RE: The Man Who Thinks The Earth Is Only 6,000 Years Old
I am not a christian but I have read the bible extensively. Do you even know your bibles history/ Do you know that it was significantly cut down from 600 books to what you see today. It was a political coup by Emperor Constantine to suppress parts he did not like. While I believe that the bible is inspired by the divine I believe it was written by fallible humans and thus all information was pulled through their fallible filters. To truly understand how badly the bible has been tampered with yo need to read it in it’s Hebrew and Aramaic versions. simple words have different meanings and depending on who did the translation they chose whatever fit their agenda. Example one of the ten commandments - in it’s original text it is simply thou shall not kill yet so many translations like to interpret it as thou shall not murder. Why because it makes way to justify wars and other atrocities. But for arguments sake let us say it is the work of God you have to go beyond the superficial meaning.
Science is well reflected in places such as exodus for those who understand it. Physics will tell you that time as we know it does not exist it is actually just a vintage point in which to observe. In all actuality all that ever was and all that ever will be happens all at the same time. This is how god can be alpha and omega, have a question but also know all the answers. Unlike us Gods can see everything they just have to switch perspective. This also means that creation seen through our filter very much is millions of years but that in your gods book and the way time works their equivalent of 7 days passed.
Or how everything was created by sound. In truth energy and sound are the same, vibrations. Everything that is is vibration even what you perceive as solid matter. They only differ in the vibrational frequencies thus giving them different qualities. So for those have eyes to see and ears to here you see the clear correlation when it says that your god created everything through word. Do not let common church practice hold you in bondage. This weird notion of people of some faiths that science refutes their belief is born out of lack of education and understanding of science and the churches need to have power over people and keep them dumb. Learn! Knowledge is power and you will find your god behind a lot of scientific principles you just have to know how to look.
I am well aware of Constantine's creation of pseudo christianity. Noticed I said Pseudo. He made a religion out of something that was not a religion. That was man's doing not God.
Then there was the council of Nicea. Do you think God is intelligent enough to give us the message he wanted us to know about? The books that did not make it were not God inspired. Meaning God did not have anything to do with them being written and he had no intention to put them in there. Plus we can barely learn what's in the 66 books.
Also I do agree that some words may seem different. But when you speak one thing in one language there may not be the exact word to express that same idea in a different language. Are you not killing someone if you murder them? Murder highlights the intent and the word kill just notes the fact of taking a life. There is no inconsistency there.
Hebrew is a very vivid and descriptive language unlike in English.
As far as the fallible human argument goes. Am I typing this to you or is the faulty keyboard typing this to you? Do you write with a pen or does a pen write by itself? Why should we trust what people write in biographies?
Also there was a case where God literally wrote words himself. It was the 10 commandments. Also the hand writing on the wall is another case. But those were not the norm. God mainly used men to pen his thoughts.
Many people believe God is anti science. That is so untrue. It's when people place science as if it's God that it becomes problematic and a shaky foundation.
My friend check out Kent Hovind. I think you would find what he has to say about some of your questions very interesting.
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I am well aware of Constantine's creation of pseudo christianity. Noticed I said Pseudo. He made a religion out of something that was not a religion.Actually Constantine only gave it the last kick in the gut the man to ruin Christianity was Salus/Paulus he dismantled it's whole structure, made a hierarchical religion out of it. As Misogynist he removed all woman teachers and started mudding the message. The book you worship now has nothing to do with what god intended and it being like it is also nothing to do with god not being strong enough to intervene. You forget the solitary most powerful tool we are given as entities- free will! It is far more than just a choice with it we literally create reality and quantum physics backs this! What is really going on here is that we are and have been living in the time of revelations, the 2000 year period of false prophets and it started with Paul! He disgraced the faith and tried to pervert the new covenant. It is the only way anything in christianity makes sense ! Books like the book of Thomas and the book of Mary Magdalene paint a magnificent picture of Jeshua and his teachings. And with the covenant he wiped out almost all the rules in the old testament, which were tainted by humankind and brought it back to the essential the ten commandments . He also made it possible for non jews to join the covenant which was not possible before. Also on more thing you keep on pointing on the historical validity of the bible the thing is while there is some other things are not accurate or have been proven to have been embellished. And while I personally believe that Jeshua existed there is no historical evidence outside of the bible - none! Pontius Pilatus was known to have held meticulous records and not once was there a mention of a great trail , a jeshua incarcerated - zilch. No historians of the era ever mentioned him either they did however talk about John the baptist extensively. The only historical mention happened 200 years after Jeshua's supposed death and is considered to have been a blatant forgery by any but a few obscure historians today.
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Also I do agree that some words may seem different. But when you speak one thing in one language there may not be the exact word to express that same idea in a different language.No I do not as I speak several languages a word can express subtleties or great distinctions in different languages that do not translate. In fact linguistics professors will tell you that there are profound differences in cultural mindsets that reflect in the language one speaks and that it affects how the world is perceived and that it is no coincidence that those who speak several have a wider world view.
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Are you not killing someone if you murder them? Murder highlights the intent and the word kill just notes the fact of taking a life. There is no inconsistency there.Yes there is because by classic definition this does not include non human animals. If you look the way Eden was no one ate each other not the animals not Adam and Eve the animals. it was a pure state in which according to revelations we one day will return. There is a lot more to it then one sees at the surface.
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My friend check out Kent Hovind. I think you would find what he has to say about some of your questions very interesting.I will look into the book but be aware I do not have questions save one and I am pretty certain that only the source can answer that no a mere human. everything else I know and have since I can remember long before quantum physics were a thing i talked about the nature of reality as a kid. People thought I was crazy and I found myself confirmed when Science backed my claims. I wrote to you to try to help you see that your dependence on that book goes against the core of what Jeshua wanted for you. what counts is the ten commandments the rest is supposed to be a dialogue between you and the divine not you and a book. If you focus on the words written by people (no matter how inspired) you will miss the true voice of your god speaking to you! I will leave you with this quote from the gospel of thomas
"The Kingdom of God is within you and all about you, not in buildings made of wood and stone. When I am gone, Split a piece of wood and I will be there, lift a stone and you will find me."