be literal believe in nephilem and Lilith, despite their being no mention of either), some of it is Hollywood (though who can say whether it was them or the Christians themselves who started the demonizing the symbol of the pentagram, which never had anything to do with Satanism), but most of it is cultural. New world creationists don't believe that the earth is that old. It's as simple as that. Some priest with a calculator (presumably) "figured it out." Now I'm not saying that the author of this post is a new world creationist. I'm leaving it for her to say that she is or she isn't. I have put forth the question and now there's nothing for it but to wait... Though I very much look forward to hearing how she answers your question.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:44 am
Matasoga I see. And what say you to the decades of carbon dating and like evidence that the world is, in fact, beyond any shadow of reasonable doubt, about 4.5 billion years old? Or do science and your deity not agree so much as you initially thought? Hey smile Well, I think what most people fail to realize is the fact that carbon-dating is an eipc fail. Carbon dating tests/dates.. carbon, right? Yes, carbon. Well, Carbon isn't found in bones, bone marrow, or skeleton or anything dead, really. Carbon is found in rock an rock alone. So testing the carbon in a fossil is really pointless. The carbon dating measurement system gets messed up along the way and actually ends up testing different things to come up with some strange measurement. And to Randy, The Earth is about 6,000 years old. We can infer this from the dates used in the bible that go no further than 400 BC (before christ) and 2011 AD (after death). There was 33 years in between because the Bible tells that Jesus was 33 years old when he died/rose again.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:48 am
-v- Avenue -v- Take this one Allie, its a hell of a question, If Im gay, will I go to hell? Oh and before you answer that, actually read the quote about gays in the bible. Im not one who can tell you where this and that are said in the bible so hope you know where it is, if not google that shizz Hey Randy, nice to hear from you smile I do want to ask that you let me do the answering though, because Im using facts from science and not mostly facts from inferences and the Bible. eople who dont believe in the bible, well, answers that are rooted in that alone will not persuade them, just a helpful hint ^^' Okay, Ill be sure to post it ^^'
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