bassgod272
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If Mccain wins his song will come true
bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb iran.....
lol, yep. then more terrorism, higher gas prices, and the list goes on. C'MON 2012!!!! it cannot get here soon enough :sad:
If Mccain wins his song will come true
bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb iran.....
fair enough my friend, I never say neverI'll concede, but consider that you actually may mean to conclude your statement with..."yet"![]()
I will be sitting there with my sunglasses on watching the carnagelol, yep. thenmore terrorism, higher gas prices, and the list goes on. C'MON 2012!!!! it cannot get here soon enough :sad:
Zero, I have edited your above post in an attempt to one more time clarify why some are taking you and your statements the way they are or may...myself included. Please understand I am a Christian too but try to always be conscious of my statements in support of my beliefs. Your passion and stewardship is noted and admired.Some Churchs do teach people. But to be correct I believe the people do nothing, it may be their faith in God and trust that brings the healing. And as for out of body experiences, WHY do you need that? That could be only for a select moment where it fullfills a purpose. Christians try to live by the will of God, not the selfish will of themselves and the world. Well that is their target, but no one is perfect and all fall short of the glory of God.
How can you teach someone something that doesnt even have faith in it? Techinically some christians try to teach people, just so few are capable of recieving their teaching methods. Too much noise coming in from the world for them to hear the instructions....
Belief and disbelief are both faith based systems.
The believer typically goes this route (though unsaid):
I've been taught all of my life that God exists, and that his/her/their principles as presented in ________ (insert religious doctrine) should govern my life.
Some of these people never question if what they were taught is right or wrong in the first place.
The unbeliever typically goes this route (though unsaid):
Whether or not I've been taught all my life that God exists, I see natural, chemical mechanisms that proliferate life as we know it and I see problems with religious doctrine so therefore God must not exist.
At this point, these individuals cease to question their earlier conclusions and they become unbelievers.
As a skeptic, I say to the believer (specifically the Christian): You live by faith and not fact. That's what my Bible says. At this point, if you cite another Bible verse that says something about having an absolute knowledge of the Lord, then you have only expressed a conflict in the scripture - and thus you have fueled an argument of the nonbeliever. I think religion is a great thing if it adds meaning to a person's life. As a skeptic, I wish I didn't wonder about the afterlife so much because a lot of the time it keeps me from enjoying myself in the present day! I would only caution the believer to pay attention to your interactions with others. The first time you treat someone differently, or reach a conclusion based only on scripture... you really need to remember that the stuff that makes up the foundations of your belief is not empirically verifyable, and thus you have no concrete way of knowing that you are right.
As a skeptic, I say to the nonbeliever:
Though you like to think that you live by fact, recognize the aspect of faith that you do not voice. Science is an amazing thing, and it dissolves the mysteries of physical existence more and more by the day. Yet the question of Why we exist is, and will probably remain unanswerable. As our knowledge builds and builds, we really just become more adept at saying HOW our physical nature came to be, but not why. Evolution doesn't really say anything at all about a creator when put into perspective - For instance, maybe a God created the simple building blocks of life knowing that they would form our primordial origins. A simple, analytical human being can see that there are conflicts inherent in religious doctrine - that much is easy. But what if these conflicts are planned by the almighty, or what if they're just a result of the imperfect human being that jotted down the visions? Why would God let that happen? I have no idea! But since you don't have a verifyable answer to this question, it takes faith (GOOD OLE' BLIND FAITH) to say, "This scripture conflicts with previous scripture, and with prevalent notions regarding the almighty - therefore religous writings must be a mere record of uneducated, misperceived individuals and God must not exist." I would urge the nonbeliever to continue to examine their previously reached conclusions - were they right? Are they verifyable? How do you know?
I am always the one to play Devil's advocate. Hopefully if we keep burning the candle at both ends we will reach some sort of truth - whether it is what we want it to be or not.
But you just didNICE!!!!!! NOW I DON'T HAVE TO SAY A THING!
The question was a yes or no question. The required response has always been a single word answer. Regardless of this being a yes or had it been a no...best damned post in the whole thread.
But you just did
Seriously. LSU, I am so sorry I missed this post.
Thanks for sharing.
Zero, I have edited your above post in an attempt to one more time clarify why some are taking you and your statements the way they are or may...myself included. Please understand I am a Christian too but try to always be conscious of my statements in support of my beliefs. Your passion and stewardship is noted and admired.
Zero, I only speak from personal experience. I was as guilty as you and sometimes still am and likely will be again. I mean no harm or disrespect whatsoever. Both sides are guilty. Seriously, I really need to keep my word and stay out of this thread....ban myself? :banned:It is so much harder online... I cant intereact with a person or watch their eyes.
And I can see what you mean. Confidence in my belief is sometimes an issue i guess, because I give no credit to anything else. I ran the science route when i was younger and found it unreliable. And God has never left me for one second thinking he was not there.
Oddly enough in person I never get this kinda conflict, even with pagans and athiests. I just cannot convey in text, doesnt come out right...
Zero, I only speak from personal experience. I was as guilty as you and sometimes still am and likely will be again. I mean no harm or disrespect whatsoever. Both sides are guilty. Seriously, I really need to keep my word and stay out of this thread....ban myself? :banned:
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When you close your eyes is the table really there
just like religion has trained you and others on what to believe? (just a question - no offence)But society has trained both you and him to call it brown....""
Churchs do teach people. But to be correct the people do nothing, it is their faith in God and trust that brings the healing. And as for out of body experiences, WHY do you need that? That would be only for a select moment where it fullfills a purpose. Christians live by the will of God, not the selfish will of man and the world. Well that is their target, but no one is perfect and all fall short of the glory of God.
How can you teach someone something that doesnt even have faith in it? Techinically christians do teach people, just so few are capable of recieving it. Too much noise coming in from the world for them to hear the instructions....
And I have not proved carbon dating wrong, studies do. If it says a 10 year old rock is 350,000 years old. Then how would you call it accurate and use it?
And freemasons, you should study more. It is like a gentlemans club until you get above like the 5th or 6th level. Then there are oaths, blood oaths, etc. basically it becomes pretty dark... I think the last level you an reach is the 32nd.
well consider me fooled as I dont believe a "devil" exists
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So by that logic we should all just be Amish as without the drive to be better you wouldn't be in front of that computer "spreading the word".
lol. I duno what it is, it's just like you are looking at the sun, and some one is arguing with you that it is midnight... To ME everything seems obvious, but to them also everything seems obvious.
I didnt mean to take it too far
""I am suprised no one popped in with philosphy hardcore yet.
When you close your eyes is the table really there, Is it really brown? How do you know you are not seeing brown, and your friend is seeing blue. But society has trained both you and him to call it brown....""
Never again will I take a college course on philosophy....
Hell the Church of Satan doesn't even believe the exists, they just believe in the concept of him. Or so they say.
lol. I duno what it is, it's just like you are looking at the sun, and some one is arguing with you that it is midnight... To ME everything seems obvious, but to them also everything seems obvious.
For the actual project that happened with the rocks,on that I will have to ask the man who did the lecture about and pass the info on to you. but here are some things on carbon dating...and just because it says christian, it actually explains in depth as well as a secular site would what C14 dating is, and what it relies on... and to MY opinion how it is about as accurate as the first musket at 1000 meters at anything older than 1000 years....
It wont change your mind most likely, but does anyone even know what C14 dating is and how it even works when you defend it?
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Just info you can find easy. But I will bug him and get the support you guys demand. Wont see him until wedns, and i can have it most likely by fri.
yes, reach out with your hand and touch it, if you touch it it's there, if it's not, cut back on the alcohol and drugs!
just like religion has trained you and others on what to believe? (just a question - no offence)
There are other methods of dating such as radiometric dating.
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And it goes also to question you just as you have been trained by science and society to have an illusion of freedom and choice?( same )
.Also that the bible was passed on verbally for many years
i do not believe in the "illusion" of freedom and choice because it's B.S
western society is regulated up past the eye balls, i'm not free to use whatever supps or herbs i want to use - ephedrea for example, i'm not free to live this land, i pay taxes to live where i do even though i don't agree or like where my tax $$$ go, even water has to be paid for, i think the only thing that is free is the air which gets dirtier by the day and we are soon to be faced with a cardon tax for the enviroment, nothing is free.
did you ever play a game at school called chinese wispers where the teacher would wisper in a kids ear a phrase and that kid in turn would wisper to the next kid till eventually it went across the class room to the last kid.
what was said at the start and what ended up at the end were totally different.:think:
zero, you're a good man, i commend you on your strong faith and although i don't agree or believe a lot of it i still respect you none the less. i must say that the heats been on well and truely and a lesser man would have spat the dummy long ago but you my friend have stuck to your guns, cheers dude.
And it goes also to question you just as you have been trained by science and society to have an illusion of freedom and choice?( same )
What we know today as fact will in fact be disproven in 100 years. lol. Remember, it was once a fact the world was flat, it was once a fact the earth was the center of the universe. Until the heliocentric idea brought up by Copernicum..or cus...or something was his name.... What we find comman facts will change. And anything that is at risk of change, is unreliable to ME.
I think in about 5-10 years C14 dating will be more publically argued about, and the idea that scientists are starting to lean towards"intelligent design" due to the statistical impossibility of evolution creating a functional body, mind, and consience of right and wrong like ours and many of their previous beliefs not being as strong anymore...Not saying they are becoming Christian, but they are starting to admit that nature couldnt do this. Just give it time. You will see one more massive world wide revival in the near future. Followed by a massive persecution of them.
And as for the OBE, unless it is a specific thing willed by God you are leaving your body open to any spiritual entity that wanders along... not the healthiest thing in the world, you dont wanna return home to find an unwelcomes guest.
I knew a wiccan, nothing against you personally but you guys play with freaky forces man... I know because before I was Christian I learned a thing or two from one of them. He also played with curses...I am not sure if that is staple for your beliefs or his personal choices because I havent looked into the wiccan belief in a long time.
Has the idea of the false prophets been brought up? In your viewpoint lets say satan exists for a minute, could he not fuel and give the knowledge to scientists to come up with all their ideas and findings? Even satan will heal a lame man if it is a strike against Gods kingdom. So how can you prove 100% that you have not been tricked?
Here, Descartes, his view on that...
""Descartes’ Evil Demon Argument
It is possible that there is an evil demon.
It is thus possible that all of my beliefs are false because I cannot tell when the demon is tricking me.
Since it is possible that all my beliefs are false, they are not absolutely certain.
Thus, there are no beliefs that can serve as a foundation for knowledge""
And
""Cogito ergo Sum!!
He concluded: I think therefore I am.
This was the one thing that he could be certain of – that he exists as a thinking thing.""
Some direct criticisms of the C-14 dating technique are:
ChristianAnswers.net states: "Outside the range of recorded history, calibration of the 14C clock is not possible."
This was true back in the 1950s. A team of researchers, headed by Willard F. Libby calibrated the C-14 measuring technique by comparing the measured age of samples from ancient Egypt with their known date. For example, they tested a piece of wood from Pharaoh Zoser's tomb with the known tomb date, which was known to be circa 2700 to 2600 BCE. The agreement was excellent. Since then, extended calibration checks have been made using U.S. bristlecone pine, German and Irish oak, and other species of trees. That work pushed the calibration back well beyond recorded history to 10,000 BP (years before the present.) Other correlations have extended that to 26,000 years BP. It may eventually go back as far as 45,000 years. 6
The Earth's magnetic field has been decreasing. This will increase the level of cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere, generate more C-14, and upset the C-14 dating process.
The earths magnetic field is cyclical in nature. Any affect on the C-14 dating method is corrected by the calibration procedure.
The flood of Noah, as described in Genesis, Chapter 6 to 8, would have upset the carbon balance on earth by burying large amounts of carbon containing plants which became coal, and gas. This would lower the total C-12 in the atmosphere at that time and upset the C-14 dating process.
The Genesis flood is described in Genesis as occurring circa 2349 BCE. Samples from before, during and after the flood whose dates are known through archaeology have been C-14 tested without any difficulty. Either the worldwide flood of Noah did not happen, or it did not create any significant disturbance in the C-12/C-14 balance at the time.
Volcanoes emit a great deal of carbon dioxide which contains very little C-14. Since a massive degree of volcanism occurred during the the flood of Noah, objects which died shortly after the flood would give inaccurate C-14 dating results.
Again, C-14 dating results on objects before, during and after the flood were found to be accurate when the data was compared with dates derived from archaeological evidence. If there was a great deal of volcanism in the 23rd century BCE, it does not show up in the C-14 data.
Radiocarbon dating laboratories often ask what is the expected age of the samples submitted to them. If C-14 dating is really precise, such information would not be needed. ChristianAnswers.net comments: "Presumably, the laboratories know that anomalous dates are common, so they need some check on whether they have obtained a "good" date."
Lab personnel often ask for the approximate age of a specimen in advance of testing, so they can tune their instruments in order to increase the accuracy of the results. They do not ask in order to "cook" the results.
Other criticisms are based on unusual C-14 test results which were obtained from samples who lived in very unusual environments:
C-14 testing of a Lake Bonney seal estimated its age as 615 years ± 100. Yet, it had been killed only a few weeks previous to the measurement. A recently killed seal at McMurdo Sound gave an age of 1,300 years. C-14 results are totally unreliable.
This is caused by the well known "reservoir effect." These particular seals fed "...off of animals that live in a nutrient-rich upwelling zone. The water that is upwelling has been traveling along the bottom [of the ocean] for a few thousand years before surfacing. The carbon dioxide in it came from the atmosphere before the water sank...Thus the carbon in the sea water is a couple of thousand years "old" from when it was in the atmosphere." Its C-14 would have decayed significantly. The plants picked up this "old" carbon; animals eat the plants and pick up "old" carbon; the seals eat the animals and incorporate this "old" carbon in themselves. The seal is killed. The sample taken for C-14 measurement contains partly "old" carbon and partly recent carbon. The instrument reads an apparent year that the seal died, which is older than the actual year. 7
A sample of oil, which evolutionists believe was derived from plants that were living millions of years ago, was C-14 tested and found to be only 50,000 old. C-14 results are totally unreliable.
Fifty millennia is at the absolute limit of the capacity of the C-14 test. The difference in C-14 content between two carbon-containing samples -- one of which is 50 millennia old and the other is many millions of years old -- is minimal. The sample of oil did indeed come from plants that were alive millions of years ago. By now, essentially all of the C-14 atoms would have decayed so that none could be detected. However, very small amount of contamination could generate an apparent age of 50,000 years for the sample. Oil is typically "found within a matrix of sand or shale." The rocks will have some radioactivity which could have created new C-14, contaminated the sample, and produced the results indicated. 8
Shells of just-killed snails from Nevada were C-14 tested and found to be 27,000 years old. Again, C-14 results cannot be trusted.
This is another example of the reservoir effect. These particular snails lived in artesian springs which were "fed by carbonate aquifers. As this water percolated through the enclosing carbonates, it dissolved limestone and dolomite hundreds of millions of years old." 9 Essentially all of its C-14 had decayed; there would be little left. Again, the "old" carbon dissolved into the water, and was picked up by the snails when they made their shells. The shells were thus deficient in C-14 and appeared to be millennia old. "The problem caused by the reservoir effect is well known by archaeologists, geologists, and anybody else, who use radiocarbon dates; they test for it and take it into account when interpreting radiocarbon data." 9
Fossilized wood from the Hawkesbury Sandstone in Australia, believed to have been hundreds of millions of years old, was dated by C-14 as 33,720 ± 430 years BP.
One wonders why a sample which most geologists would date to the middle Triassic (225 to 230 millions of years ago) would be tested using C-14. At that age, any C-14 that the wood originally had would have decayed to unmeasurable levels millions of years ago. This particular sample was porous. It would probably have absorbed groundwater containing modern carbon. This slight degree of contamination could have provided sufficient C-14 to give a 33 millennia age. Alternatively, there could have been radioactivity in the surrounding rocks which created some C-14 in the sample. 10
Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher who lived in the 4th century B.C., said that the Earth was the center of the universe. Everything else--the moon, the Sun, the planets and the stars--moved around the Earth. For hundreds of years, no one questioned this idea, especially when the Roman Catholic Church said that Aristotle was right.
Finally, in 1543, someone DID question the Church's teachings. A Polish astronomer named Nicholas Copernicus said that the Sun was the center of the Universe, and that everything, including the Earth, went around the Sun. If Copernicus was right, the Church was wrong.
The Church, in response, denounced the Copernican system.
You know wiki isnt allowed to be used in college? Doesnt count as a viable source of information :dance: eh, just cracking...but its true we cant use it in college for reasons...
lol, but yeah i know there are other forms of dating. Just more arguments though. A scientist has no idea what the atmosphere and pressure and world was like lets sat 5000 years ago, so how can they be sure something hasnt drastically changed since then? Such as maybe the Flood, the biblical one.
ALSO I wanna bring back up why are dinosaurs going through multiple layers of rock that are supposidly hundreds of thousands of years apart? Was I right on my headstand theory?
And if we came from monkeys where are the remains of the millions of in between creatures that would have HAD to exist and die. Convenient that none have been found, therefore evolution is nothing more than a belief just like religion actually...because no proof can be given it works. Actually no linking species have been found.
I will get with the guy I have been refrencing though, and get better info on things for you guys and resources. It will take until at least friday like I said though.
Real quick I just want to make a point....
I read a ton of books growing up, watched the history channel and discovery channel. I loved science, still do really.
I have spent a ton of time studying astronomy, animals, dinosaurs. Read many books, wrote papers, etc.
How many of you who are questioning the Bible, and Christianity had read and tried it?
I know of one of you who posted you have. But you are basically arguing in a subject you do not know about. I have done my time on the scientific side. I am not saying science doesnt give us some great results, such as medicines, and new technologies(such as our computers).
How many of you who bring up arguments against the Christian beliefs, well debates, I know no one is throwing stones. How man have read it, and therefore know what they are arguing about.
And about the bibles translations. There are many, many scholars who still read it in old greek..... so if any translation was wrong, it would be thrown out. The translations are meant to make it readable in every language. French, english, german, etc.
such as King James Version, old english, really hard for most people to really dig into today. So we now have ones such as NIV, The Message, NKJV. But when placed side by side with the greek texts its all the same just in the local language. Side by side every one is the same. But instead of saying , "peradventure", it says "what if". Nothing gets added or subtracted.
Eh wait until the play a chip in the back of your head... and cameras on every street. Ever play half life 2? I could see america being like that, minus the aliens lol.
Ok I'm through trying to figure this out.If you google did bible say earth was flat you should get one from aol members or something.It was the first option for me.It has a pic of the earth and maybe moon when you open it up top.If someone knows how to link it then please dr tell me how to.I hit insert link and typed what it said up top and it took me to the home page when I tried opening it.
The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and its height was great. The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven, and it was visible to the end of the whole earth. (Daniel 4:10-11)
The "whole" earth? No matter how tall the tree was, it would not have been visible from the other side of the earth.
i have to say guys this has been the best thread ive been apart of. someone posted about the movie "what the bleep do we know" so i went to rent it and found out theres a 2nd one called"What the bleep do we know- Down the rabbit hole" i am very excited about seeing the 2nd one as i saw the first a couple years ago. i suugest everyone go check it out
Eh wait until the play a chip in the back of your head... and cameras on every street. Ever play half life 2? I could see america being like that, minus the aliens lol.