New Images Support 'Big Bang' Theory
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I always like to give people the benefit of the doubt, so I assume that you are just trying to be funny. If so, put a smiley face after your post and let everyone know. If you are serious, then you need an education in civility and what the grace of God, through the person of Jesus Christ, really means. Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
Gary Kirkham wrote:
If you are serious, then you need an education in civility and what the grace of God, through the person of Jesus Christ, really means.
Wow, your arrogance is breathtaking. Who the hell do you think you are to preach? How dare you presume to tell other people what to believe and how to behave. It is you that needs an education and if you truly claim to represent your god then I pity that poor entity its choice of followers. www.merrens.com
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13.7 billion years ago, the universe suddenly expanded from the size of a marble to the size of the cosmos in less than a trillionth of a second. Why do people find the statement, "God created the heavens and the earth" somehow less believable? :rolleyes: Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
Personally, I don't have a problem resolving the issue of creationism vs evolution. I believe that if God had tried to explain the Big Bang and the single celled thingies to Moses when he wrote Genesis, it would have been far over Moses' head. Maybe God did explain it and Moses forgot the finer details. Who knows? My question for the unbelievers is - "who flicked the marble to cause the explosion?" :)
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digital man wrote:
try and get it published today
Uh...It still is published...It's the most published book in history. Besides, there are plenty of other historical accounts that back up the story of Jesus. Ask any reputable history professor. He might not agree that Jesus performed miracles or rose from the dead, but the history is completely consistent with all other historical contexts.
espeir wrote:
Uh...It still is published...It's the most published book in history.
I think you know what I meant. Besides, is it really? I thought that there are books that have outsold specific versions of the bible?
espeir wrote:
Besides, there are plenty of other historical accounts that back up the story of Jesus. Ask any reputable history professor. He might not agree that Jesus performed miracles or rose from the dead, but the history is completely consistent with all other historical contexts.
Not the point: the others are not talking about a historical figure: they're talking about a man they allege was the son of an entity and who dies and then, well, lived again. Different entirely. www.merrens.com
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Personally, I don't have a problem resolving the issue of creationism vs evolution. I believe that if God had tried to explain the Big Bang and the single celled thingies to Moses when he wrote Genesis, it would have been far over Moses' head. Maybe God did explain it and Moses forgot the finer details. Who knows? My question for the unbelievers is - "who flicked the marble to cause the explosion?" :)
xlr8td wrote:
"who flicked the marble to cause the explosion?"
Who flicked the flicker? www.merrens.com
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Now that is funny: probably a nice way to end the conversation. Well done. www.merrens.com
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Judah Himango wrote:
What kind of proof are you looking for?
More than the word of a religious man. www.merrens.com
www.bkmrx.comThat's understandable. I would too. So long as one keeps an open mind about God, I think you will find what you're looking for. *edit* by the way, it looks like your Merrens site is down, just an FYI.
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Moral Muscle The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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Personally, I don't have a problem resolving the issue of creationism vs evolution. I believe that if God had tried to explain the Big Bang and the single celled thingies to Moses when he wrote Genesis, it would have been far over Moses' head. Maybe God did explain it and Moses forgot the finer details. Who knows? My question for the unbelievers is - "who flicked the marble to cause the explosion?" :)
xlr8td wrote:
My question for the unbelievers is - "who flicked the marble to cause the explosion?"
And mine for believers is who flicked the nothing to create the god(s). In either case you've got an uncaused cause, or infinite regress. :D Or in other words "You can't trick me that easily, it's turtles all the way down".
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Gary Kirkham wrote:
If you are serious, then you need an education in civility and what the grace of God, through the person of Jesus Christ, really means.
Wow, your arrogance is breathtaking. Who the hell do you think you are to preach? How dare you presume to tell other people what to believe and how to behave. It is you that needs an education and if you truly claim to represent your god then I pity that poor entity its choice of followers. www.merrens.com
www.bkmrx.comGary was quite right; if that guy was saying "demon lover" seriously, and assuming he is a believer in God, he needed to be straightened out. It not arrogance, it's correction: belief in God is not about calling other people names or condemning them, even though some of us have done that in error.
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Moral Muscle The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:
What's outside the marble?[^]
there is no outside. there is only the marble. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
More: "There is no marble!" ;)
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Gary Kirkham wrote:
If you are serious, then you need an education in civility and what the grace of God, through the person of Jesus Christ, really means.
Wow, your arrogance is breathtaking. Who the hell do you think you are to preach? How dare you presume to tell other people what to believe and how to behave. It is you that needs an education and if you truly claim to represent your god then I pity that poor entity its choice of followers. www.merrens.com
www.bkmrx.comdigital man wrote:
Who the hell do you think you are to preach?
Who's doing the preaching? Gary made a comment about the Big Bang, and you butted in with insults directed toward his most deeply held beliefs. Your attitude is THE SAME as those that you pretend to be better than. You're closed-minded and rude. If someone has a different point of view from you, you insult them and ridicule them.
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Gary Kirkham wrote:
If you are serious, then you need an education in civility and what the grace of God, through the person of Jesus Christ, really means.
Wow, your arrogance is breathtaking. Who the hell do you think you are to preach? How dare you presume to tell other people what to believe and how to behave. It is you that needs an education and if you truly claim to represent your god then I pity that poor entity its choice of followers. www.merrens.com
www.bkmrx.comdigital man wrote:
Wow, your arrogance is breathtaking.
Funny, I was thinking the same thing about you. :) I don't claim to represent anyone. I am a child of God and, as children are sometimes prone to do, I say and do things that are not in His perfect will for me. I was commenting on his choice of words and inquiring if he was being serious. If he choses to take it personally, then I will work that out with him. I wasn't telling him how to behave, I was asking him, implicitly, to reconsider the effect that his words might have on others. Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
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digital man wrote:
Wow, your arrogance is breathtaking.
Funny, I was thinking the same thing about you. :) I don't claim to represent anyone. I am a child of God and, as children are sometimes prone to do, I say and do things that are not in His perfect will for me. I was commenting on his choice of words and inquiring if he was being serious. If he choses to take it personally, then I will work that out with him. I wasn't telling him how to behave, I was asking him, implicitly, to reconsider the effect that his words might have on others. Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
See, there you go again, passing the blame for your actions to your god. What a perfect life you must have: you can say and do as you please and when it all goes tits up you can pass the buck. And why are you so easily offended by words? I don't know you or him or anyone here and you can say what you like to me (actually you can to my face as many will atest) and I don't get offended. I might laugh but offended? No. www.merrens.com
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Bassam, Great question. If the universe was the size of a marble, where was it located? This is where I think science falls down. The traditional Judeao Christian understanding of creation is that both time and space are part of the creation... which makes the question of what happened "before" the Big Bang... and "where" did the Big Bang take place... somewhat moot points. 100 years ago secularists were deriding believers about the idea of a instantaneous creation. It turns out that instantaneous creation was exactly the way it happened. Science studies matter situated in time and space... God, from the traditional viewpoint, stands outside of matter, time, and space... and is therefore transcendent. So the "secular" objection that science can't find God directly in space, matter, and time posses no issue for me... it would be a bigger issue if they did claim to find God. Of course Christians believe that God the Son (Jesus) did walk the earth. I believe that too... but not through science... through faith. But I do love this whole marble story... very, very cool. Chadlling
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That's understandable. I would too. So long as one keeps an open mind about God, I think you will find what you're looking for. *edit* by the way, it looks like your Merrens site is down, just an FYI.
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Moral Muscle The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
Thanks to Brinkster and a bad MySql server. I'm hoping to get switched to a new one in the morning. Grr. www.merrens.com
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xlr8td wrote:
My question for the unbelievers is - "who flicked the marble to cause the explosion?"
And mine for believers is who flicked the nothing to create the god(s). In either case you've got an uncaused cause, or infinite regress. :D Or in other words "You can't trick me that easily, it's turtles all the way down".
Which came first - the turtle or the egg?
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The essence of faith is to believe without requiring proof. But, for proof, I look at the marvel that is creation; I see the flowers in their infinite beauty; I see the stars that light the night sky. But, if proof is required, Jesus died and rose from the dead. Proof of God's existence.
Tim Carmichael wrote:
But, if proof is required, Jesus died and rose from the dead. Proof of God's existence
sorry. even if Jesus did come back to life, that would not necessarily prove anything about God. it might prove that zombies really happen, that Jesus wasn't actually dead, that some human or natural action caused him to start breathing again, etc.. only faith gets you from a story about a zombie to "Proof of God's existence" Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
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Bassam, Great question. If the universe was the size of a marble, where was it located? This is where I think science falls down. The traditional Judeao Christian understanding of creation is that both time and space are part of the creation... which makes the question of what happened "before" the Big Bang... and "where" did the Big Bang take place... somewhat moot points. 100 years ago secularists were deriding believers about the idea of a instantaneous creation. It turns out that instantaneous creation was exactly the way it happened. Science studies matter situated in time and space... God, from the traditional viewpoint, stands outside of matter, time, and space... and is therefore transcendent. So the "secular" objection that science can't find God directly in space, matter, and time posses no issue for me... it would be a bigger issue if they did claim to find God. Of course Christians believe that God the Son (Jesus) did walk the earth. I believe that too... but not through science... through faith. But I do love this whole marble story... very, very cool. Chadlling
Chadlling wrote:
This is where I think science falls down
actually, this is where you need to learn more science. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
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Chadlling wrote:
This is where I think science falls down
actually, this is where you need to learn more science. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
I always get a kick out of these kinds of discussions when the majority of the participants likely don't have anything past a general first year physics course, yet seem to think they know everything about cosmology - one of the most abstract topics out there. Kind of cracks me up. Cheers, Drew.
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See, there you go again, passing the blame for your actions to your god. What a perfect life you must have: you can say and do as you please and when it all goes tits up you can pass the buck. And why are you so easily offended by words? I don't know you or him or anyone here and you can say what you like to me (actually you can to my face as many will atest) and I don't get offended. I might laugh but offended? No. www.merrens.com
www.bkmrx.comdigital man wrote:
See, there you go again, passing the blame for your actions to your god.
When did I do that? :confused:
digital man wrote:
And why are you so easily offended by words?
:confused::confused::confused: I have been trying to think of a reply, but I am speechless. It is like me making the comment, "I like peas" and you replying, "But, what did the Eskimos ever do to you?" It makes no sense. Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
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Chadlling wrote:
This is where I think science falls down
actually, this is where you need to learn more science. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
We struggle to understand our own universe (and we're still far from understanding it). What makes you think that science is capable of describing the properties of existence before the big bang. It was clearly nothing like our current universe. I doubt science will ever be able to provide an answer to that specific question.
