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Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by Angus123
I've seen many funda-mental-ists claim that fossils are a trick. God put them there to test our faith, lol. And still others think men and dinosaurs co-existed.
You should know more about what you boast.
Originally posted by virraszto
reply to post by factbeforefiction
I have read it. I said:
This is what I don't understand. If Moses, or whoever it was that wrote Genesis was inspired by "God" or that "God" spoke through the writer of Genesis, and the definition of a day (see below) is explained, then how and why could someone assume that a day to "God" is anything but a 24 hr. period?
I don't know why you assume I was bashing the book? Is questioning something bashing it?
Originally posted by Faiol
lol just patetic people that there are religion fan boys coming to this board ... really, this is getting unbelievable
Originally posted by gYvMessanger
reply to post by factbeforefiction
The Old Testament is referred to as The Books of Moses (as the party line goes they where channeled via Moses through the presence in the Ark during the time of the Exodus).
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by Angus123
I've seen many funda-mental-ists claim that fossils are a trick. God put them there to test our faith, lol. And still others think men and dinosaurs co-existed.
You should know more about what you boast.
Stop at 48 secs I believe that is a Giant.
[edit on 5-12-2009 by randyvs]
Originally posted by Angus123
Originally posted by randyvs
reply to post by Angus123
I've seen many funda-mental-ists claim that fossils are a trick. God put them there to test our faith, lol. And still others think men and dinosaurs co-existed.
You should know more about what you boast.
Stop at 48 secs I believe that is a Giant.
[edit on 5-12-2009 by randyvs]
Wow... some ancients made some rock carvings that look like dinosaurs.
Boy you really showed me, lol.
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
If God created everything, why did he create dinosaurs? I mean all they did was walk round tearing each other up to bits.
We can all agree Dinosaurs existed, so what was their purpose in the big plan?
Originally posted by Angus123
Originally posted by Jim Scott
First, God created dinosaur bones. We have no evidence that the bones were once alive. For example, man creates an airplane. We do not have evidence that the airplane was flown.
Second, God can do whatever He wants.
Third, the world was not created in six days in the sense of our having it in existence. It was created in a day. Genesis 1 does not reflect an actual creation. Rather, it is a period of planning. Things are created and made, not formed. Forming takes place in Genesis 2:6 and after. After the formation of the Earth and dirt watered with a mist, man was formed. Nothing else was alive on Earth. Then, God made the Garden of Eden. In the Garden of Eden, God formed all the living things in front of Adam, and Adam named them. For you and I, think of forming as making them into matter.
Please get your facts straight.
[edit on 12/4/2009 by Jim Scott]
So... god just made the bones and left them laying about for us to find? We find these fossilized skeletons, but we can't know for sure if they were ever alive?
As much as I know this is going to end up with hilarity ensuing, I have to ask you what could his motivation have possibly been to do such a thing, lol.
Originally posted by oozyism
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
If God created everything, why did he create dinosaurs? I mean all they did was walk round tearing each other up to bits.
We can all agree Dinosaurs existed, so what was their purpose in the big plan?
The same reason why everything else is created? For human purposes. It is written in the Quran, read it once in a while.. It has clear answers to subjective questions.
GOD says everything in this universe is created for humans to interact with. As you can see we are interacting, we are using everything, from atoms to gravity, to friction etc etc. Everything in this universe can be used for our own purposes.
Why dinosaurs you may ask? They say petrol comes from biological beings, that is a lot of energy. We are using it, but at the same time we are fighting over it and killing each other due to it. Dinosaurs helped create this massive wells of underground energy.
Originally posted by Jim Scott
Originally posted by Angus123
Originally posted by Jim Scott
First, God created dinosaur bones. We have no evidence that the bones were once alive. For example, man creates an airplane. We do not have evidence that the airplane was flown.
Second, God can do whatever He wants.
Third, the world was not created in six days in the sense of our having it in existence. It was created in a day. Genesis 1 does not reflect an actual creation. Rather, it is a period of planning. Things are created and made, not formed. Forming takes place in Genesis 2. After the formation of the Earth and dirt watered with a mist, man was formed. Nothing else was alive on Earth. Then, God made the Garden of Eden. In the Garden of Eden, God formed all the living things in front of Adam, and Adam named them. For you and I, think of forming as making them into matter.
Please get your facts straight.
[edit on 12/4/2009 by Jim Scott]
So... god just made the bones and left them laying about for us to find? We find these fossilized skeletons, but we can't know for sure if they were ever alive?
As much as I know this is going to end up with hilarity ensuing, I have to ask you what could his motivation have possibly been to do such a thing, lol.
If you want facts, look at the facts. You are assuming the evidences are indicating there were living dinosaurs. You do not know there were living dinosaurs. You do know, however, that there are bones that appear to be from living dinosaurs.
God can do anything He wants. If He wants to make a bonepile, it's not a problem. Consider this picture of Earth from space and tell me God can't make dinosaur bones without making dinosaurs. bonkbonk.files.wordpress.com...
Your question is: Why would God make the bones and not the dinosaurs? Your answer is: to give you a choice. You see, according to the Bible, man was formed on the Earth after a one day creation. After man was formed, God formed all the living things. God planted the Garden of Eden and put man into it. Then God formed all the animals and brought them to Adam to see what he would name them. Adam saw all the animals being formed.
The bones of dinosaurs in the Earth allow you to consider that there may have been evolution, and a great space of time, for creation. This is a choice you must make. You can either believe God, when He said He made it in a day, or you can believe the science and turn away from God. Which choice would show God your love for Him?
If there were no bones, there would be no choice.
Originally posted by fleabit
Um.. I dunno.. what do you run your car and machines and factories and everything on? Oil? Coal? What creates oil and coal? The majority of both were created during the age of the dinosaurs. All those plants and giant animals dying and being compressed over the eons, formed the massive reservoirs of oil and beds of coal we now have.
They are called fossil fuels for a reason.
So.. perhaps they were the catalyst to put us past the metal ages, and into the future.
[edit on 5-12-2009 by fleabit]