Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Did they use tar? BTW if the flood was not global they would not have needed to put giraffes or hippos on it.

Even if so, it would be just 2 of each

And there was no demand that these be fully grown adult specimens. They could have been young animals. They simply needed there to be a certain number of males & females.

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by Brother David

We do appear to have a whole set of beneficial circumstances that have enabled life to develop, evolve and to thrive in this little "neglected" corner of the cosmos.

I think that adds to the wonder of it all.

I guess I should say "thrive" - unless you're a member of the blue-green algae race things do get a little tough at times and most species have to get a day job just to get by.

This post COULD seem as if you believe in evolution.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

BTW Ive seen shows where they could not figure out how they got those statues on Easter island there of how they build the pyramids or cut and raised the oblisks

Or the "Coral Castle" in Florida. http://coralcastle.com/

Of course we already know that the Goa'uld helped create the Great Pyramids.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Or the "Coral Castle" in Florida. http://coralcastle.com/

Yep... there are plenty of things on this earth that are beyond our very common knowledge and understanding but most refuse to look into anything whose explanation doesn't fit into a very well defined box.

There is an excellent video out there that attempts to explain the manner in which they feel the shape of certain items in the coral castle gave Ed the ability to do what he did.

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

I would find it hard to believe that in the estimated hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe that God only created man on one planet.

My personal SPECULATION is that there are angelic civilizations on many planets. Both good and bad.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Or the "Coral Castle" in Florida. http://coralcastle.com/

Of course we already know that the Goa'uld helped create the Great Pyramids.

Well...,yes you and I know that but of course stating that the pyramids were landing platforms for star ships would get us laughed out on our rear ends

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

I don't have a problem with miracles. Only Noah's ark is a little difficult for me. There was a tv show trying to rebuild the ark with ancient tools and they couldn't make it waterproof. imagine the seal a wood log would have to make to keep the water out. Then the size of the ark to carry elephants and giraffes and hippos, just incredible.

The methods they used to create things back in the day were really amazing. They had some amazing tricks up their sleeves to make things work. It doesn't suprise me at all that with people today can't do many of the things they were able to accomplish with their primitive tools, mainly because alot of the knowledge to do the kind of stuff they had to do has been lost.

I once seen something on the history channel I think it was about a chariot. They just couldn't get the wheel made right. Then somehow they rediscovered a method to put equal pressure aroung the whole wheel to make it. It involved some wet hide being wrapped around it and as it dried out it shrunk and got tighter and tighter...

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

My personal SPECULATION is that there are angelic civilizations on many planets. Both good and bad.

Have you ever considered the postulate of some that Mars was once one of those planets?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Obviously the Sun is a Star and every Star is a Sun. Thats what I meant. Not that they all have Planets. I just mean if the Bible is not true theres no point. To me its the Bible over science. Science changes its mind about things.

The Bible says the Earth was made before the Sun. The things that seem impossible to men are possible with God.

Try reading that from a "Geo-Centric" viewpoint... as if you were an observer (one who didn't need oxygen, etc.) and you were watching as the earth was formed according to the scientific nebular hypothesis (see attached photo for a "look from the outside").

From within, all would be dark even though there is "light" available throughout the cosmos. And then, as the earth forms, the nebula clarifies and the light of the sun becomes visible.

From a "Geo-Centric" viewpoint, the earth formed first, and then the sun appears.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

Well...,yes you and I know that but of course stating that the pyramids were landing platforms for star ships would get us laughed out on our rear ends

Indeed. They do not have a design that would lend themselves to such a use.