Peter Bergman
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@Sunkized01 Why is it more important than all other resurections from history? It happened all the time back in those days.
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@NateBornAgain All religions are false. Love the people and hate all the false teachings. 🙂
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@aigkenham The Bible is older than the earth, written by Jesus himself hundreds of years ago.
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Does the Bible give us an age of the earth?
Over the years, I’ve heard the objection over and over again that the Bible doesn’t give us an age for the earth—that’s what science is for! I usually respond a bit tongue in cheek by saying I’m glad it doesn’t, or it would have been outdated the very next year!
But then I go on to explain that the Bible doesn’t give us an age for the universe—it gives us something better: a birth certificate and a detailed chronological history.
You see, Genesis 1 is clear that God created everything in six, literal 24-hour days. That means the universe was six days old when Adam was created. We then have detailed genealogies in Genesis 5 and 10 that don’t merely provide the names of the fathers from Adam to Abraham but also their ages when they had their sons. This means anyone can easily add up the time that elapsed from Adam to Abraham (about 2,000 years). Since the Bible gives us the details to figure out Abraham lived about 2,000 years before Christ and we know Christ walked on this earth 2,000 years before us, we can determine that there’s been about 6,000 years of history.
So, no, the Bible doesn’t say, “The earth is 6,000 years old.” Earth wasn’t that old when the Bible was written anyway! But it gives us a “birth certificate” we can use to figure out how much time has passed since the beginning.
(And, just as an aside, this birth certificate is why most people in the West believed the earth was just a few thousand years old until relatively modern times!)
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Släpps mycket svensk musik just nu. Varför låter alla likadant?
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@BaronPhoenix70 @paulogia0 ...but you're drawing conclusions based on no evidence at all?
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@paulogia0 The dominant view among people who actually read is the scriptures is that we don't care what scholars think. They're drawing conclusions based on very limited evidence.
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The dominant view among scholars (not beholden to sign "statements of faith") is that none of the men who wrote the New Testament ever met Jesus before he died.
Frank Turek@DrFrankTurek
The dominant view among all New Testament scholars is that the New Testament writers really believed what they wrote, that they weren't inventing this.
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@___TheGOOdWitch Whenever we investigate where we thought the gods were, they're nowhere to be found. God/s have constantly been moved further and further away. Now they are "outside time and space." The concept of god is man-made.
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Theists and atheists: what’s the main reason you believe what you believe? Genuine question. Let’s keep the discussion civil, respectful, and honest.
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@Willjum1 I love watching Rust! Not playing, I hate playing Rust.
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June 11-14
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@jonsson_henrik Vänta lite nu... Har du verkligen fått Kapten Haddock att medverka i filmen? 🧐 Verkar lite misstänkt, hoppas journalistkåren gräver i det här.
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Det Owe inte vet är att hans reaktion redan är med i filmen.
Owe Nilsson@owenil
Han har inte överdriven koll på svensk historia …
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@_OKJ__ God loves rape. He himself raped 10 of Davids wives. Of course rapists go to heaven. Get your head in the game!
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A rapist goes to HEAVEN because they repented and the VICTIM goes to HELL because they couldn't forgive.
It’s highly irrational to believe this.
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