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Thread ID: 93943	2008-10-07 21:29:00	Noahs Ark. Where did all the water go?	Happy Harry (321)	PC World Chat

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710489	2008-10-09 05:03:00	You all got it wrong, aliens built earth ...as a waste disposal unit and we are the workers. You nearly got it, Rob - we're actually the waste (present company excepted, of course), just passing through... :lol:	johcar (6283)
710490	2008-10-09 07:28:00	...or the bacteria hahaha	rob_on_guitar (4196)
710491	2008-10-10 21:58:00	Interesting notion the whole bible is poetry. Next I'll be told that nursery rhymes are all literal, like the cow jumping over the moon, the dish running away with a spoon. In relation to the bible though, could it not be possible that some is literal, some is a song, some as poetry, some as relevant to the events of the 'current day' (back some 2-4000 years ago), and some even with a 'hidden' meaning? If I said to some computer n00b "There's no place like 127.0.0.1", would they specifically know what 127.0.0.1 means? Most likely not, they could take a guess if they already knew the saying "Theres no place like home", but you get my drift. And the waters, I'm entitled to a varying opinion, just as much as everybody else here. Im of the belief that the waters are still the same waters now as there was previously. Same land too for that matter, just in a slightly different shape. Of course, your opinions can (and most probably will) vary. I for one am not going to force you to live life by what I view as ideals, standards & morales. Id also hazard a guess that the dinosaurs went on the Ark too, the verse quoted in Job sounds an aweful lot like a dinosaur to me, a Brontosaurus / Apatosaurus in fact: en.wikipedia.org Couldnt be a hippo? They have a pathetic little tail Same for an elephant... Giraffe? Nah, not really, doesnt fit the bill either End of the day, if you dont believe in the bible, then there's little point me saying this anyways. For what its worth, this could be quite an interesting read for some about that "behemoth": creationontheweb.com Or, did everything actually fit? See here: creationontheweb.com However, again, if you dont believe that what the bible says is true, thats your own choice and I for one will not try to force you to do things "my way".	Chilling_Silence (9)
710492	2008-10-11 05:12:00	That was one very, very, very, big ark that Noah built, good animal husbandry as well.	zqwerty (97)
710493	2008-10-11 09:36:00	That was one very, very, very, big ark that Noah built, good animal husbandry as well. Yeah funny how years later they couldn't keep an unsinkable ship afloat with quite a few less animals on board - but then Noah probably didn't need to worry about icebergs. But did the Ark have enough lifeboats I wonder??	Twelvevolts (5457)
710494	2008-10-11 13:34:00	All cultures have developed religions of varying degrees of sophisication to answer questions that their limited scientific knowledge could not explain, and Judaism from which Christianity developed was undoubtabley the most advanced. The Old testament is a collection of stories allegories and myths to explain to relatively uneducated primitive peoples, the fundamentals of the beliefs and culture of Judaism, and should be read in that light. In the cold glare of modern scientific and historical analysis, much of the bible does not stand up to rigorous scrutiny, however it is the basis of Christian faith, and faith is belief in what cannot be scientifically or historically proven. Few practising Christians other than hard core fundamentalists would categorically insist that the bible is totally factual and the word of God. For those who would knock Christianity and the belief of Christians, may I offer the following definition of a christian: "Someone who lives their life by Christ's example" No dogma, no partisanship, no denominational differences and disagreements- utopian in concept, but if people actually did this, or sincerely tried to do so then the world would be a far better place	KenESmith (6287)
710495	2008-10-11 18:54:00	Yeah funny how years later they couldn't keep an unsinkable ship afloat with quite a few less animals on board - but then Noah probably didn't need to worry about icebergs . But did the Ark have enough lifeboats I wonder?? Why didnt god just wipe the whole lot and miracled the life back? Some people are so difficult .	rob_on_guitar (4196)
710496	2008-10-11 21:33:00	As I understand it the earth is a giant experiment of the white mice. I'm certainly no Christian and have no belief in an all seeing all dancing higher being but I do have personal values that are quite similar to Christian values yet as I said I'm not and not a believer either. I'm not a total believer in the evolution thing either but do see that since some animals have obviously evolved I lean more towards it.	gary67 (56)
710497	2008-10-11 23:56:00	Interesting notion the whole bible is poetry . Next I'll be told that nursery rhymes are all literal, like the cow jumping over the moon, the dish running away with a spoon . Nobody said that because it was poetry it was all inaccessible . There's lots of poetry that talks about real events in real terms . . . Bob Dylan anyone? But if it was just the literal truth, then who would need to interpret? If it were the absolute literal truth then interpretation would be blasphemy . Find me a religious person that believes that . Structured religion would just be an institution for policing biblical laws and commandments . Also, the fact that it started out mostly in Aramaic, moved through Greek, then Latin . Some went through German with Luther, and then wastranslated into English by various people . It's a confusing Chinese whisper of a book, which was written in the language of people at that point in time .	Thebananamonkey (7741)
710498	2008-10-12 10:50:00	All cultures have developed religions of varying degrees of sophisication to answer questions that their limited scientific knowledge could not explain, and Judaism from which Christianity developed was undoubtabley the most advanced. The Old testament is a collection of stories allegories and myths to explain to relatively uneducated primitive peoples, the fundamentals of the beliefs and culture of Judaism, and should be read in that light. In the cold glare of modern scientific and historical analysis, much of the bible does not stand up to rigorous scrutiny, however it is the basis of Christian faith, and faith is belief in what cannot be scientifically or historically proven. Few practising Christians other than hard core fundamentalists would categorically insist that the bible is totally factual and the word of God. So, going by that you could march into any Church in the land and everyone (apart from a few) in there would agree that Noah's ark never happened, Adam and Eve never existed, there was no apple Moses made up the ten commandments, and that Mary was a hussy not a virgin. And God never interfered or spoke to man as is described numerous times in the First Testament. etc etc etc. All great fun of course, But the complete opposite of everything I was ever "taught" at Church where all these things were considered to be 100 percent true.	Metla (12)
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