Evidence for God from Science

"In beginning God had created the heavens and the earth" Jac said: I wouldn't read anything into the "unspecified period of time", however. That only matters based on our understanding of yom as an age, which, I suppose, we are conceding for now. The more important question is wh...

As a combat veteran, not just one who served in the military, I find flag burning abhorrent. But, and here's the rub, I fought for this nation. The supporters and the protesters; the flag burners and the non flag burners. So while I find it personally offensive and would prefer that flag burning did...

"In beginning God had created the heavens and the earth" My translation, and yes I proofread it, and no there are not any words missing. OK, I'll go first. This verse make 3 blanket statements. 1. The heavens and the earth (Universe) were created. 2. God is the creator. 3. If God did the ...

I have a question, kind of related to a debate on earlier pages about death being before or after the Fall. My question is, is physical death even a punishment? ... I wonder if the death God meant all along was spiritual, and Adam and Eve were created to be mortal beings. For, if OEC'ists think tha...

So, let's try this. Keep it simple and as much as possible, instead of trying to "prove" YEC/OEC theology, start at the beginning and build our own theology aside from harmonization with or defense against current scientific paradigms. Let's strive to understand through the lens of an inte...

I agree. And I asked because as an outsider to this discussion, it seemed that this was the point that DayAge was either missing or dismissing. I think the pyramid illustration is an apt metaphor.

Sure... My question is framed out of reference to your statement: What is primary is that each book was written by a specific person to specific people at a specific time and for a specific purpose. That means each book has a definitive goal it wants to achieve, a particular message it wants to conv...

So alot of ink or I guess pixels nowadays, goes to "context" and "meanings within context" and "grammar," and all seem to be in agreement that context is important and indeed necessary for a "proper" interpretation. But, perhaps my context is different from an...

erawdrah wrote:It's just hardware spelled backwards. I used to manage a big box hardware store, and picked erawdrah so I wouldn't have to do Dave123548458514 thing. Nothing special

And here I was thinking it was some elven, Lord of the Rings, Dungeons & Dragons thing.

I think there has been some excellent discussion up to this point and I have enjoyed reading subsequent comments after my last post to get caught up on the action. I will repost the scripture, because I would like to add to my previous comments, not necessarily debate the validity of another's comme...

I'm sorry natcat, but this seems to be your doctrine of salvation in a nutshell:
Everybody's going to heaven. If you don't want to go to heaven, God will beat you into submission, and then you'll go to heaven.

This threads seems to have died off, or maybe you're just reloading. Either way it is a very compelling discussion. So, pardon the intrusion, but I have a question. Given a collection of narratives that are united under one banner, with each member as an individual narrative originally composed by a...

That's hilarious!!!!

And if you think the pre Fall creation was "very good," surely nothing after the Fall could be "very, very good." Oh wait, Numbers 14:7. How does that work out?

As an aside, both cakes were delicious. I like cake ... y=P~ I guess I'm too dense to see the difference with or without the IN. Let me simplify it for myself. If I say the following statements: "For IN six days I made a cake, but I rested on the seventh day" or without the IN: "For ...