Sodom and Gomorrah may have been destroyed by debris from a comet. Evidence has been mounting that this may have been due to a giant comet which swept past the Earth about 4000 years ago, breaking up as it did so, resulting in multiple impacts and possibly a rain of other smaller meteors and dust. The most exciting new evidence comes from Dr Marie-Agnès Courty, a French expert in the microscopic study of soils and sediments.
It is believed that the Biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah may be an early description of what happened. A record of a real natural event that ended up as a Biblical tradition.
Originally posted by StormNow, this is a perspective I find interesting. From my beliefs, God uses natural/scientific means (albeit on a level of application beyond our current ability) to accomplish the "miracles" described in holy texts. Given this perspective, all "miracles" will have a completely logical scientific explanation. So, while science may explain away miracles as something less than miraculous, the fact that they can be explained strengthens my beliefs. Instead of believing Biblical tradition incorporated natural events, natural scientific events, manipulated by deity, are what occurred. Science does not threaten such a belief system.
Sodom and Gomorrah may have been destroyed by debris from a comet. Evidence has been mounting that this may have been due to a giant comet which swept past the Earth about 4000 years ago, breaking up as it did so, resulting in multiple impacts and possibly a rain of other smaller meteors and dust. The most exciting new evidence comes from Dr Marie-Agnès Courty, a French expert in the microscopic study of soils and sediments.
It is believed that the Biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah may be an early description of what happened. A record of a real natural event that ended up as a Biblical tradition.
Originally posted by StormGod in the Bible typically claims credit for such acts, not just men believing such are his acts. Typically it occurs following a statement by God through a prophet that such a thing will occur and why, followed by an opportunity for the inhabitants to change, then a follow through with the stated action. Hurricane Katrina did not follow the established pattern, so no, one cannot claim that it was an act of God in that manner.
Like characterizing a natural disaster as Hurricane Katrina as God' s judgment on the wicked city of New Orleans.
Originally posted by debbiejo
Yes they are. If Jesus didn't teach it, then it's a false teaching...
The teaching is not one that is being said to be part of the Bible. Rather, dispensations are an idea that help us to understand the nature of God. No one is saying that they are teachings from the Bible, but they are biblically based, founded on Scripture and how God has worked in the past.
Originally posted by FeceManQuit making weird noises........
GAH.The teaching is not one that is being said to be part of the Bible. Rather, dispensations are an idea that help us to understand the nature of God. No one is saying that they are teachings from the Bible, but they are biblically based, founded on Scripture and how God has worked in the past.
Of course it changes the teachings. There is dispensation of Noahs time, of Moses time, Jesus time, the church age, the millennial ....Changes the whole grace thing.