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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 19, 2014 at 10:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2014 at 10:27 pm by discipulus.)
(March 19, 2014 at 8:30 pm)Rahul Wrote: (March 19, 2014 at 6:12 pm)discipulus Wrote: The flood account can be interpreted in several ways. I lean more to a global flood
Global flood is not scientifically possible. Not enough water on Earth to do it.
I do not quite follow how you came to this conclusion...
The author of Genesis states that the flood was due to the floodgates of heaven being opened and the fountains of the great deep bursting open which together led to a catastrophic downpour of rain that prevailed upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
Incidentally, the latest discoveries by geophysicists have substantiated the theory that there are vast stores of water located in the transition zone of the earth's mantle. It is estimated that these vast underground stores of water some 250 miles underground contain enough water to equal the total volume of water in all the earth's oceans combined.
The interesting thing Rahul, is that the author of Genesis somehow knew this thousands of years ago!
For he writes in Genesis 7:11b - in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
Rahul, how would this author of Genesis have known that there were "fountains of the great deep" thousands of years ago when only recently have we discovered evidence that support the theory that such vast stores of water exist?
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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 19, 2014 at 10:37 pm
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(March 19, 2014 at 10:25 pm)discipulus Wrote: Incidentally, the latest discoveries by geophysicists have substantiated the theory that there are vast stores of water located in the transition zone of the earth's mantle. It is estimated that these vast underground stores of water some 250 miles underground contain enough water to equal the total volume of water in all the earth's oceans combined.
That's great! That means we have about 2% of the necessary amount of water to flood the Earth!
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That's how much we got on, under, and above the Earth, buddy.
But why did you cut my quote off? Don't you want to discuss what having enough water on the planet for a global flood would do to the atmospheric temperature and pressure?
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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 19, 2014 at 10:51 pm
(March 19, 2014 at 12:15 pm)discipulus Wrote: You all will have to pardon me but it is not easy reaponding to upwards of ten different individuals. Sometimes I may miss your post. If I do it is not intentional. Please bear with me.
Good. I'd hate to think that my suggestion that we debate God's existence was just ignored.
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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 20, 2014 at 7:36 am
Why was disciplus banned? What did he do?
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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 20, 2014 at 7:37 am
(March 20, 2014 at 7:36 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: Why was disciplus banned? What did he do?
Yeah I would also like to know.
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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 20, 2014 at 8:08 am
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2014 at 8:10 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
There's an announcements section:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-12336-po...#pid629277
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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 20, 2014 at 8:21 am
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2014 at 8:22 am by *Deidre*.)
If you go into the off topic section, there is a thread he started called "can anyone relate?" He started a call out thread (to me) and then that one. I and others didn't understand it, but he apologized and I think he was concerned that I left Christianity. Idk. That was the purpose of the thread, but it went sideways. I feel bad he was banned over that just the same. :/ Anyways.
Some sites frown on discussing bans so that's all I will say on that.
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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 20, 2014 at 8:43 am
(March 20, 2014 at 8:21 am)Deidre32 Wrote: If you go into the off topic section, there is a thread he started called "can anyone relate?" He started a call out thread (to me) and then that one. I and others didn't understand it, but he apologized and I think he was concerned that I left Christianity. Idk. That was the purpose of the thread, but it went sideways. I feel bad he was banned over that just the same. :/ Anyways.
Some sites frown on discussing bans so that's all I will say on that.
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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 20, 2014 at 8:45 am
What bodyguard service did Whitney Houston offer?
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
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RE: Why Christians Attack Evolution
March 20, 2014 at 8:47 am
(March 20, 2014 at 8:45 am)Tonus Wrote: What bodyguard service did Whitney Houston offer?
The movie the body guard..
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