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Why are we here?
RE: Why are we here?
(June 25, 2015 at 10:20 am)Godschild Wrote: You want to tell me why blood cells have been found in a T-rex. Blood cells set out on a lab desk will become nearly nothing in a few weeks, yet an animal that died millions of years ago have blood cells. Even the evolution scientist who have investigated this are completely confounded. What about soft tissue that's been found in dinosaur fossils supposedly millions of years old, tell me how is that even possible and you can forget the iron preservation, that has been proven invalid. 

GC

And that has what to do with the original post?

Just for sake of argument, I will let you have your 6000 year old earth. All that does is make it even more ridiculous for a god to embark on an experiment such as this.

We already know that you have no concept of infinity or eternity.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson

God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers

Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders

Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
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RE: Why are we here?
(June 25, 2015 at 5:21 pm)IATIA Wrote:
(June 25, 2015 at 10:20 am)Godschild Wrote: You want to tell me why blood cells have been found in a T-rex. Blood cells set out on a lab desk will become nearly nothing in a few weeks, yet an animal that died millions of years ago have blood cells. Even the evolution scientist who have investigated this are completely confounded. What about soft tissue that's been found in dinosaur fossils supposedly millions of years old, tell me how is that even possible and you can forget the iron preservation, that has been proven invalid. 

GC

And that has what to do with the original post?

Just for sake of argument, I will let you have your 6000 year old earth.  All that does is make it even more ridiculous for a god to embark on an experiment such as this.

We already know that you have no concept of infinity or eternity.

You're the one who continues with evolution and the dino would have to be part of the process as you see it, so stop dodging and explain please.

GC
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.
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RE: Why are we here?
I already did.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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RE: Why are we here?
(June 25, 2015 at 8:21 pm)Godschild Wrote:
(June 25, 2015 at 5:21 pm)IATIA Wrote: And that has what to do with the original post?

Just for sake of argument, I will let you have your 6000 year old earth. All that does is make it even more ridiculous for a god to embark on an experiment such as this.

We already know that you have no concept of infinity or eternity.

You're the one who continues with evolution and the dino would have to be part of the process as you see it, so stop dodging and explain please.

GC

(June 25, 2015 at 8:24 pm)Stimbo Wrote: I already did.

Blind faith + willful ignorance = stone stupid.

Who knew?
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Yep. I mean it's not like he's got me on ignore or anything, is it?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Why are we here?
(June 20, 2015 at 1:23 pm)IATIA Wrote: In the infinite span of time and the vastness of the cosmos, why are we even here?  If god knows everything, why did not god just send everyone to heaven or hell from the get go? What is to be gained by this infinitesimally short and insignificant life we have?  The birth and the death of uncountable universes would be but a blink of the eye from a god's perspective.

From the Westminster Shorter Catechism: 

Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?

A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, [a] and to enjoy him for ever. [b]


[a]. Ps. 86:9; Isa. 60:21; Rom. 11:36; I Cor. 6:20; 10:31; Rev. 4:11[b]. Ps. 16:5-11; 144:15; Isa. 12:2; Luke 2:10; Phil. 4:4; Rev. 21:3-4
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Enjoy god? Sounds sexual and slightly confused
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RE: Why are we here?
(June 26, 2015 at 8:55 am)SteveII Wrote:
(June 20, 2015 at 1:23 pm)IATIA Wrote: In the infinite span of time and the vastness of the cosmos, why are we even here?  If god knows everything, why did not god just send everyone to heaven or hell from the get go? What is to be gained by this infinitesimally short and insignificant life we have?  The birth and the death of uncountable universes would be but a blink of the eye from a god's perspective.

From the Westminster Shorter Catechism: 

Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?

A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, [a] and to enjoy him for ever. [b]


[a]. Ps. 86:9; Isa. 60:21; Rom. 11:36; I Cor. 6:20; 10:31; Rev. 4:11[b]. Ps. 16:5-11; 144:15; Isa. 12:2; Luke 2:10; Phil. 4:4; Rev. 21:3-4
Telling me that my purpose in life is to grovel before some malignant warlord has nothing to do with my post.  
You apparently missed the point or you just ignored it.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson

God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers

Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders

Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
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RE: Why are we here?
(June 26, 2015 at 8:55 am)SteveII Wrote: Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?

A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, [a] and to enjoy him for ever. [b]

Sounds pretty much like Kim Jong Un with sexual innuendo.

Desirable to you?
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