No, we don't see fissures on the earth or evidence of any that are caused by large amounts of water bursting out of the ground.

Also there's the problems with the fact that there were civilizations that were thriving at the time of the flood and apparently were totally missed by the flood. China has written history dating back 6,000 years and if they were hit by the flood there would have been evidence of their civilization being wiped out. The same for Egypt and the Sumerians.

 

The flood story is also very similar to earlier stories from Sumerian myths that predate the writing of the Bible and the flood timeline itself.

No, we don't see fissures on the earth or evidence of any that are caused by large amounts of water bursting out of the ground.

Also there's the problems with the fact that there were civilizations that were thriving at the time of the flood and apparently were totally missed by the flood. China has written history dating back 6,000 years and if they were hit by the flood there would have been evidence of their civilization being wiped out. The same for Egypt and the Sumerians.

 

The flood story is also very similar to earlier stories from Sumerian myths that predate the writing of the Bible and the flood timeline itself.

 

Not to mention there are tons of fossils dating back to millions of years ago by carbon dating...

So does women not obeying men and being their servants...

 

women are to submit to their husbands and cannot have authority over the man. SO what are you saying? Since most people have neglected this part of the Bible it justifies neglecting others?

women are to submit to their husbands and cannot have authority over the man. SO what are you saying? Since most people have neglected this part of the Bible it justifies neglecting others?

 

No, I'm saying the Bible is not to be taken literal... The OT contradicts with the NT way too much to be taken directly literal... I don't think anyone is neglecting the bible, they just interpret it figuratively instead of literally...

Please refer to post #155.

 

If you fully understnad the flood, that is the conclusion one comes to. Its either that or millions of years that formed our planet.

No, I'm saying the Bible is not to be taken literal... The OT contradicts with the NT way too much to be taken directly literal... I don't think anyone is neglecting the bible, they just interpret it figuratively instead of literally...

 

Why don't you give a few examples where they contradict.

Why don't you give a few examples where they contradict.

 

During the OT I believe there are several quotes regarding violence and war, yet in the NT Jesus preaches peace over and over....

 

Also, did Job really get swallowed by a whale, or was the whale a metephor just like his story?

No, we don't see fissures on the earth or evidence of any that are caused by large amounts of water bursting out of the ground.

Also there's the problems with the fact that there were civilizations that were thriving at the time of the flood and apparently were totally missed by the flood. China has written history dating back 6,000 years and if they were hit by the flood there would have been evidence of their civilization being wiped out. The same for Egypt and the Sumerians.

 

The flood story is also very similar to earlier stories from Sumerian myths that predate the writing of the Bible and the flood timeline itself.

 

Tell me, if you saw a fissure that was indeed caused by water bursting out, would you know it? Or would you quote more secualr science about what should be there if it really was the flood. No one was there. Let me ask something. If the layers were laid down over millions of years, how come there aren't any erosion marks between the layers?

During the OT I believe there are several quotes regarding violence and war, yet in the NT Jesus preaches peace over and over....

 

Also, did Job really get swallowed by a whale, or was the whale a metephor just like his story?

 

God wanted peace as well. That is certainly not a contradiction but if you could actually give some verses that would help. And actually it was Jonah who got swallowed. Ha did you even read the story?

An example of God's violence in the OT comes in the first book of Samuel...

 

This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys. (1st Sam 15:2-3)

God wanted peace as well. That is certainly not a contradiction but if you could actually give some verses that would help. And actually it was Jonah who got swallowed. Ha did you even read the story?

 

My bad I mixed the two up, thanks for once again judging...

If you fully understnad the flood, that is the conclusion one comes to. Its either that or millions of years that formed our planet.

 

Help me understand...because I believe that it took billions of year for our planet to form...for the Grand Canyon to be made...for Hawaii to be built up by volcanic eruptions...for the Himalayas to become the majestic peaks that they are.

God wanted peace as well. That is certainly not a contradiction but if you could actually give some verses that would help. And actually it was Jonah who got swallowed. Ha did you even read the story?

 

Is that really meant to be "ha"?

An example of God's violence in the OT comes in the first book of Samuel...

 

This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys. (1st Sam 15:2-3)

 

OK in the very first line we see why God destroyed them...they were attacking his people.

Help me understand...because I believe that it took billions of year for our planet to form...for the Grand Canyon to be made...for Hawaii to be built up by volcanic eruptions...for the Himalayas to become the majestic peaks that they are.

 

http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/geology.asp

 

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