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Author Topic:   I don't believe in God, I believe in Gravity
greentwiga
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Message 16 of 693 (709569)
10-28-2013 12:18 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by Straggler
10-28-2013 12:09 PM


Remember, the Bible is about religion. All through the Bible is passages about the conflict between the worship of YHWH and other religions. In studying the ancient polytheism religions, I have seen groups worship everything mentioned in Genesis 1, but never in gravity. Genesis 1 is a clear statement that these are created things and therefore worthless to worship. Why would it mention gravity if no one in the area, at the time, worshiped gravity?

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greentwiga
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Message 67 of 693 (709770)
10-29-2013 7:25 PM
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10-29-2013 10:02 AM


This is a religious book, not a treatise on science. Still, the facts in Genesis 2,3,4 are accurate. My problem with Genesis 1 is that there is not enough context to understand what he is saying. I could make it fit known science, but that would be me. Genesis 2,3,4 can be made to fit your personal presuppositions, but if you are willing to let it take you where it indicates, without presuppositions, it is accurate.

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greentwiga
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Message 97 of 693 (709872)
10-30-2013 3:52 PM
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10-30-2013 12:36 AM


No Nukes said, "All facts are accurate including those few that appear in a Sponge Bob cartoon. So yeah, I'll grant you your tautology."
I am talking about the Bible preserving the time and location of the domestication of wheat, even to the location being on a volcano, despite 6,000 years of passing the story on verbally. It also preserves the battle between worship of Yahweh and the then current religion.

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