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- Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:14 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Who will judge the world?
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- Views: 3076
Who will judge the world?
There are many passages in scripture about God's judgement of the world on the last day, so what do we make of 1 Corinthians 6:2? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? Will God judge the wo...
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 8:44 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Literally 6 Days
- Replies: 126
- Views: 60722
Re: Literally 6 Days
I'm visualizing a whirlwind of creation punctuated by resting/ceasing on the seventh "day." The universe and the earth would look ancient, for good reason, but actually be a week old. Again, I have no idea if God hyper-lapsed the universe into existence, but I wouldn't think it odd. He's done strang...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:20 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous
- Topic: Literally 6 Days
- Replies: 126
- Views: 60722
Re: Literally 6 Days
TK, you asked a valid question about why God would allow for the appearance of stellar evolution and Singalphile mentioned that perhaps there might be usefulness in having done so. I think a real possibility is that God laid out the universe in such a way as to make us marvel at it. If that was His ...
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:51 am
- Forum: Creation/Evolution
- Topic: Do you agree with the Ark Encounter?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 62050
Re: Do you agree with the Ark Encounter?
Evolution is supported by an overwhelming abundance of evidence. I know I'm not going to convince you of that, but really that was beside my point. Luther believed in a literal Genesis just like he believed in a literal firmament that held celestial bodies that rotated around a still earth. The rej...
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:43 pm
- Forum: Creation/Evolution
- Topic: Do you agree with the Ark Encounter?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 62050
Re: Do you agree with the Ark Encounter?
It is my understanding that the early church and the church down through the ages has always accepted Genesis 1-3 as being literal. It has only been in the last 200 years with Darwinian evolution and so-called modern science (that also gives us the global warming hoax) coming on the scene that peop...
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:20 am
- Forum: Creation/Evolution
- Topic: Do you agree with the Ark Encounter?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 62050
Re: Do you agree with the Ark Encounter?
Dwight: Not always. In fact, Paul (and the writer of Hebrews, if not Paul) clearly tells us those things you mentioned were meant to correspond to heavenly things. So if Genesis was not to be taken literally, Paul certainly forgot to tell us that. He certainly had every opportunity to tell us that,...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:34 pm
- Forum: Creation/Evolution
- Topic: Do you agree with the Ark Encounter?
- Replies: 78
- Views: 62050
Re: Do you agree with the Ark Encounter?
I find it a matter of interest that Moses, whose work we're discussing, was told by God to write down the dimensions of the tabernacle and set up an entire system of worship that represented "heavenly" things. The God of the bible seems very interested in having people write down things which repres...
- Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:49 am
- Forum: Creation/Evolution
- Topic: Is this where I should post about aliens?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14233
Re: Is this where I should post about aliens?
Jon, do you think it will eventually be possible to create what you describe as consciousness in a non-organic AI? I know describing consciousness is incredibly difficult, even if we find simple words to do so. It's like describing life as the presence of vital signs, but we all know that descriptio...
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:05 am
- Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
- Topic: John 9 and God's purpose in the man's blindness
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7953
Re: John 9 and God's purpose in the man's blindness
Okay, i just finished the whole thing and read Matt's comments too. I guess we were thinking the exact same thing!
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 8:06 am
- Forum: Theology Proper, Christology, Pneumatology
- Topic: John 9 and God's purpose in the man's blindness
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7953
Re: John 9 and God's purpose in the man's blindness
Steve, this is a fantastic discussion. I've only read the first half so far and plan to continue, but a scripture came to mind that I'm hoping you can address. In Daniel 10:12-13, an angel comes to Daniel in response to his prayer but says he was prevented from coming sooner (by the Prince of Persia...