How do you justify it?

[Willie T]

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[Jethro Bodine]

...I thought I would ask my question here where regular people can participate.

I'm pretty regular. I drink lots of water and eat fiber. So I'll participate.

I'm thinking they don't really realize they don't believe the Bible.

 

[Rick W]

Willie T
There are stricter rules in that forum and an agreement one must, well, agree to before access is given.
It doesn't make anyone special or create a secret society or make anyone better than anyone else.
If you care to read/agree to the terms of use then you too can have access to post as anyone else who had agreed to said terms.


One such rule you need to agree to is that we the staff can delete any post without obligation of explanation. That means you can't take a grievance to "Talk With the Staff". It too would be deleted. Without explanation. Therefore those posting "out here" have more liberty than those posting "in there".

 

[Rick W]

Also, we prefer to keep science topics "in there". In the past we found it's better that tighter restrictions are imposed to keep things to at least a low roar and help control temper flare ups in public. Some topics can be hotbed issues where passions can get rather, well, heated.

We'll let this one stand but ANY sign of bickering and this thread will be locked.
Civil conversation. That will be fine.

 

[Willie T]

Golly, thanks.

 

[Gary]

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You could've left your post because your question covers more than just science. Picking and choosing what to believe and what not to believe in the bible is a huge problem. We either believe the bible is the Word of God or we don't. We can't approach the scriptures with the mindset that some are true while others are not. That's not how it works.

But that's just me.
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[Willie T]

You could've left your post because your question covers more than just science. Picking and choosing what to believe and what not to believe in the bible is a huge problem. We either believe the bible is the Word of God or we don't. We can't approach the scriptures with the mindset that some are true while others are not. That's not how it works.

But that's just me.
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It seems neither you nor I decide what is science, and what is not.

 

[Obadiah]

But is it really a matter of Christians not believing certain parts that causes the conflicts? Or is it more often a matter of people simply having different interpretations of what are admittedly writings in long dead languages to ancient cultures that we don't always understand today?

 

[jasonc]

But is it really a matter of Christians not believing certain parts that causes the conflicts? Or is it more often a matter of people simply having different interpretations of what are admittedly writings in long dead languages to ancient cultures that we don't always understand today?

Hebrew isn't exactly dead and we do have Jews today that do believe for the most part that beresherith is what it is says it is. they do retranslate their bible from older versions to modern Hebrew, yet modern Hebrew isn't as much as leap from ancient Masoretic texts. the later is where we get our ot. we seldom use the greek lxx for any translation

 

[Obadiah]

Hebrew isn't exactly dead and we do have Jews today that do believe for the most part that beresherith is what it is says it is. they do retranslate their bible from older versions to modern Hebrew, yet modern Hebrew isn't as much as leap from ancient Masoretic texts. the later is where we get our ot. we seldom use the greek lxx for any translation

You know more about that than I do, that's for sure. But my understanding was that even the Hebrew as it was spoken when scripture like Genesis was written is much different than what is spoken today. I think that's what you're saying too, right? Sort of like an English speaker today trying to understand old English?

 

[jasonc]

You know more about that than I do, that's for sure. But my understanding was that even the Hebrew as it was spoken when scripture like Genesis was written is much different than what is spoken today. I think that's what you're saying too, right? Sort of like an English speaker today trying to understand old English?

I can easily read Old English. I have read Thomas Paine's Common Sense in the English of his day. You are thinking of proto-Hebrew to Hebrew. The problem with that is what Gary is saying when you look at the words in that manner, doubts happen. Somehow we don't really know if Jesus really was the son of a virgin. as well translations. and other such things. the idea of evolution isn't what bothers me its the twisting and ingnoring of plain commands of shabat and other feasts that were timed on the literaly read per genesis 1 movements of the sun and moon. Hebrew religious days start at sundown, not at 12 am. remember this in the book of acts and gospel?

and the third hour was. at about the fifth hour

that is from how they did their days and at I think the 9th hour it was the next day.