Bible and slavery wrote:
I am assuming that you are relying on dating methods such as carbon 14. Carbon 14 has a half-life of only 5,730 years. This means an object 5,730 years old should have only half the amount of carbon 14 in ratio to carbon 12 as a new object. It is more reliable when used on things that were once living. Take a look at Mt St Helens. It erupted in 1980, and carbon 14 dating showed these 'new volcanic rocks" as hundreds of thousands to millions of years old!
There are many forms of radiometric dating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiometric_dating#Modern_dating_methodsUranium-lead dating can date rocks with a margin of error of 2 million years in every 2 billion years.
Bible and slavery wrote:
Contrary to evolutionary belief, the age of the fossils is not determined by radiometric dating. Fossils of animals, for example, are formed when animals are buried quickly and under tremendous pressure, so that their bones, remains, and imprint are preserved in rock. If living things are not buried quickly and under enormous pressure their remains will decay rather than become preserved or fossilized. Evolution assumes that fossil strata was formed over hundreds of millions of years.
There are several different ways organisms become fossilized.
Bible and slavery wrote:
You mean ark. Perhaps the animals were all young and in the infant stage, perhaps they were put into hibernation during their time on the ark. Assuming all marine life stayed in the water. Just some theories on my part.
There are 30,000 species of spider and 300,000 species of beetle before we even discuss all the other animals on the surface of the Earth. The largest zoo in the world doesn't feature 0.1% of all the species on Earth. Naturalists realized this 400 years ago. There's no way any vessel could exist that could collect and house a specimen of every species on Earth. These people couldn't figure out why Native Americans brought rattlesnakes with them to the Americas but not horses or other useful animals. And then you've got the genetic bottleneck. Having only two specimens means many species will below the minimum viable population level:
An MVP of 500 to 1,000 has often been given as an average for terrestrial vertebrates when inbreeding or genetic variability is ignored. When inbreeding effects are included, estimates of MVP for many species are in the thousands.
4) Shows up in the middle east, literally least educated part of the world at that time. China and Egypt have the ability to do math, read, write, why not show up there [/quote]
Bible and slavery wrote:
Huh? Noah's family repopulated the world after they got off the ark. There was no civilization. It was wiped out, except for the 8 people on the ark: Noah, his wife, sons Shem, Ham and Japeth and their wives.
Incest and inbreeding. Terrestrial vertebrates need at least a few thousand individuals, accounting for inbreeding, to have a viable chance at long term survival.
I should also add that there are species like the passenger pigeon which used communal breeding and required large numbers on individuals to mate and reproduce. Once the population got below a critical level, it was impossible for the species to survive.
Bible and slavery wrote:
Noah and his sons were commanded by God to multiply and replenish the whole earth. Two articles that discuss genetics:
https://gracethrufaith.com/ask-a-bible-teacher/did-we-all-come-from-noahs-sons/reation.com/noah-and-genetics
He made it clear that we can trace our lineage back to an original group of 10,000 humans. Not eight.
[quote]Bible and slavery wrote:
History shows than man either refused to obey God, create their own gods/idols or reject that there is a God.
You have to first demonstrate that there is a god against which to rebel.
Bible and slavery wrote:
One of the men who was crucified along with Christ asked, "remember me when You come into Your kingdom.†And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.†Luke 23:42,43
What makes you think he said that? It was written decades after Jesus's life.
Bible and slavery wrote:
The Apostle Paul before he became a Christian (Saul of Tarsus) was a Pharisee who despised and persecuted Christians and is believed to have attended the execution of Steven. He also had blood on has hands, but was forgiven by accepting the Lord. It is very clear in the Bible that the only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ. Good works alone is not enough. As for Ted Bundy, sure he was evil and all Christians will have to account for their actions at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Read more about it here
http://www.gty.org/resources/questions/QA97/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-judgement-seat-of-christ
Paul had a seizure on his way to Damascus and interpreted this as a heavenly vision.
Bible and slavery wrote:
You are asking for the meaning of life. As we grow older, we realize the value in considering the interests of others over ourselves. For the Christian, our purpose is to glorify God, the reason we are here is for God's glory. There are those who will not like this. There are those who will deny that God has made us. When we do what we think is right in our own eyes, we often make mistakes, especially when we deny God.
I shouldn't lie, should I? I can no more believe in a supernatural being than I can believe in dwarves living on Venus. Give me some reliable evidence and I will change my mind.
Bible and slavery wrote:
As a christian I prefer to see how I live my life in a way that is consistent with the teachings of Jesus. I never judge how others live their lives. To each their own is my philosophy. However, if someone were to ask me about my faith in the Lord and would like to learn more about it, then I will share what I know.
That's very fair of you.
It is difficult to understand the "every religion in the world is wrong except mine" perspective. Christians believe the Bible because the Bible says that it is the world of God and because of how it makes them feel. Muslims believe the Qur'an because it says that it was dictated by Gabriel to Muhammed and thus is divine. Cat Stevens was given a qur'an and then nearly drowned, but called out to God to save him, and he survived so of course that was God sending him a message that, yes, his divine message is revealed in the Qur'an. Or the family in the Philippines whose entire home burned down, all except for the Book of the Mormon, which miraculously survived the fire. Clearly, this was God telling them that the Book of the Mormon is his revealed word. How can you argue with that?