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  1. Physicist

    Does Athiesm have valid claims? Please advise

    Have a safe and fun vacation.
  2. Physicist

    What is a heretic?

    Trivial answer Heresy-What the other guy believes True doctrine- What you believe. On a more serious note, a great number of wars have been fought over what now seems like trivial matters of dogma. Does anyone today want to burn books that say the Jesus is like but not identical to YHWH? Yet...
  3. Physicist

    Is the Bible God's word?

    How does the Bible give evidence of its own authenticity? You speak of the Holy Spirit but that is the subjective feelings of the believer. I would presume that Muslims feel the same way when reading the Quran.
  4. Physicist

    Jesus saves from unbelief !

    A couple of points 1) According to serious Biblical scholars, Paul did not write the Pastorals 2) One can freely choose to, say, steal or not steal. How does one 'choose' to believe or not believe? For example, if you said that I would go to Heaven if I believed in the Easter Bunny, I still...
  5. Physicist

    [_ Old Earth _] Elegant Universe -- Can String Theory detect God?

    I would be happy if String Theory advocates could just show how to detect the reality of Strings. :)
  6. Physicist

    Does Athiesm have valid claims? Please advise

    Excuse my extraction of only this one point from your previous post but I would like to explore your argument here. You say you have reconciled the conflicting genealogies. I am curious how you achieved that. The only way I have seen people do it thus far involved using completely arbitrary...
  7. Physicist

    Is the Bible God's word?

    The question you ask is a matter of faith. It is not a historical or scientific question that can be answered by simply examining the evidence. For example, I could show you where certain books in the Bible derived from earlier works of other religions. However, true believers could say that...
  8. Physicist

    Does Athiesm have valid claims? Please advise

    Your description of YHWH makes him sound like the worst sort of tyrant. Do you think it proper to worship a tyrant, even if he is powerful? Does might make right in your ethical viewpoint? A most curious statement. Usually, statistical statements require a sample space. Our sample space for...
  9. Physicist

    Is there a true hell, or has scripture been manipulated?

    I beg to differ on the duration of Biblical torment for unbelievers. According to the Matthew gospel, it lasts forever. 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
  10. Physicist

    The flood.

    But the clear language of the text shows that this was to be something new. It would make little sense for God to choose as a token for his covenant some natural phenomena that Noah had seen all his life. With regard to your 'examples' 1. Circumcision was a new procedure for the Hebrews.It...
  11. Physicist

    The flood.

    Re: The flood. Do your own experiment My experiment did not involve rain. The hypothetical mist would work quite well to form a rainbow. Of course, I might add that the idea that there was no rain 6000 years ago is total nonsense. According to the Bible, there were rivers. How do you keep...
  12. Physicist

    The flood.

    Re: The flood. Do your own experiment Here is a simple experiment that you can do in your own backyard to demonstrate that the flood tale in Genesis if mythological. Take a water hose and spray water in to the air. Shine a flashlight onto the water spray. A rainbow will appear. This is because...
  13. Physicist

    The flood.

    Please ignore Creationist propaganda. This statement is quite untrue. Only a very few scientists, often outside their field of expertise, would claim that the earth is anything but billions of years old. Without exception, those handful that do make this claim, make it for religious reasons...
  14. Physicist

    The Emptiness of Atheism

    I am sorry, but I don't see the scientific method applied in Genesis. Perhaps you could explain your statement more fully? Thanks, Physicist
  15. Physicist

    The flood.

    Would you stone your disobedient child? In the late 19th and early 20th century, Christian followers of Samuel Rowbotham established the Zetetic Society that misinterpreted modern science and the Bible to conclude that the earth was flat. Young Earth Creationists commit the same errors in...
  16. Physicist

    The flood.

    Caroline, I understand your position.I am not trying to defend Catholic beliefs. My point, as a practicing scientist, is that it is not necessary to take the stand to accept either modern science or Christianity. The vast amount of knowledge that we have gained about the natural world makes...
  17. Physicist

    [_ Old Earth _] Kirk Cameron grateful for Atheist help

    Bait and switch I wonder of Mr Cameron would like people distributing copies of the New Testament that had 50 pages of diatribe by Richard Dawkins preceding it. However, in spite of his attempt at 'bait and switch'. I noted in the video that sensible students were ripping out the 50 pages of...
  18. Physicist

    The flood.

    Pope John Paul Paul II told the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1996 that “new scientific knowledge has led us to the conclusion that the theory of evolution is no longer a mere hypothesis.†While you may disagree with the Catholic church on doctrinal points ( I do), it is still considered...
  19. Physicist

    The flood.

    First point: Evolution is compatible with Christianity. Even the Catholic Church now accepts evolution. Second point: John and Sue do not have to take the teachers' words on faith. They can go to the observatory, or look at Hubble pictures, and see the formations of stars and galaxies from...
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