Thread: Happy 200th birthday Darwin!

Originally Posted by Wowbanger TIP

OK I got a good one, so if there was enough water to cover the whole Earth, right, so that would be, like, loads of water yeah? So right, since you can't, like, actually get rid of water and you'd need like maybe twice as much as there actually is now, right, so like, where is it now? Where's there enough water to cover Everest right now given that my feet are dry? Eh, what's with that?

You obviously didn't even look at the book link I linked to from a MIT PhD.

Originally Posted by Wowbanger TIP

It's 4 real man! Bizarre isn't it, like being connected through the net to, like, 1357.

Why are you talking like a 1980's American teenager?

Originally Posted by Tony Bennett

It wasn't against the law at the time. It is now

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Out of interest, was having sexual relations with your nine year old wife specifically against the law in the time of Mohammed? Genuine question, I would like to know the answer and I know you have a view on this.

Originally Posted by Tony Bennett

Not quite. About 1,650 years had elapsed from the Creation Week - and this time there were eight to replenish the earth - Noah, Japheth, Shem and Ham and their four wives.

These four wrote up the summary of the Flood event: Genesis 10 v. 1.

The Flood is a warning to us all. So Jesus Christ told us. And he died a cruel and unfair death at the hands of those He created so that those who believed on Him, and accepted they were sinners, could be redeemed.

Matthew 24 vv. 32-42

That is good news

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God brought the flood because he was angry with humans, so why did he wipe out nearly all the animals as well? What did they ever do to deserve His wrath?

Originally Posted by garth

That dinghy of Noahs must have been massive. Crikey he'd need to be about 900 years old to build it on his own.

Noah was 600 years old when he built it - quite a remarkable feat for one so old!

Originally Posted by For_England

You obviously didn't even look at the book link I linked to from a MIT PhD.

Is that all the missing water in your avatar? Is the Palestinian 'St George' pointing to it all up in the sky?



Only kidding you mate.

Originally Posted by Tony Bennett

Bible Questions Answered

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Question: "Was Satan the serpent in Genesis chapter 3?"

Answer: Yes, the serpent in Genesis chapter 3 was Satan.

Satan was either appearing as a serpent, possessing the serpent, or deceiving Adam and Eve into believing that it was the serpent who was talking to them.

Serpents/snakes do not possess the ability to speak.

Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 both describe Satan as a serpent. “He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years” (Revelation 20:2).

“The great dragon was hurled down -that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him” (Revelation 12:9).

While the Bible is not clear as to whether or not the serpent stood up or walked before the curse, it appears likely that like other reptiles it probably did walk on four legs. That would seem to be the best explanation of Genesis 3:14, "So the LORD God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.’”

The fact that the serpent was cursed to crawl on his belly and eat the dust of the earth forever is also a way if indicating that the serpent would be forever despised and looked upon as a vile and despicable creature and an object of scorn and contempt.

Why did God curse the serpent when He knew that it was actually Satan who had led Adam and Eve into sin? The fate of the serpent is an illustration. The curse of the serpent will one day be the fate of Satan himself (Revelation 20:10; Ezekiel 28:18-19).

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Are you scornful and contemptuous of all snakes Mr Bennett?

Can I also ask - if God created the universe and everything in it, why did He create Satan? And if He is more powerful than Satan (which I presume He is), then why does he not simply destoy Satan once and for all? What IS the point of allowing Satan to go around tempting the lovely lady you have just created from Adam's rib? I just don't get it - God's life (and ours) would be so much easier without that meddlesome, naughty Satan fella.

Well he would get bored if there was no Satan to deal with.

Can you imagine an eternal life with absolute power? Must get rather uninteresting after a while.