where do dinosaurs and cavemen fit into the bible, or does it?

Originally posted by ThePittman
I have asked this questions many times and have gotten many different responses and it all comes down to the answer "You must have faith", which is a bunch of BS to me.

That is because either they were too ignorant to use the phrase "I don't know" or you were too ignorant to accept the phrase "I don't know." Sometimes the proper response is this phrase and, often in science as well as many other areas, that is the correct phrase to use. Typically intelligent people can use this term and accept this term when it is used. Even understanding this, for some reason it seems that when it comes to religion intelligent people lose their intelligence and say "That's not good enough." This in turn makes otherwise intelligent people, as well as many that are not intelligent, do a stupid thing (that I myself have been found guilty of) and try to explain something that we should have just left at "I don't know" and studied the subject out more thoroughly. "I don't know" is a valid response, and does not lessen a person's stance unless the knowledge ends up conflicting with the stance. The world would be a better place if more people would use the phrase and then make an attempt to rectify that lack of knowledge.

Regret........most Christians do not utter the words, "i don't know". Ask them how the universe came to be, they say god. Ask them any number of questions, they say god.

If Christians said, "I don't know"......there would be no christians as there would be no reason to have ever thought up the idea of a god.

Originally posted by Evil Dead
Regret........most Christians do not utter the words, "i don't know". Ask them how the universe came to be, they say god. Ask them any number of questions, they say god.

If Christians said, "I don't know"......there would be no christians as there would be no reason to have ever thought up the idea of a god.

All the same, the areas that are not explained by religion do not cause the belief in such to crumble. If a religion does not explain something, "I don't know" is appropriate. If science explains this gap in some way, then the person can respond with that explanation.

Originally posted by Regret
All the same, the areas that are not explained by religion do not cause the belief in such to crumble. If a religion does not explain something, "I don't know" is appropriate. If science explains this gap in some way, then the person can respond with that explanation.

A reasonable and open minded Christian. 😱 Hurry, lets clone him. 😆

😆

I don't know, I think others have said I wasn't reasonable or open minded... All the same, thanks 😄

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
A reasonable and open minded Christian. 😱 Hurry, lets clone him. 😆

Don't get me started on nature vs. nurture.

And why clone Christians so we can have more of them?

Originally posted by Alliance
Don't get me started on nature vs. nurture.

And why clone Christians so we can have more of them?

Nature vs. Nurture doesn't impact Christian belief, either way. I don't understand the meaning of your statement here.

Originally posted by Alliance
Don't get me started on nature vs. nurture.

And why clone Christians so we can have more of them?

Sorry, but I was just joking around.

Originally posted by Alliance
Don't get me started on nature vs. nurture.

And why clone Christians so we can have more of them?

I'm just not looking to rush into a monopoly.

Originally posted by Nellinator
What would be wrong with more Christians?

Wait, what would happen if the clone was of a Luddite Christian... would their heads explode? And then we get into the debate about souls (me thinking a full human clone is equally as human as one born naturally, and possesses everything any other person would having, including the concept of soul)

And of course there is no reason to believe the reasonable Christian would remain a reasonable Christian - since the personality of the clones originator would not be transferable - the clone would be an individual, possibly not Christian at all, or unreasonable.

Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
And of course there is no reason to believe the reasonable Christian would remain a reasonable Christian - since the personality of the clones originator would not be transferable - the clone would be an individual, possibly not Christian at all, or unreasonable.

Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
Wait, what would happen if the clone was of a Luddite Christian... would their heads explode? And then we get into the debate about souls (me thinking a full human clone is equally as human as one born naturally, and possesses everything any other person would having, including the concept of soul)

And of course there is no reason to believe the reasonable Christian would remain a reasonable Christian - since the personality of the clones originator would not be transferable - the clone would be an individual, possibly not Christian at all, or unreasonable.

Oh! I should have kept my mouth shut. 😆

No, we just weren't expecting an intelligent response.

just cr@p like the stuff we post

Originally posted by Alliance
No, we just weren't expecting an intelligent response.

just cr@p like the stuff we post

I still should have kept my mouth shut.
I have found that if I had said half of what I did said in my life time, I would be twice better off now.

Sounds like fairly even numbers...strange.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Oh! I should have kept my mouth shut. 😆

Well technically you did... you let your fingers do the talking (unless you type with your tongue....)

Shakya does...its really wierd....kind of kinky too.

Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
Well technically you did... you let your fingers do the talking (unless you type with your tongue....)

Hey! I don't have any arms. Are you making fun of the handicapped? 😆

The truth is I sit here and talk while I'm typing. 😮

i think that Dinosaurs are ultimate evidence of the non-existance of god.. i think that god is a metaphorical figure...or atleast the conclusion which the people of that time could give about where they come from.. they didn't have the technology which we have and they didnt know we know about..... i think now that we have advanced scientific views about planets and their origins the evidence is too strong against religion... i think its right to have beliefs but to deny and ignore the beliefs of others....such as christians who deny the scientific facts which we have,...