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Author Topic:   Did God say it, or did you say it?
hooah212002
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Message 31 of 127 (548539)
02-28-2010 12:45 AM
Reply to: Message 30 by Peg
02-28-2010 12:09 AM


Re: actually...it's not that simple
from evening to morning is 12 hours, not 24.
And 12 + 12=?
Flyer75 writes:
Terms such as "there was evening and there was morning, the first day"
(emphasis mine)

"Some people think God is an outsized, light-skinned male with a long white beard, sitting on a throne somewhere up there in the sky, busily tallying the fall of every sparrow. Othersfor example Baruch Spinoza and Albert Einsteinconsidered God to be essentially the sum total of the physical laws which describe the universe. I do not know of any compelling evidence for anthropomorphic patriarchs controlling human destiny from some hidden celestial vantage point, but it would be madness to deny the existence of physical laws."
-Carl Sagan

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hooah212002
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Message 84 of 127 (549347)
03-06-2010 12:15 AM
Reply to: Message 83 by Peg
03-05-2010 11:55 PM


Re: actually...it's not that simple
the truth is that he spent eons of his time in a creative process rather then sitting around doing absolutely nothing.
And yet, the end product still needed a do-over 3 times. I guess god should have taken a few more eons, eh?

"Some people think God is an outsized, light-skinned male with a long white beard, sitting on a throne somewhere up there in the sky, busily tallying the fall of every sparrow. Othersfor example Baruch Spinoza and Albert Einsteinconsidered God to be essentially the sum total of the physical laws which describe the universe. I do not know of any compelling evidence for anthropomorphic patriarchs controlling human destiny from some hidden celestial vantage point, but it would be madness to deny the existence of physical laws."-Carl Sagan
"On a personal note I think he's the greatest wrestler ever. He's better than Lou Thesz, Gorgeous George -- you name it."-The Hulkster on Nature Boy Ric Flair

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