RE: Believing in creationism is a sin
March 18, 2013 at 11:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2013 at 11:47 pm by Godscreated.)
(March 17, 2013 at 4:07 pm)Mr Infidel Wrote:(March 17, 2013 at 4:02 pm)Godschild Wrote: Really, scriptures say Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters.
Even if Adam and Eve had thousands of sons and daughters, the earth would only become populated beyond the first family by way of incest. After all, there is no mention of God having created any other humans besides Adam and Eve.
You are correct to the point of bothers and sisters marrying and having children, at the time it was not considered incest, the gene pool was nearly perfect and began to be degraded with time. This was due to sin and it's continued effect on mankind.
(March 17, 2013 at 8:51 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(March 17, 2013 at 4:02 pm)Godschild Wrote: As far as Gen.1:1, I quoted it, so how is that making up anything, how do you see it read?
You did indeed quote the passage, but you also imposed your interpretation of the words to shoehorn the notion of "God" beginning time into it, where no such interpretation can safely be drawn from the text as it stands. Were I to do this sort of thing, I'd probably be called out on it with protestations of "but that's not what the text says/means!!!" or "you just don't understand!!!", and rightly so.
I did not impose my interpretation on God's word, I was taught this and it is a teaching of most of the church that believes in creation and has been for thousands of years. I asked for your interpretation not to criticize, I wanted to know what you thought.
(March 17, 2013 at 4:02 pm)Godschild Wrote: Please do not say it did not happen, the Nerd was making a statement from the assumption God created, so that's where this stands.
Stimbo Wrote:Please don't tell me what I can and can't say; I know you mean well and all that but I certainly can say it didn't happen should the context warrant it. However I don't need to in this instance, since that's not what we're chewing over here.
Sorry, did not mean to upset you and did not mean you can't say whatever is on your mind. So many times in the past others would jump past the assumed position so they could give the answer (well it did not happen) because they had no real answer to a question. Again sorry for the misunderstanding, my fault.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.