Cool, I was hoping that another meaty discussion would come forth...and boy, does this day need cool things!
That program "Chasing God" was also crap for another reason: They didnt speak to God! There are lots of Gods alive today, not just Messiahs and Prophets. Fully fledged Avatars. Come to think of it, they didnt speak to any Messiahs or Prophets either
The 77-year-old Jehovah has more than 25 wives, some as young as 16, who have produced his 95 children. His religion, with an estimated 1,000 people, has existed for more than 40 years and is currently registered under the name of "Lost Israelites".
After the Upper House Election, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should hand the seat of the Prime Minister to Jesus Matayoshi, the one true God. If he cannot, he should cut his belly and die. Jesus Matayoshi, the one true God, will throw him into the fiery depths of hell. The reason is that before you kill another person you should die yourself. The same goes to those voters who do not vote for Jesus Matayoshi, the one true God. You will understand the specific reason in election advertisements.
Legend had it that there was a clutch of villages on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu which - as bizarre as it may seem - worshipped Prince Philip as a god.
I was reading a book today and i realised that the Bible and science sort of agree with each other about the age of the earth and the universe.
It says in the bible the earth was created in seven days, But it also says that to god, time doesn't exist. 7 days was just a way of making it comprehensible to us.
Going by that the earth very well could be so many millions of years old that it has been said to be.
Your thoughts?
Which book?Just curious.
We can also understand years and decades etc so it's insulting our intelligence to say that seven days was a way of making it comprehensible
I'm still trying to work out what you're saying here.....and the old 'going by that...' argument is chocker full of assumptions.See above
One of them is called The next world war, Its about the conflict between the middle east and the western world.
Its not insulting, I dont know everything and i dont know why it was put in days but i guess thats what was chosen.
To put it in better terms, A lot of things in the bible coincide with scientific findings.
Theres really no reason why you cant believe two things. I believe quite a lot of the research that has come about but im also christian.
Were they Rabbis or Mullahs?Japanese who say they are the descendants of Jesus
The best thing about Finance Minister Bill English\'s latest Budget is that it does finally signal a much greater role for the private sector in the New Zealand economy. And another step along the way to extract this country from the political cul-de-sac in which Helen Clark\'s Labour Government parked us.
stuff he said in his long post
It just seems like an 'arbitrary' time to me..."how long did it take him, again?""Oh, about a week"
Very nice read there krash The link I posted about 70+ pages back from New Scientist also argues that religious belief and faith do not have a negative effect on practitioners. I'll try and find it again.
Bla bla bla bla change the topic and miss the point
not understand Bell analogy and miss Bell's point
Sick of going in circles and is feeling dizzy
EFF
...To suggest the word 'theory' should no longer be used due to the misunderstanding of its true meaning by the public is tantamount to the idea that "it must be right because so many people think that way".I am actually pleased that evolution opponents say "it's only a theory..." - it gives me a talking point n class, and no student leaving my class would dare to show their scientific ignorance in this way. I warn students to beware of arguments with "scientists believe..." or "it is only a theory..." as it usually means that whatb follows is unlikely to have a scientific basis.....
The reason that the number 7 comes up a lot in the Bible is that there is an error in the translation. The translation for the number 7 should actually be read as "Many" rather than 7.
The latest issue of COSMOS magazine (which is a good 'entry-level' Science magazine from Australia) has a letter which I will quote parts of:So, it appears that my post calling someone ignorant was deleted because of some perceived 'abuse', when in fact, given the evidence, it was an entirely justified call. :rnr:
Superstitions were demonstrated with human subjects when presses on one button were reinforced on a VI 30-sec schedule while presses on a second were never reinforced. Superstitious responding, on the second button, was often maintained because presses on that button were frequently followed by reinforcement for a subsequent press on the first button. The introduction of a changeover delay (COD), which separated in time presses on the second button and subsequent reinforced presses on the first button, reduced or eliminated the superstitious responding of these subjects. Some complex superstitions were also demonstrated with other subjects for which the COD was in effect from the beginning of the session
Italy's highest appeals court ruled that a 42-year-old workman broke the law by "ostentatiously touching his genitals through his clothing" and must pay a 200 euro fine, the Telegraph reported Friday. The U.K. paper also noted that crotch-grabbing is a common habit among superstitious Italian males, who believe the gesture wards off bad luck. What does the crotch have to do with luck?
The trouble with numbersUntil quite recently, 13 was considered a lucky number in Italy—or was thought to be as harmless as other digits. According to Catholic tradition, however, there were 13 people at the table during the Last Supper, and Jesus was crucified on Friday the 13th. Thus, Italy has adopted the popular European belief that 13 invites as much misfortune as the country’s traditionally unlucky number—17. The reasoning behind 17’s stigma is twofold. If you re-arrange the Roman numeral XVII, it spells the Latin word vixi, a phrase often inscribed on tombs and gravestones. It translates as ‘he lived’ and is considered a sure-fire way to tempt death to come to your doorstep. The digits 1 and 7 also evoke fatal imagery—the one represents a hanged man, while the seven recalls the gallows.
Seven is just a magic number, not necessarily lucky. In the Bible there are all sorts of sevens. For example, when Joseph prophesies for the pharaoh, he tells him there will be seven lean years and seven years of plenty. Those seven lean years are not a good thing! When the Bible tells about bad stuff, it's often in multiples of seven. Some stuff will go on happening for seven generations, or even for seven times seven generations! That's forty-nine, in case you forgot your times table (I forget mine periodically). If I felt more ambitious, I'd go through more books of the Bible and I'd give you a lot more examples, but this ought to make the point. If you're interested, you can read the Bible through yourself and you can make the count yourself. Just make a little list of all the numbers and what they're for, how many are good things and how many are bad. I think you'll find that whoever did the writings just liked certain numbers like 3 and 7 and 12, but they didn't care for certain other numbers, like 5 and 8 and you won't find those other numbers very often.
Numerology in the BibleBiblical numerology is symbolism portrayed through numbers in the Bible.[6] Many numbers in the Bible, especially in the book of Daniel and Revelation, contain symbolic meaning, but the majority of the numbers only portray their literal, mathematic connotations, devoid of any symbolic significance.[citation needed]A well known example of Bible numerology is 666, the Number of the Beast.[7]Leading figures in the study of numerology in the Bible include E. W. Bullinger, the author of Number in Scripture,[8], who had been influenced by Dr Milo Mahan's book Palmoni; [9] and Ivan Panin who produced numeric patterns that he claimed to be found in the Bible. Panin's patterns are sometimes called Bible Numerology.[edit] Number 3The number three is symbolic of "completeness," or "divine perfection".[10][11][12] Examples include, the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) being God and Christ was dead for 3 days before being resurrected. Also, the three sons of the god Cronos. (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades.)[edit] Number 7The number 7 in Hebrew comes from the root word to mean "complete" or "full".[10][11] It is taken to mean "spiritual perfection".[13] This may be from the 7 naked-eye planets.[edit] Number 10Ten denotes ordinal perfection[10][11][14][edit] Number 12This number 12 is considered significant as representing Government and "Twelve denotes governmental perfection";[10][11][15] There are 12 months governing a year, 2 cycles of 12 to govern the day and night, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 Olympians and 12 Uranides in the Greek pantheon, and 12 apostles established by Jesus to govern the body of his church - fulfilling the Great Commission (Mark 16:15), and the Roman decemvirs wrote laws called the Twelve Tables.[edit] Specific criticism of Bible numerologyCritics of Bible numerology note that there is no command in scripture to pursue numerology: "Neither the Catholic Canon of 73 books nor the 66 books of the Protestant Bible contains a single scriptural command or encouragement for Christian believers to practice biblical numerology."[16][17]
Can't see any deletions for the previous 3 pages.You should be called Paranoid Duck.
Where did you get that assumption from? Seven is the number of God, Three is the Holy Trinity, Six is Hell/Satan and Four is Man. I'm not sure on One, Two, and Five but I'm sure Google will help me in seconds.
