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by Philip
Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:43 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evolving from Simple to Complex?
Replies: 161
Views: 52399

Re: Evolving from Simple to Complex?

Hugh: Stu says that "You don't have to understand the intricacies of how something (Miracles) happened" and Philip says that "Hugh, merely admitting that "SOMETHING occurred" is not meeting the criteria of faith as per the specific wordings of Scripture." Which of thes...
by Philip
Thu Mar 23, 2017 7:53 am
Forum: Politics and World Events
Topic: Did Obama wiretap Trump?
Replies: 180
Views: 34652

Re: Did Obama wiretap Trump?

Spinning this story, either way - whether Trump was correct on the wiretapping, or not, is far too soon. There are many entities and many agendas within the halls of power, with connections to the cloak and dagger crowd. I don't care where this stuff leads, as long as we get to the bottom of who aut...
by Philip
Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:03 pm
Forum: Questions for Christians
Topic: Is God's will immutable?
Replies: 16
Views: 6418

Re: Is God's will immutable?

Is God influenced by prayer? Only to the degree that the prayer matches up with His will for a particular issue or situation. But that influence from our prayers, as well as His will (and thus ALL of His responses), have ALWAYS been known to Him. There is no NEW information that God's decisions or w...
by Philip
Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:56 pm
Forum: Politics and World Events
Topic: Did Obama wiretap Trump?
Replies: 180
Views: 34652

Re: Did Obama wiretap Trump?

And: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/devin-nunes-donald-trump-surveillance-obama-236366 What this likely indicates is that, for those in high official positions that did not know about this, the right hand often doesn't know what the left hand is doing. If but several things come of this mess,...
by Philip
Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:16 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evolving from Simple to Complex?
Replies: 161
Views: 52399

Re: Evolving from Simple to Complex?

Hugh: Yes, I thought you might. The answer, as I wriggled away with just now, is that I don't know. In several circumstances we have an undisputed before - a dead body in a tomb - and an undisputed after - men being put to death for the preaching the message of the resurrected Christ - but not, at ...
by Philip
Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:33 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: "Tree" or "Web" of Life? A Tale of Red Wolf "Species"
Replies: 8
Views: 4058

Re: "Tree" or "Web" of Life? A Tale of Red Wolf "Species"

So then, "species" seems to be what us humans like doing most -- trying to put things neatly into boxes with a nice label. In a nutshell, there is no purity of species or humans. Humans - we're all mutts. The way genetics work, we'd only know when there are shared genetic similarities, bu...
by Philip
Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:59 pm
Forum: Politics and World Events
Topic: Did Obama wiretap Trump?
Replies: 180
Views: 34652

Re: Did Obama wiretap Trump?

The supposed wiretapping at Trump Tower was a reaction to Trump's private conversations with other leaders getting leaked. So, he was extremely angry over that - and it happened more than once. So, he was likely paranoid, and not truly understanding how things worked, who could order what, etc. - he...
by Philip
Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:15 am
Forum: Politics and World Events
Topic: From You to George Washington
Replies: 61
Views: 12377

Re: From You to George Washington

edwardmurphy wrote: I'm not sure he (G. Washington) could have done anything about slavery even if he'd wanted to, which I'm not sure he did. Slavery is hard to understand looking back, certainly with our modern sensibilities. It's evils should have been extremely troubling to all who truly cared a...
by Philip
Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:43 am
Forum: Politics and World Events
Topic: If Trump the liar claims:
Replies: 5
Views: 1428

Re: If Trump the liar claims:

We just better hope the fat boy isn't suicidal or just plain crazy! We also better hope that he's enjoying being alive and in control. Or, if he ever grows desperate and ready to end it all, that any potential murder-suicide he might enact doesn't involve million of people. Hopefully, he has enough ...
by Philip
Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:42 am
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: earth's age and God
Replies: 8
Views: 4238

Re: earth's age and God

Philip wrote: God has NO age! Age is but a number, but it is always SOME number, nonetheless. ETERNAL/ALWAYS existing - there is no number for that - He transcends those parameters.
Stu: Can't quite get my head around that...
And neither can I!
by Philip
Mon Mar 20, 2017 8:18 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evolving from Simple to Complex?
Replies: 161
Views: 52399

Re: Evolving from Simple to Complex?

K: Miacids aside, It does have me looking into how we got all our different looking domestic dogs. Philip: In how genetics dictate limitations, it is interesting of what people assert was possible through chance and randomness, even given the conditions, etc. For thousands of years, since men saile...
by Philip
Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion & Introductions
Topic: Is being an atheist irrational?
Replies: 301
Views: 65566

Re: Is being an atheist irrational?

The old school def for the second one is "agnostic." Of which there are two main types: Those who truly and honestly don't know of any evidence that proves God exists, and those who don't care/don't know/don't want to know/and willfully avoid any exposure to evidences that might change the...
by Philip
Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:06 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: New Theological discourse happening
Replies: 30
Views: 10845

Re: New Theological discourse happening

Paul: Personally, I do think these "other gods" do exist, these false gods that have "revealed" to some these false "gospels". The "angel" that gave Mohammad his vision or the angel that gave Joseph smith his vision, were not angels of Our Lord, of God, but f...
by Philip
Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:00 pm
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: earth's age and God
Replies: 8
Views: 4238

Re: earth's age and God

Does the bible compare the age of earth to God's age or something? I've heard this but I haven't found it, even on google.
God has NO age! Age is but a number, but it is always SOME number, nonetheless. ETERNAL/ALWAYS existing - there is no number for that - He transcends those parameters.
by Philip
Mon Mar 20, 2017 4:38 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Evolving from Simple to Complex?
Replies: 161
Views: 52399

Re: Evolving from Simple to Complex?

K: Miacids aside, It does have me looking into how we got all our different looking domestic dogs. In how genetics dictate limitations, it is interesting of what people assert was possible through chance and randomness, even given the conditions, etc. For thousands of years, since men sailed ships,...