(August 7, 2013 at 7:21 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote: The Bible's descriptions of nature haven't done well. From claiming rabbits chew cud (they don't) to claiming the Earth is a disc and that the sky is a firmament (dome). Now, you can ad hoc explanations of those clear falsehoods, but all such 'explanations' that I've seen are insanely deceptive.
Yes a rabbit does chew the cud, not as a cow that regurgitates the cud, the rabbit passes the cud through then chews it. The disc and dome are your interpretation of what scripture describes.
Quote:Complete bull. Why would debasing yourself before and praising God be of any importance to a perfect and eternal being?
Scripture never calls for one to debase themselves before God, your interpretation, as far as praising Him that's one way Christians show their love for God.
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.
