Search results

Please use the proper quoting system on the forum so that observers can know who you are quoting. I've been around this forum for a long time and have read through many discussions, all of them are filled with an extraordinary lack of evidence on the side of creationists. This is just my...

The earth is roughly 4.56 billion years old. This is not answered by biology/evolution but geology. Radio metric dating is the primary means by which we dated the earth. I recommend you look into that with an open mind and a trust that God is bigger than any fundamentalist interpretation.

Could you present a recent scholarly biological research paper that fits this description? It's different than Chemistry and Physics, but that doesn't mean the science is bad. But since we are talking about science, let's see some evidence to support your claims. All I see is assumptions and...

When it comes to science it basically comes down to this, you have to ask the question... "well do you have a better explanation for all the data?" No Theory is sacred and beyond testing and attempting to disprove, in fact in science the more you try to disprove something the stronger it...

If they find new data that contradicts a portion of a theory, would it be better to ignore that new data? Does that sound reliable? Let's say you have a belief that Al Qaeda has a leader in Damascus, and yet he is then spotted in Baghdad. Does it make sense to continue on with the belief that...

Free will bespeaks an ability and it implies a degree of autonomy bestowed upon by our creator. Often people express freedoms as rights, but I wouldn't necessary put it that way.

We are kinda going in circles. What is your view on predestination and divine determinism? I have trouble identifying what it is you believe.

I'm not basing autonomy on this, your statement does not make sense relative to my argument. Paul is not warning them not to find fault in God's providence, he is admonishing them to stand fast and remain vigilant, because even though God was present among the Israelites and sought to protect...

The only assumption here is the one you just made, that people who argue for Free Will only use equivocations. When dealing with a particular view it is best to learn what they actually think, before dismissing it as an equivocation. Your reasoning is basically this? There is a reason behind...

The "heart" in Hebrew expresses the center of one's inner thoughts, volition and knowledge. It does not just express desire or wish. That is why all Hebrew scholars agree with the English rendering "mind" instead of heart when this word comes up in this context. I don't use this verse to...

Well the context is Paul drawing on the history of Israel, and uses them as a moral example. Urging them not to become idolaters or sexually immoral. He concludes this by exhorting them such: "Therefore, the one who thinks that he stands must watch out lest he fall." The Lexham English...

Is there anything that isn't an equivocation in your eyes? Your charge me with this several times, yet without demonstrating how it is an equivocation. Autonomy, is the idea of independence and freedom as it pertains to the person's will, this isn't the end of the way I describe it. As a...

You posted in a forum where we are debating the subject of evolution, and made certain assertions about it in relation to "God's evolution," of course characterizing those who believe in evolution as "wordly." If you're surprised that I responded your opinion, then to be honest, perhaps you...

So you think making observations about the physical world is useless? Evolution is what we see when we look at the history of life on our planet, wishful thinking and ignoring the evidence is one means of rejecting it. The fact of the matter is that it is not incompatible with Christianity at...

There is plenty of evidence for what he is saying, no need to assert without any real refutation of his statements that it is science fiction. The comet he is referring to has plenty of evidence giving credence to an event scientists anticipated happening about 65 million years ago. This can...

Dinosaurs in populations that are more suited to their particular environments. Well it happened due to a major extinction event 65 million years ago, but mammals arose from it as you said due in part to our intelligence and adaptability. We have a higher mortality rate as mammals due to the...

Free will is not the best descriptive term, but volitional autonomy might be a good description or the power of contrary choice. The idea not that a person's choices are free from any outside influences, as that is certainly not the case, but that their decisions are not predetermined by some...

God doesn't plan everything, indeed Scripture even states such. and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind— Jeremiah 19:5 (ESV) God states that the sacrificing of children by...

Uses sources from the scientific community to try and validate that the scientific community. Me thinks you have just undermined your own premise.

Indeed, and God has chosen to have mercy upon all, through Christ. For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all. Romans 11:32 (NASB)