(October 27, 2015 at 12:14 pm)alpha male Wrote:Because in order for god to create the plants he first had to create an Earth. If he created the Earth before he created the sun, around what did the Earth orbit? In fact the Bible doesn't have anything orbiting anything. God places the sun and the moon right here in the Earth's atmosphere, under the firmament.(October 27, 2015 at 9:49 am)houseofcantor Wrote: Photosynthesis maybe?
If you're reading it literally, then:
A. There was already light before the sun, so no problem with photosynthesis.
B. The sun came a day after the plants. Plants don't die from one day without light.
So again...what's the problem?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
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I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.