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C0ckney
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Big Up The Macedonian Massive
Apr 2000
time: 05:27
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oooh i can see this thread being 'fun'...
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MRT144
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Seattle Washington
Oct 2002
time: 21:27
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if satan planted fossils why is there no mention of that in genesis? surely god cant be proved to be infallible through his own silence...
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Rogan Josh
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Since I believe that God 'created stuff', I will answer your questions. Also, I will try and answer them off the top of my head, rather than going to look things up, since it would be a pretty pointless exercise then. (I presume this is to asses the knowledge of those who believe God 'created stuff').
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1. How old is the Universe? |
12-15 billion years or so
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2. How old is the Earth? |
4-5 billion years or so (more?)
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3. How old is life? |
ermm... this is a hard one. Perhaps 3-4 billion years or so?
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4. Was there a Flood? If there was, when? |
There have been lots of floods. Do you mean a flood which encompased the entire Earth? I know sea levels have been higher in the past, but I wouldn't think the entire Earth was covered. So that probably makes my answer No. There may have been a flood as described in the bible covering all the civilized world - I would put that at maybe 18 thousand years ago (maybe as a result of the ice-age thaw).
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5. Was there one Ice Age or more? When? |
I am fairly sure that there will have been more than one ice age. I gather recent research has shown the last one was around AD 1400-1900. The traditional 'ice-age' to which I presume you are refering was about 20,000 years ago I think.
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MRT144
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Seattle Washington
Oct 2002
time: 21:27
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im about to endulge in a bottle of merlot myself. its 9 am and im drinking...and i have a five olock shadom...and im half naked...
only bad can come from this
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MRT144
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Seattle Washington
Oct 2002
time: 21:27
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like a pavlovian dog...you salivate with the ringing of the bell (which in this case shirtless pics)
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C0ckney
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Big Up The Macedonian Massive
Apr 2000
time: 05:27
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newsmax forum has been dead for ages btw...
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Frogman
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I'm not a YEC, but I know several. I think Red answered the standard answers. I'm not sure about the ice age question. I'll find out on Sunday. What stunned me recently was finding out how prevalent the idea of the dinosaurs being on the ark is. The other stunning belief common to YEC is that prior to the flood, all creatures, including man, lions, tigers, T-Rex were vegetarian.
Jehovahs Witnesses believe a literal Bible but take the six days as being six creation periods of undefined length. The still believe the vegetarian thing though. It amazes me how many different interpretations there are of the same book by people who all claim it to be infallible.
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Sava
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GO GO GO!
Mar 2001
time: 23:27
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1. Always existed... matter in our region of the universe, I can't remember off the top of my head, but I believe around 20 billion years old. I don't believe the entire universe was created by a Big Bang, but rather localized big bangs once super-black holes reach some sort of critical mass.
2. Around 4-5 billion
3. Again, I forget, around 2 billion years I think
4. Many floods. The Noah flood probably occurred near the end of the last Ice Age. IIRC, I saw some sort of theory that the Mediterranean was once much smaller, but an influx of water from the Gibralter area caused a major flood. I'm not sure though.
5. Lots of Ice Ages, cyclical phenomenon.
I tend to believe that the Universe has always existed. The idea of a sentient creator just doesn't make sense. Nobody knows what life is, what causes it, or what happens when we die. I don't think our souls are eternal. There's a beginning to life, and an end.
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10-04-2003 19:46
red_jon youre on the funny tip today...did you get some last night?
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