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I can guess a reply to this:

God's thought are not our thoughts, his ways are not our ways, we cannot presume to even understand them.

Of course, this is after ppl have spent many posts telling me exactly what God thinks and how he does things.

panthress:
God created us on da 6th day, noah took everyyyyyyyy animal, male n female species inside the ark.
Evolution is not a possibility it is not a fact, we never evolved

On the 6th day of what? Some people claim it was six 24 hour days, others claim a few hundred million years. . . If you will claim a few hundred million years or some other number to MATCH what scientists predict about evolution, that is tantamount to suggesting evolution is correct. . and God just happened to be "watching" over it or guiding it. Essentially, they are attempting to coopt evolution and use it as a tool of God.

For those who claim six 24 hour days . . . if God is so awesome and powerful, why did it take more than and infinitesimally small amount of time for him to do it. If I had all power in my hands and I'm perfect, why would I spend time to do anything? Its not like I'm going to make a mistake.

panthress:
God created us on da 6th day, noah took everyyyyyyyy animal, male n female species inside the ark.
Evolution is not a possibility it is not a fact, we never evolved

panthress:
what r those monkeys called and why arent there bones n rubbish and dude what do u believe in God or u an atheist?

Well, archaeologists have found bones of australopithecines, "Lucy" being one of the most well known examples, Cro-Magnons, and other prehistoric humans - that is what some of the "monkeys" have been called. Beyond homo erectus, we have not found that much fossil evidence - it is really far into the past. . . and the chances of us finding this evidence is very slim.

However, where is your proof of Noah's ark? You cannot even show me a piece of it, I can direct you to where you can view the remains of "Lucy".

panthress:
hmm, americans r british, they did not evolve or somethin they juz moved there, the reel americans r da native indians n cherokee n pplz like that.
people say we evolve from monkeys, if humans date back to a longggggggggg time ago, not quite sure when and can't be bothered to check. monkeys shld be dead from now and their shld be somethin to show that we evolved from em.

he said that the "monkeys" we evolved from ARE dead - all currently living monkeys evolved from those "monkeys" as well.

I don't think that is true. Sure, in movies that seems to be the case, but I think in real life, the vast majority of wives get along with their mothers-in-law.

chrisd:
Allonym, I think I am authority on the matter of measurement.

by being the authority on measurement. . . is this a reference to being a physicist?

nferyn:
---- OFF TOPIC RANT ---

allonym vs. chrisd, an engineer vs. a physicist
Let's get this party started

I always like the part where the physcist calls the civvie shallow Maybe it's a dimensional problem

And where do you fit into this? What field are you in?

B.t.w. - i didn't know that you (chrisd) were a physicist

nferyn - if you use b.t.w. without the separators (in this case, dots), it gets expanded into "between"

I don't see why a guy can't set as a criterion for the woman he marries that she gets along with his mom.

chrisd:
About 1500 years. Anyway, the Bible is not supposed to be error free, but it is supposed to be accurate.

accuracy is by definition error free - or with minimal error

precision - a series of measurements that are very close but off by some baseline amount.

So, I guess we should expect the bible to be precise, not accurate. . . but its not even that

nferyn:
I am very empty... empty stomach, empty wallet, ...
There's a fix for that though

lol you know what i meant. . .

the bible has been modified to fit the agenda's of the various churches.

knowing this, one must take it with grains of salt - its been a couple thousand years since anyone could possibly claim the bible is error free with a straight face.

- actually, it could be more than a couple thousand. . .

nferyn:
How then do you know what the real teachings of Jesus were?

i doubt you will get an answer to this. . .i ask it all the time.

nferyn:
I must confess... Finally my devious plan has been uncovered.... Finally someone has popped up with the wit and foresight to see through my satanic intentions...
at last my witchcraft has been exposed ... I am who I am

Whoa, nferyn. . .I never would've guessed. ..

donnie:
I agree with you dear. It is that feeling of emptiness in every ungodly person inspite of all of lifes 'pleasures' that God wants to occupy with his love and presence.

this requires an incorrect assumption that people who don't believe in God have some "emptiness" in their lives

i did, and nobody has actually posted anything about th topic which is: The NBC ban of unverified TV miracles in Nigeria

i thought it was a ban on unverified miracles.

Someone either let me know if I'm wrong or let me know why I should believe a potentially false miracle?

what does a parent being gay have to do with their children's sexuality?

I doubt that it is anybody's worst nightmare, unless they are some really ignorant or hypocritical.

ocho:
@nferyn :She/he made the fact that she/he was talking about "premarital sex" quite clear!!

Umm. . . Nobody is disputing that.

what is eww or gross about this?

Nobody mentioed how old the woman is. . .she could be 80 to the man's 100.

I suppose you'all find it gross when two people over 80 get married?

Seriously, what is wrong with this situation? A man marries a woman. . happens everyday. The woman is a widow. . happnes a lot. The woman's husband was his son. . . rare. . but I can't see anything wrong with this either. I can't even think of any culture that finds this wrong.

maybe lawyers and medical professionals are already crazy

I don't see how marrying another electrical engineer could possibly drive me crazy. I sometimes waste hours talking about some project or concept or idea with one of my best friends - same major, field, almost identical interests. . . I can't see how it would ever get to be too much.

I have family members who are married, same profession, and worked in the same organization. Since one was the founder, clearly the other worked underneath. I doubt they much problems with that arrangement.

I don't see how being in the same profession would affect time spent with children or housekeeping any more than being in different demanding jobs. Unless people are suggesting that one person be a lawyer and the other be a math tutor. . . there is going to be job combinations that would keep both partners away from the home at critical moments.

All the issues that were brought up should can be resolved by open minded clear thinking loving partners. If they are having major problems, the only issue I could see cropping up from working in the same place is that they take their arguments to work and it results in one or both of them getting fired.

if i were a lot more fiscally responsible, I would demand my spouse's paycheck. I don't see anything wrong with that. Its certainly been done for years by both men and women. Sometimes the one who surrenders the paycheck has to go and ask for money when they want something - that is the sacrifice when you have someone else manage your finances.

i doubt women are chained in their homes unable to go do things nowdays. If you see someone at home, that is probably where she wants to be.

AbbeyMarie:
I have you all a question. So, many of us here are trying to prove that there is a God and that he exists. nferyn, said (on like the 2nd page or something.) "Give me evidence that can withstand scientifical scrutiny and I will believe." and I need to ask this. Does anyone have "evidence that can withstand scientifical scrutiny" that there isn't a God? Can you all prove, to your own standards, that there is no God? If so, may i dare ask what that evidence is? and if not, why then would you choose to believe that there is no God? Because to believe that there is no God... I'm assuming then that you would believe that we go nowhere when we die, or we are reborn. If this is the case, why do we have morals? why should we care if we murder someone or not? They would be reborn anyway! Or, they wouldn't have any place better to go at least. Why should we care if we steal? It doesn't really matter! We have no punishment for it, except maybe being a dog or a snail for a lifetime or two. Please someone answer this for me. Thank you.

No, there isn't similar proof for the non existence of God. As a result, anyone who requires proof one way or the other can believe whatever they want.

Its like whether or not you believe in the existence of aliens on some other planet we have not yet discovered. There is no evidence either way, however, people still think aliens exist or some people think they dont (even though there is no evidence that would say so).

Now, why do we have morals. . . - well, your question assumes that we have morals because we want to be "good" in this life to avoid "punishment" in another. While that may be a factor depending on your religion, there is another reason.

Basically, you want to be good because. . .its the right thing to do. For the survival of the human race, it behooves all of us to be nice decent people. If we all rampage around killing, we'd all soon be wiped out. Many people spend their lives working to improve conditions for future generations. Doesn't that suggest a motivation for being "good" that does not require the threat of some after death punishment or reward. There are lots of reasons in this life to be "good". There typically is only 1 reason for those who believe in an afterlife, heaven vs hell.