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Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by great664(m): 12:14pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
FredTony11:People like you are the reason that they are so many problem and chaos in the world, why use other people religion for your self benefit(interest) |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by chukzzy1(m): 12:14pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
PRYCE:fallacy |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by davien(m): 12:15pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
ConsciousMind:I used to have this line of thinking...until questions such as why actively improve designs rather than make the design a perfect one...because each imperfection creates more imperfections and this leads to more harm, death and suffering...imagine if our immune system could fight off HIV/AIDS..wouldn't that be nice? 1 Like |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by 9jatatafo(m): 12:16pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
I am not well lettered in religion but just try to live in peace and follow the 10 commandments, this will bring peace to humanity. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by olathunde(m): 12:20pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
Dem send una. dis is the second thread on dis same topic. its gud to be curious but u knw what they say. do u guys want to start your own religion? we have free will to believe what we want to. The story does not have to compel you. There are different stories to how man came to be. pick one and roll with it. Kindly see your question as an expedition you can embark upon. u am sure all the stories have footprints you can follow to get your own truth. 1 Like |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by Vodkka(m): 12:21pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
during d time.... u can marry to your siblings and that's all....dats how it is then |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by Unluvable(f): 12:22pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
Beliefs are based on faith not facts...it cannot be proof logically. Knowing that if you tear your skin with a blade, bleeding will occur is an observable fact, on the other hand, believing that you won't bleed is faith. You'll never understand faith bro, you can choose to abide to a particular faith if it makes your existence more meaningful and ignore the illogicalities that comes with it. that being said, I highly doubt some Hebrew characters 6000 years ago has anything to do with my ancestral lineage 1 Like |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by youngambi(m): 12:22pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
omenka:bro, jesus said "blessed are those who hv nt yet seen yet bliv". in Christianity we walk by faith not by wat we c. by d evil goin around da world todae, den common sense shld tell u dat wen dias evil den dia is good..and anytin evil comes frm d devil. and wen dia is devil den dia shld b a GOd..just d wae sum so called scientist say dia is no GOD and evritin dia is, is due to sum biological or scientific wateva. dia r still tins de cnt explain abt d universe, which is mythical to dem...i m nt tryin yo convince anybodi dat christianity is d best religion, no!! wat am tryin to sae is sumtins would alwaes remain unexplained until d world ends |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by austin2all: 12:23pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
kchaste: And my question is: what's the normal age of menopause? For me, the only thing I enjoy about the bible is the morals it teaches. Ceteris paribus! |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by Hero10001: 12:25pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
Na everyday we dey educate una type. Put two foul in a garden for just one year then come back to tell us your observations. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by Nobody: 12:26pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
Pick a Quran and get informed... |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by chukzzy1(m): 12:26pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
Minet16:so you are saying that man originated from Israel...a country of less than 20 million people without a definite geographical location..go and seat down joorh The matter at hand calls for critical reasoning and not beer parlour talk |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by ayusco85(m): 12:27pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
ikes9: Lilith is a character in supernatural seasonal movie. She is a demon working with Lucifer. Accordin to the movie |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by davien(m): 12:27pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
olathunde:Because you can be convinced of something does not make it true...and adopting certain views can influence your actions towards others...if you adopt a view that human lives are worthless or expendable because you believe in an afterlife made readily for you how would you treat others(hint; like how Christianity and Islam treats non-believers with violence and death threats)...if I were to openly talk of my atheism...what rectum would I get from you christians...death threats?...ridicule?...false diagnosis of mental illness?.. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by musicwriter(m): 12:27pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
omenka: Answers to your questions below. 1. What race was Adam and Eve??. Science proves that human life began in Africa. Specifically, somewhere around Kenya, Ethiopia and that axis. Adam and Eve were Africans like you. They looked like you!. We have come to believe they were whites because of brainwashing colonial education we inherited from Britain. See. Ancient Israelites and Hebrews were black people (For more information, watch the documentary on the bottom of the link). http://www.africason.com/2015/04/ancient-israelites-hebrews-were-black.html The True Israelites of The Bible Were Black People (For more information, watch the documentary on the bottom of the link). http://www.africason.com/2015/04/what-ancient-israelites-looked-like.html How Jesus Christ Became a Whiteman (For more information, watch the documentary on the bottom of the link). http://www.africason.com/2015/04/how-Jesus-christ-became-whiteman.html Jesus Christ Was a Black Man - According to the Bible (For more information, watch the documentary on the bottom of the link). http://www.africason.com/2015/02/Jesus-is-black-man-according-to-bible.html We believed everything white man told us, hook, line, and sinker and was brainwashed. Elite Brainwashing, The Last Stage Of Mental Slavery http://www.africason.com/2015/05/elite-brainwashing-last-stage-of-mental.html 2. It is said that after Cain killed Abel, he saw banished from Eden and went to live in some distant place (make una no mind me, I no sabi bible well well..) where he married and bore lots of children- question is, where did those people come from? Were they his brothers and sisters?? I don't answer this type of question because whether or not it's a myth, it have nothing to add to how life began. 3. How did we end up with the different races we have today- where did Whites, Blacks, Asians, indians, Arabs, Hispanics, and Persians with all their genotypical/physiological differences come from??. Yes, genetic mutations. 4. If we were to accept the variations in "3" as products of genetic mutation, could we then extend to argument to explain the origin of man as a product of genetic mutation/evolution??. The falsehood that have been spread is that genetic mutations create new things, but that's not true!. Genetic mutations may only bring stronger or weaker species, but no new creatures. A monkey will always be a money forever, no matter how the gene mutate. A human being will always be a human being forever, no matter how the gene mutate. Mutations and natural selection only create weaker or stronger species, nothing more. Indeed, Charles Darwin never called his findings evolution, but he called it the origin of species. Evolution explains the origin of species!. This idea of evolution came forth because new age scientists stretched Mr. Darwin's theory too far (same way some christian say Jesus is God, when he himself did't say so). If you were to wake up Mr. Darwin to ask his opinion, he will deny evolution as explanation for origin of life. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by jomoh: 12:27pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
omenka: Rilwayne001: this one wey all of una leave politics section come Religion section dis morning. I dey sure say na one argument (proly the gay thing in US) go lead to one thing come lead you to this question. I know how my people in that section thinks. Anyways, am also waiting to hear view and review of our brothers. In the mean time you can put the same question in the Islam section let see if the sheikh there have convincing/fuller answers to the question. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by timmy(m): 12:27pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
I think our problem will be resolved the moment we realize Adam and Eve weren't the first beings. They were just the ones God decided to give dominion too. Here's my take, God created the earth and heavens in 6 days. Including humans (or whatever species lived). My intuition says they were called serpents, as we remembered, of all the animals, the serpent was the most cunny. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by youngambi(m): 12:29pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
austin2all:read genesis 6:3 den u will knw man had been cursed not to last longer dan stated there. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by adenxt(m): 12:30pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
Dnt know how to answer dis cuz it beyond human understanding,holy spirit shd help. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by Nobody: 12:31pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
ayusco85:lol, yhu obviously know nothing about lilith. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by solamesin(m): 12:33pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
First Believe in God exist, the creator who created every things we see and the we can't see HE only know the purpose of creations. I believe nobody ever claim of creating the universe. He knew the compositions of Adam God from Holy Qur'an that "I created you I.e human beings I made from single soul I.e Adam I fashioned you with different languages and colour only to be to distinguish one from other ..." |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by Bome01(m): 12:33pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
ifeness:Yes. The Biblical story of Creation could be traced to the Chaldean story of creation however, Moses whom we assume as the author of first five books of the bible must have gotten the story from the Egyptians where he got his education. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by tjay01(m): 12:38pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
Have you ever heard about the Grail Message? Please read it. You will find the answers there. 1 Like |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by AminuRano87(m): 12:41pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
all religions do not make sense at all, but the religion that is closest to sense is Islam. either be Atheist or Muslim |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by salykely(m): 12:41pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
This is the Islamic narration. The Story of Adam (part 4 of 5): Life on Earth Description: Adam, his children, the first murder and his death. By Aisha Stacey (© 2008 IslamReligion.com) Published on 07 Apr 2008 - Last modified on 13 Mar 2013 Adam and Eve left Paradise and began their life on earth. God had prepared them in many ways. He gave them the experience of struggling against the whisperings and schemes of Satan. He taught Adam the names of everything and instructed him in its properties and usefulness. Adam took up his position as caretaker of the earth and Prophet of God. Adam, the first Prophet of God was responsible for teaching his wife and offspring how to worship God and seek His forgiveness. Adam established the laws of God and set about trying to support his family and learning to subdue and care for the earth. His task was to perpetuate, cultivate, construct and populate; he was to raise children who would live according to God’s instructions and care for and improve the earth. Adam’s First Four Children Adam and Eve’s first children, Cain and his sister, were twins,; Abel and his sister, another set of twins, soon followed. Adam and his family lived in peace and harmony. Cain ploughed the earth while Abel raised livestock. Time passed and the occasion came for the sons of Adam to marry. A group of the companions of Prophet Muhammad including Ibn Abbas and Ibn Masud related that inter-marriage of the male of one pregnancy with the female of another had been the practice among Adam’s children. Therefore we know that God’s plan to fill the earth included each of Adam’s sons marrying the twin sister of the other. It seems that beauty has played a part in the attraction of men and women since the beginning. Cain was not pleased with the partner chosen for him. Cain began to envy his brother and refused to obey the command of his father and, in doing so, he disobeyed God. God created man with both good and bad tendencies, and the struggle to over come our baser instincts is part of His test for us. God commanded that each son was to offer a sacrifice. His judgement would favour the son whose offer was the most acceptable. Cain offered his worst grain, but Abel offered his best livestock. God accepted Abel’s sacrifice, so Cain became enraged, threatening to kill his brother. “And (O Muhammad) recite to them (the Jews) the story of the two sons of Adam (Abel and Cain) in truth; when each offered a sacrifice to God, it was accepted from the one but not from the other. The latter said to the former; ‘I will surely kill you.’” (Quran 5:27) Abel advised his brother that God would accept good deeds from those that fear and serve Him, but reject the good deeds of those who are arrogant, selfish and disobedient towards God. “The former said: ‘Verily God accepts only from those who are pious. If you do stretch your hand against me to kill me I shall never stretch my hand against you to kill you, for I fear God; the Lord of mankind, jinn, and all that exists.’” (Quran 5:27-28) The First Murder “So the self (base desires) of the other (latter one) encouraged him and made fair seeming to him the murder of his brother; he murdered him and became one of the losers.” (Quran 5:30) Prophet Muhammad informed us that Cain became angry and hit his brother over the head with a piece of iron. It was also said in another narration that Cain hit Abel over the head while he was sleeping. “God sent a crow who scratched the ground to show him to hide the dead body of his brother. He (the murderer) said: ‘Woe to me! Am I not even able to be as this crow and to hide the dead body of my brother?’ Then he became one of those who regretted.” (Quran 5:31) Adam was devastated; he had lost both his first and second born sons. One had been murdered; the other was won over by mankind’s greatest enemy – Satan. Patiently, Adam prayed for his son, and continued to care for the earth. He taught his many children and grandchildren about God. He told them of his own encounter with Satan and advised them to beware of Satan’s tricks and schemes. Years and years passed, and Adam grew old and his children spread out across the earth. Adam’s Death All of mankind are the children of Adam. In one narration, the Prophet Muhammad informed us that God showed Adam his descendants. Adam saw a beautiful light in Prophet David’s eyes and loved him, so he turned to God and said: “Oh God. Give him forty years from my life.” God granted Adam his request, and it was written down and sealed. Adam’s life span was supposed to be 1000 years but after 960 years the Angel of death came to Adam. Adam was surprised and said “but I still have 40 years to live”. The angel of death reminded him of his gift of 40 years to his beloved descendant Prophet David, but Adam denied it. Many, many years later, the last Prophet Muhammad said: “Adam denied so the children of Adam deny, Adam forgot and his children forget; Adam made mistakes and his children make mistakes.” (At-Tirmidhi) In Arabic the word for mankind is insan and it comes from the root word nisyan to forget. This is part of human nature, mankind forgets, and when we forget we deny and reject. Adam forgot (he was not lying), and God forgave him. Adam then submitted to the will of God and died. The Angels descended and washed the body of Prophet Adam an odd number of times; they dug the grave and buried the body of the father of mankind, Adam. Adam’s successor Before his death Adam reminded his children that God would never leave them alone or without guidance. He told them God would send other Prophets with unique names, traits and miracles, but they would all call to the same thing – the worship of the One True God. Adam appointed as his successor his son http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/1197/story-of-adam-part-4/ 1 Like |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by myk2mic: 12:41pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
I will try and give my own opinion on the matter by asking questions as well as by answering some 1-is there a difference in the creation of man that occurred in genesis chpter 1and the one that happened in chapter 2 My answer is yes, God created beings in chapter 1 and gave them the right to multiply, be fruitful,have dominion and to subdue the earth. But adam was formed to take care of the care of eden only, eve came about as an after thought when GOd saw that adam need companion bt instead of giving adam a woman,GOd formed animals for them to be companions for adam bt when GOd saw that they were not suitable for adam,he then formed eve from adam. Adam was formed by GOd to be, remain and take care of the garden,If he had not sinned,he would have remained in. The garden . Adam was special becos when he was formed,God breathe into him his breathe that's y adam had a genealogy that connected him to God and through him the geneolgy of the men of GOd ,noah,abaraham etc. Cain killed abel, GOd banished him bt he was afriad that anyone cld kill him, meaning there where other men like him around. Adam and eve had cain and abel, after abel was killed, it took many yrs before the had another child seth, which explains eve's gratitude to GOd. So cain cld not have married his sister cos he did have any at that point in time. After seth, eve gave birth to more kids both male and female. My submission is that adam was the first man GOd created that had a relationship with GOd,bt he was not the first human to be created. Believe nothing,no matter where u read it,or who said it,no matter if I have said it,unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense ----Buddha |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by Hero10001: 12:43pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
damariox:Childish really? How? Why?! It's either you'v watch too much hollywoods or you have a comprehension problem. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by ipreach: 12:45pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
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Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by brownnyj(m): 12:47pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
The Bible actually indicates that Adam and Eve did,
in fact, have daughters.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. When
God created man, he made him in the likeness of
God. 2 Male and female he created them, and he
blessed them and named them Man when they
were created. 3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he
fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image,
and named him Seth. 4 The days of Adam after he
fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other
sons and daughters. 5 Thus all the days that Adam
lived were 930 years, and he died. Genesis 5:1-5
We also know that Seth was born after Cain had
killed Abel:
And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son
and called his name Seth, for she said, "God has
appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel,
for Cain killed him." Genesis 4:25
So, when Adam was 130 years old after Cain killed
Abel, Eve became pregnant and gave birth to Seth.
So, did Adam and Eve have other children in
between the time that Cain and Abel were born and
Seth was born? We can't say absolutely, but we
can't say absolutely not either. It certainly seems
reasonable that other children would have been
born during that time.
Genesis 5 does indicate that Adam and Eve had
daughters as well (plural), though we are not told
how many. The very minimum would be three sons
and two daughters.
Apparently Jewish tradition holds that Adam and
Eve actually had 33 sons and 23 daughters. This is
not biblical, of course, but it aligns with the idea that
Adam and Eve were probably extremely fruitful and
multiplied greatly, as God had commanded them.
The genetics were quite pure as well as the
environment at that time. They lived a long time
(Adam was 930 years old when he died according to
Genesis 5), so they had a lot of time to have
children. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by Rotimi47: 12:47pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
In the old testament females weren't mentioned and Cain and Abel were not the only children Adam and eve gave birth to; meaning before Cain killed Abel other Adam children have gone there several ways and married; their children were also reproducing too. Let look at how many years Adam spent on earth and compare it to how modern human who are married give birth to young ones; some leave a space of 2 years while some leave just a year interval, let multiply that what Adams years on earth and also take note that then they only die of old age and Cain was the only human that first killed a fellow human then, sickness and diseases were not heard of then. I believe that is what happened. |
Re: The Creation- How Compelling Is The Christian Narative? by jomoh: 12:50pm On Jun 28, 2015 |
omenka: Check this out \/ oyeludef: My take on all this is that, these people all lived closed to 1000years. You can only imagine how many children they can have in that time. If we can have today, people that live below 70years having more that 10 children with just one wife, then its possible for them to have hundreds of children before their deaths. 1 Like |
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