Something I pondered...

woha, just saw this thread.
Took some while to read through it all, was a nice read.

Just for the record, I don\'t belive in any gods or such (god, santa, witches, and other man-made-up creatures).

Originally posted by IronFist

Age of the earth
How old is the earth really?  Most scientists believe that it is over 4,5, or even 6 billion years old.  How can this be when the bible clearly states it is only around 6 thousand years old?  How can there be dinosaurs that are 4 billion years old if the world is only 6 thousand years old?  I have a few things to say about this.  
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How could this be... could it be beacuse the bible is a story book written by people that had very little knowledge about the world, life, ....everything?

That\'s my "theory"

[videoholic]

Originally posted by Bjorn

How could this be... could it be beacuse the bible is a story book written by people that had very little knowledge about the world, life, ....everything?

That\'s my "theory"

And you are the boss so you are correct..  Thank God we don\'t have to hear anymore crap about dinosaurs and man iving together 6500 years ago when the world was created.

Originally posted by Videoholic


 Thank God we don\'t have to hear anymore crap about dinosaurs and man iving together 6500 years ago when the world was created.

LOL, I still can\'t believe that statement was made.

Actually, the reasons why Chrisitians churches meet together on Sunday is to take the Lord\'s Supper.  We are also told in Ephesians to make music in our hearts to God.   Add a little sermon in and you have a regular Sunday morning 9am service.

Why is everyone else allowed to have different opinions and theories except me? Just because mine may be alittle different to yours is no excuse to be rude.

i think #Racer# might be right, and here are the reasons:

reason #1.  On the Flintstones, Dinos and humans lived together.  and dinos served a purpous, like garbage disposals, and lawn mowers.  then after serving thier purpous they would have a witty comment like "it\'s a living"  everyone knows if it was on tv, it must be true.

reason #2.  i like potatoes

reason #3.  were any  of us alive 6500 years ago?  no i didn\'t think so, which means none of us know for sure what happend.

reason #4.  because #racer# said so

reason #5.  because god loves irony (if he made a platapus he has a sence of humor)

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
God asked us to go down to earth? I don\'t want to bag on anyone\'s religion - so please don\'t get offended. But...WHEN THE HELL DID THIS HAPPEN? Is this like when I was in my mother\'s womb? Ya\' know, I can\'t remember any of this...I swear, the best times of your life (and pre-life!) are blocked out..GO friggin\' figure.. I\'m sorry, but that whole belief / theory makes as much sense (to me!) as Racer\'s, \'we lived with the peace-loving dinosaurs\'.

He he, that was an expected response to my statement.  My church is the only Christian church that believes that there was life before this life (not including the churches that were started by people who agreed with our church, but wanted to add his/her own false elements to it).  That is when all of this happened.  If you want me to tell you about it, just ask.

I believe in freedom of religion. I don\'t agree with religion personally, but I can see it can get people through a lot of tought times, due to the fact they believe there is something more than this tedious life. I perosnally and comfortable (or as comfortable as possible) realizing that we are born in this world, we then work and find someone, have sex and produce a child. We then die and the cycle repeats. No afterlife..Just reproduction. Nothing more.

So it all just ends?  You cease to exist when you die?  What is the purpose of this life then?  Why even bother?  I\'m not trying to discourage you or anything, I\'m just interested in what you believe.

Bjorn:

How could this be... could it be beacuse the bible is a story book written by people that had very little knowledge about the world, life, ....everything?

Yet it has predicted multiple things that have happened in our history, and has predicted the things that are happening to our world right now.  They may have not known too much about the world back then, but man, they were great guessers!

OK, the main problem that I am seeing is with my dinosaurs and humans post.

Well here is what I think happened. It is only my opinion, so take it or leave it.

OK, When Noah built the ark, he could only fit some species of dinos on it (such as the smaller ones). I beleive that most dinosaures died out in the flood (that is how they are buried in such low sediments. Most sea dinosaurs survived. Now, after the flood, only a few species of land dinos survived, and they survived for quite some time.

In the book of Job, it mentions a large \'dragon\' like creature. This is probably the only reference to dinos in the Bible. I believe that many of them died out after this because mateing patterns changed due to the fact that there weren\'t many left on the planet (Noah only took two of each animal on the ark) and I imagine that many of these didn\'t reproduce.

Its only my opinion, and I don\'t really care what anyone thinks anymore. I will stand by my views until they are proven wrong.

I respect other peoples opinions, so I think that people like Videoholic should respect mine, even if you do think they are different or strange.

Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
OK, the main problem that I am seeing is with my dinosaurs and humans post.

Well here is what I think happened. It is only my opinion, so take it or leave it.

OK, When Noah built the ark, he could only fit some species of dinos on it (such as the smaller ones). I beleive that most dinosaures died out in the flood (that is how they are buried in such low sediments. Most sea dinosaurs survived. Now, after the flood, only a few species of land dinos survived, and they survived for quite some time.

In the book of Job, it mentions a large \'dragon\' like creature. This is probably the only reference to dinos in the Bible. I believe that many of them died out after this because mateing patterns changed due to the fact that there weren\'t many left on the planet (Noah only took two of each animal on the ark) and I imagine that many of these didn\'t reproduce.


I respect other peoples opinions, so I think that people like Videoholic should respect mine, even if you do think they are different or strange.

what happend to the plesasaur, or the icthysaur(SP), they were both aquarius dinos, how would they\'ve died in the flood?
Its only my opinion, and I don\'t really care what anyone thinks anymore. I will stand by my views until they are proven wrong.

Well, who says they still don\'t exsist? I mean, the earths oceans are just so deep, and most underwater areas havent even been explored throughly yet.

I mean, did anyone ever see that picture of the dinosaur that the Japanese fishing boat pulled up back in the early ninties? Now, I am not saying dinos are still alive, but the picture was proven to the accurate and true.

Anyways.

well see te thing is there were many different types of sea dinos so to speak

if they were around a lot then - and they didnt die away from the flood then they should still be kicking today

also i just dont see how they couldnt fit some of the bigger dinos if they could fit an elephant on the ark

oh well just saying

Originally posted by Sublimesjg


if they were around a lot then - and they didnt die away from the flood then they should still be kicking today

 

That is a very good point, if they were able to survive what ever happend back then, they should certainly be around today.

Originally posted by Sublimesjg

also i just dont see how they couldnt fit some of the bigger dinos if they could fit an elephant on the ark

oh well just saying

A T-Rex is ALOT larger then an Elephant, but I know what you mean.

Also, the dimensions of the ark which are mentioned in the Bible wouldnt have allowed alot of dino species to get on the ark, cause it wasnt tall enough. I read this in Readers Digest...

something else I thought about..elephants shouldnt have been around then, only wooly mammoths.

Originally posted by luckee
something else I thought about..elephants shouldnt have been around then, only wooly mammoths.

But if there was an Ice Age, then all the ice would have melted during the flood.