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arachnophilia
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Message 181 of 301 (178395)
01-18-2005 11:28 PM
Reply to: Message 178 by sidelined
01-18-2005 10:56 PM


Re: Some old chestnuts
Such a feat is impossible by any means they could have possibly acquired while in exile in the desert.Gold has a boiling Point of 2807.0 C (3080.15 K, 5084.6 F) which would be necessary to reduce it to a substance that could be ground.
well, they did supposedly have this giant pillar of fire watching over them all day...

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Message 182 of 301 (178398)
01-18-2005 11:35 PM
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01-18-2005 10:56 PM


Re: Some old chestnuts
sidelined, It does not say they burned it so they could grind it into a powder, after he destroyed the image he simply ground it into small pieces.
kjv Exo 32:20 And he took3947 (853) the calf5695 which834 they had made,6213 and burnt8313 it in the fire,784 and ground2912 it to5704 powder,834, 1854 and strewed2219 it upon5921, 6440 the water,4325 and made (853) the children1121 of Israel3478 drink8248 of it.
H2912
טחן
ṭa^chan
BDB Definition:
1) (Qal) to grind, crush
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 802
H1854
דּקק
da^qaq
BDB Definition:
1) to crush, pulverise, thresh
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to crush
1a2) to be fine
1b) (Hiphil) to pulverise, make dust of
1c) (Hophal) to be crushed
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root [compare H1915]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 448

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arachnophilia
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Message 183 of 301 (178400)
01-18-2005 11:45 PM
Reply to: Message 146 by purpledawn
01-17-2005 9:06 PM


Re: Lucifer
I guess the question would be was Sirach included in the first KJV with the apocrypha and if it was, was morning star translated as Lucifer in English?
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part one, to my knowledge it was.
part two... well, it took me alot longer than i thought to find a kjv apocrypha online. the sources i found had the same translation you used. sounds like a theological problem translating...

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Message 184 of 301 (178401)
01-18-2005 11:52 PM
Reply to: Message 179 by NosyNed
01-18-2005 11:07 PM


Re: Taking time
You could show why the scientific dating is wrong.
Not fair, Nosy. You're always sending 'em over to the Dates and Dating forum where the geologists get to play torpedo bomber. How about sending 'em to Biological Evolution where they can discuss the combat loading of the Ark and their evidence for hyperspeciation to accommodate the 10-30 million extent species from whatever starting point in

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arachnophilia
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Message 185 of 301 (178402)
01-18-2005 11:54 PM
Reply to: Message 142 by Phat
01-17-2005 4:32 PM


Re: All righteee then
Absolute Truth...whether tru scripture or thru divine unction..can never be "proven".
no, you're wrong. because that's an absolutely truth in itself. if you're right, then you can never prove that statement. if you can, it's false.
If I have a relativistic mindset, you can quote scripture to me without impressing upon me the need to believe or accept your truth.
you espoused the belief that there are not beliefs that are wrong, or can be proven as such. if i said "i believe the bible says that jesus flew around in a time machine watching his dvd player instead driving properly and maimed everal small children in a terrible accident" you could easily ask me to show you such a verse, and i would be unable. therefore, in terms of what the bible says, that belief is wrong: it does not say that.
this is a similar argument.
My argument is that no human can of themselves do this, even with a good Bible.
no objestions here.
You can show me your skill at Biblical interpretation, for example, but if I don't see god in the details, your intelligence will not impress me.
i'm not trying to impress anyone. i arguing a counter-point, and addressing beliefs that are not firmly founded in scripture, but are mostly dogmatic. there are hints, yes, but often very misinterpretted out of context. i'm just trying to give that proper context.
The same goes with me if I use scripture to refute or enlighten further what you have written.
you're welcome to, but be warned. i do take some scripture with more of a grain of salt than others. and for the exact reasons you described. for instance, i don't see god in the details of john.

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sidelined
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Message 186 of 301 (178405)
01-18-2005 11:56 PM
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01-18-2005 11:35 PM


Re: Some old chestnuts
Tom
Tom writes:
sidelined, It does not say they burned it so they could grind it into a powder, after he destroyed the image he simply ground it into small pieces
Exd 32:20
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder
, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it].
It does say they burned it in the fire and ground it to powder so,yes, the did one does follow the other.

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Message 187 of 301 (178407)
01-18-2005 11:58 PM
Reply to: Message 181 by arachnophilia
01-18-2005 11:28 PM


Re: Some old chestnuts
Arachnophilia
Yep, pity they did not mention it participating.

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Message 188 of 301 (178408)
01-19-2005 12:00 AM
Reply to: Message 162 by ramoss
01-18-2005 10:29 AM


Re:
Shhhh.. Don't confuse him with his own arguements..
**SNORKSNORK** err *cough, ahem*
Good idea as his presentation is already so confused that if you double back on it ya'll will be going in circles until way into next year. I'm about ready to start banging my head against a wall as it is.
lfen

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Message 189 of 301 (178411)
01-19-2005 12:06 AM
Reply to: Message 179 by NosyNed
01-18-2005 11:07 PM


Re: Taking time
Ned, You better hope they don't quote 2 peter 3:8 and say the fossils are young, the earth old and challenge you to prove otherwise.
P.S. Peter the Rock that Jesus used to build his church (Jesus is the cornerstone) Peter said not to be ignorant of this one thing, that one day is as a thousand years to the Lord. 2 peter 3:8
Even the Great Kent Hovind acknowledges the genesis creation days might well be 1000 year days. He is standing on other verses, but only thinks its 6 normal days, he really doesn't know. But he knew scripture never said its millions or billion years. Scripture is like that at times, you think and you know.
Missing Link | Answers in Genesis
Hovind: I think the days have to be six normal days because there’s so many other references in Scripture. For instance, Exodus 20:11, in the Ten Commandments. God said, I want you to rest on the Sabbath because I made everything in six days. He wasn’t telling them to work six million years and then finally take a break, and the only two references you referred to about 2 Peter 3:8 and Psalm 90 verse 4, both of them say a day is like a thousand years, they don’t say a million or a billion.

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lfen
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Message 190 of 301 (178412)
01-19-2005 12:08 AM
Reply to: Message 174 by Cthulhu
01-18-2005 5:09 PM


I've figured out how to think like Tom!!!!
Locusts use all six fricking legs to walk. Not four.
Well, if someone pulled off their two hind legs then they would walk on only 4 legs! And you can pull off two locust legs if they are at all like the grasshoppers here in these parts so that is why they are alright to eat. And you have to agree that if a locust had two legs removed then if it started with the full normal complement of 6 legs it would only have 4 left to walk on.
lfen

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arachnophilia
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Message 191 of 301 (178416)
01-19-2005 12:26 AM
Reply to: Message 145 by johnfolton
01-17-2005 6:22 PM


Re:
purpledawn, The KJV interestingly does not say he is the son of the bright and morning star.
no, but it DOES say he was the morning star. that is, after all, what lucifer means. if it had said "noctifer" it would mean he was the evening star.
It says he is the son of the morning
parallelism. bringer of light, son of the morning. see. they're a pair. like man and woman, rivers and oceans, heaven and earth, 3 and 4, etc. this is very, very common in biblical poetry, although normally it's on the next line down. pick just about any psalm and look for repitition. most say everything twice, different words -- same meaning.
the verses of Enoch 29:4 written before the biblical flood
a. enoch was written after the flood. it records the events thereof in the first book.
b. enoch's flood happens in chapter ten, which is well before 29.
c. the first mention of satan in the book of enoch is in chapter 40, which is in plural. the first actual mention of the NAME satan is in chapter 53. but he is not present. angels (of the lord) are preparing his weapons to be turned against man. no mention appears to be in the dualistic fallen sense.
d. this is the 29th chapter of enoch: "And thence I went to another place in the desert, and approached to the east of this mountain range. And there I saw aromatic trees exhaling the fragrance of frankincense and myrrh, and the trees also were similar to the almond tree." yes, that's ALL of it. two verses.
e. the lead fallen angel in the flood myth in enoch is azazel, who may also be found in leviticus chapter 16 as "the scapegoat" in the kjv (mistranslation).
so, unless you're talking about a TOTALLY different book of enoch than the one i have, this point can't get any more wrong.
It says in Isaiah verse 14:14 that Lucifer said I will ascend above the heights of the clouds I will be like the most High.
yes, ala tower of babel. did satan build the tower of babel? no, but lucifer (nebuchadnezzar) DID, as in historical fact.
The Lord Jesus being he is the Son, and was before the world was, testified that Satan falling from heaven was as lightning coming down from heaven.
except there is no indication of time in the verse, and it's surrounded by passages about control over temptation: tests. that IS what satan does, tests. however you believe in him, that is his function. there is no indication that it was punishment either -- his destination seems to have been EARTH.
I've given confirming evidence via scripture that Lucifer is that snake,
seraphim? i thought he was an angel.
serpent
leviathan? i thought he was an angel.
dragon
tanniyn? i thought he was an angel.
see, these are all mythological animals. is genesis 1 talking about lucifer when it says god make great dragons in the water? when revelation talks of these, it's using SYMBOLISM, like it is everywhere else in the darned book.
devil
liar? ok, i'll go with that one. but there are other lying spirits. look it up, there's a fun story in samuel, i think, in which god sends what would be termed devils in christian mythology to a foriegn king.
satan
no proof.
had the King of Babylon under his thumb
except that the passage talking about lucifer is entirely directed at the king of babylon. he *IS* the king of babylon. maybe it's symbolism too, but the idea of a "The Devil" opposition to god seems to be absent from the text.
but Satan was not able to save the King of Babylon
who said that was the idea? satan may well have been working through the king of babylon to test the israelites. but he was operating under god's authority. to say anything else is to grossly misread the entirety of isaiah. also, even if satan is operating through the king of babylon, that does not make him lucifer. that makes him satan. the KING is lucifer. the passage is refering to mebuchadnezzar, and i think it's meant to be SARCASTIC.
In kjv revelations it talks of the dragon giving his power to the beast raising the question who is able to make war with the beast?
rome - roman army.
I see Lucifer just another name Satan uses to pretend to be as the most high, another name he uses is Santa Claus.
santa clause is a derivation of saint nicholas. the man is a SAINT for christ's sake, and he worked his entire life in service to the poor and needy -- a very christian cause. that entire accusation is downright offensive.
Job 2:1-2 Satan says he goes to and fro in the earth and walking up and down in it. { Truly how he has been cut down to the ground. }
how could he test men if he were up in heaven? or in hell for that matter? it's not a matter of being cut down, it's a matter of duty. sure, being the riding the back of the garbage truck sucks, but it makes perfect sense if you're the garbage man. it's not punishment, it's what you do.
kjv Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! "how art thou cut down to the ground", which didst weaken the nations!
except the passage is refering to height issue of the tower. this *IS* an issue of being cut down, and it is the KING who is being cut down.
kjv Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
although this is probably refering to a real person as well, supposing the devil (LOWERCASE i might add) is satan. revelation is apocalyptic, by the very definition it hasn't happened yet (at the time of its writing).

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arachnophilia
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Message 192 of 301 (178417)
01-19-2005 12:27 AM
Reply to: Message 187 by sidelined
01-18-2005 11:58 PM


Re: Some old chestnuts
Yep, pity they did not mention it participating.
quite, probably would have helped them out some!
i dunno, ask eddy penngelly. maybe they're really talking about burning a dvd or something.

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Message 193 of 301 (178418)
01-19-2005 12:30 AM
Reply to: Message 189 by johnfolton
01-19-2005 12:06 AM


Hovind?
the Great Kent Hovind
cough cough sputter WHAT?
hahahahahahahahahahah h a ha h a ha.... omg.
tell me you're not serious?

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Message 194 of 301 (178419)
01-19-2005 12:38 AM
Reply to: Message 190 by lfen
01-19-2005 12:08 AM


Re: I've figured out how to think like Tom!!!!
lfen, I'm in agreement if you take away their jumping appendages & wings they could only creep upon the earth.

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Message 195 of 301 (178425)
01-19-2005 1:07 AM
Reply to: Message 177 by johnfolton
01-18-2005 10:11 PM


They might be behind but they are also above.
As you can see from this image the hind legs attach at a lower sagittal elevation than the forelegs:
So, no. They're not above; they're below and behind.

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