Is the Bible the Word of God?

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Originally posted by redstang281:
This information was taken from another website.

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Perhaps the greatest and most obvious testimony to the accuracy of Biblical prophecy is provided by the people and nation of Israel. The Jews went without a homeland for 1900 years, just as God had promised numerous times in the Old Testament2, as a reluctant judgment on His rebellious chosen people. Moses warned Israel that if they corrupted themselves, then "the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other (Deut 28:64, KJV)". Remarkably, this century God restored the Jews to their ancient homeland, fulfilling many other specific Old Testament prophesies3.

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It is inconceivable to me how the honest skeptic could deny God's handiwork in the history of the people of Israel. Throughout history the "wandering Jew" has been hated and despised, yet despite the unbelievable persecution they endured, the Jews somehow managed to maintain their identity such that when God's timeclock warranted they were able to re-group as a nation in their ancient homeland. Indeed, history is replete with once great nations which were eventually overrun and defeated, but whose people were over time absorbed into the culture of the conquering nation. The fact that this did not happen to the Jews is nothing short of miraculous. There are American Jews, German Jews, Russian Jews, etc.; have you ever heard of a German Babalonian, or an American Philistine? The plight of this small percentage of humanity is certainly unique and unprecedented in the annals of world history

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What about Irish Americans, African Americans, and Italian Americans ?What about the fact that Jews are STILL scattered to the four corners
of the earth, even though Isreal was created for the Holocaust survivors ?Or even that Judaism is a FAITH and not a nationality.

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Originally posted by redstang281:
Wow, how come he didn't get fired as a teacher for 14 years?

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Comets are big chunks of ice in space ... discuss.

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Originally posted by redstang281:
So for 15 years the students never asked him any technical science questions?

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Could I ask at what level this individual taught science ?I have a friend who is a Science teacher who teaches up to A level
here in the UK (that's exams you take at about 17 that are the
basis for your University entry).When we were at Uni. he wasn't all that good at science, but he's
learned how to teach stuff ... from text books. Doesn't mean
he's actually that knowledgeable on scientific matters ... and he's
a friend of mine!!Have you ever heard the saying:'Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.' ????

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Originally posted by TrueCreation:
"1)I thought you lot said animals started eating each other after adam and eve ate the fruit..... Bit befor3e noah that wasn`t it?"
--I sure don't ever remember sayin that

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"2)I assume you are saying you would have to increase the replication rate that much to attain sizes that we see evidence of in fossils (given that they had no maximum size) in this case a factor of millions/billions would suggest the examples that we find fossils of lived to ages between 10^6 and 10^9 years, Given your assertion of a 6,000 year old universe how?"
--I think millions/billions was exadurative, i didn't do the math myself I admit , I was pointing out that basically, lets say that a baby hatchling dinosaur weighed 6 pounds, so if you wan't to make the thing weigh say 30 tons, you have to have it multiply its weight by a factor of 10,000 in that year. These dinosaurs could have grown practically uniformly and lived for hundreds of years, just like humans, other animals that we know do not stop growing such as beavers, sea turtles, great white sharks, are found to be many times larger than today.

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"3)Not really dinosaurs predominantly walked on 2 legs rather than 4, if say Allosaurs existed today they would be conspicuous as being the only lizards that walked on 2 legs......."
--Most dinosaurs did yes, I do realize your accusation, I was merely pointing out that it would still be seen as unique (especially if it grew to a more emense size). Some lizards can walk or run on 2 legs, but not the way the dinosaurs did.

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Picky I know, but dinosaurs WERE NOT lizards. They're not even
reptiles .... they are dinosaura ... an extinct order of animals,
and possible antecedants of the modern day birds and/or mammals.There is even discussion that dinsosaurs may have been warm
blooded ... not cold-blooded like reptiles. It's to do
with size and bodies constructed for high speed.