rs7, that story had an incredible climax. :eek: hehe i HATE when people say "divine intervention." as i've said previously in this thread, i watch the o'reilly factor. i remember after 9/11 when the world series was going on, for a while it looked like ny was going to win. i remember bill o'reilly said something like, it looks like divine intervention! (that ny was gonna win the world series after 9/11) well, turns out THEY DIDN'T WIN AND YOU NEVER HEARD O'REILLY MENTION IT. what happened to the divine intervention?!!?! what a bunch of bs!!!!!!! divine intervention = coincidence p.s. rs7, this rant is not directed at u! lol it's just that when i read divine intervention my fuse was ignited.
awesome, awesome, post breakin!!!! this is why the christians are actually debating this in the "are traders ethical" thread! lol so sad...so sad.
breakin wrote: >I just do not understand how christians on this site can be so literal in their reading of the bible--to go so far as to say the earth was made in 7 days and there were dinosaurs on the ark---< That shows you haven't really researched the bible. The earth was made in 6 days, God rested on the 7th--sabbath.
has anyone here noticed that the christians like to PICK AND CHOOSE what they like from the bible? some things they take literally, some things they don't. the reason for this is, the bible is so utterly RIDICULOUS taken for what it is. but they don't want to go to hell...so they still have to live by it..but it's too hard to live by it! so they have to pick it apart and twist it all around..........give it up!!!! us free thinkers see right through all this bs! and just so you know, another thing you're not getting away with are the NEW VERSIONS of the bible. see, even you know the bible doesn't make sense, so they change it a little bit and make a new version so that it doesn't interfere with science as much..and so that they can talk about it and sound a BIT less foolish.
Gekko, you know absolutely nothing about what you are talking about. You're trying to argue a topic with bits and pieces of knowledge.
That shows you haven't really researched the bible. The earth was made in 6 days, God rested on the 7th--sabbath.---by Thunderbolt Thunderbolt-- Sorry buddy go back and read your bible again. If you want to get technical with me we can do it The EARTH was fully made by the end of the 3rd day if you read genesis. But, that of course was not my point, go back and read my post, dont nitpick and lets discuss the bigger more important points I was making and lets not argue about exact wording.
Gordon...you really can't get too serious about this subject. Those who believe in their faith won't be dissuaded. Nor will those who do not believe. To me, it seems just impossible to follow any name brand religion to the letter. As you have pointed out, along with others, there are too many contradictions in the Bible, the Koran, the Torah, what ever source you read or study. If one were to take the teachings of the Bible totally by the letter, you would be committing a sin if you exceeded the speed limit. Or ran a stop sign. Breaking the laws of man is breaking the law of God. Also, the bible says that essentially God determines who gets to govern. So how can our government and Iraq's government (for example) both be God's will? Bottom line...there is no resolution to this issue. And that is why our government, in my opinion has a great thing going for it. The Bill of Rights. So we can all have our opinions and beliefs and state them and practice them, and not impose them on each other with force. Rs7