RE: [MMouse]: sunny day christians

1999-12-01 Thread Mark Robbins

i believe the world is probably around 10,000 years old.
it can't be undoubtedly proven that it is older

Maintaining an ignorance is not the same as making a proof.  With about
three calculations I could show you that the world is quite older than
10,000 years.

Mark

I'm sorry about the phone call, and needing you, some decisions you
don't make.  I guess its just like breathing but not wanting to, ya
there are some things that you can't fake.
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  what do you mean "supposedly the world is 2000 years old"?

 phrased wrong..supposedly ONLY 2000 years old...which is bullshit, since
 it's millions of years old if not more :P

hmm.  i am a christian.  i believe the bible.  i also believe in the
creation theory.  i believe the world is probably around 10,000 years old.
it can't be undoubtedly proven that it is older, just like it can't be
undoubtedly proven that the evolution theory is correct, just like it can't
be undoubtedly proven that the creation theory is correct.

ben, i know you're dying.
johnny.



Re: [MMouse]: sunny day christians

1999-12-01 Thread Dustin Summers

thats what im trying to find out

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 "Supposedly ONLY 2000 years old" to whom?



 On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, amy wolf wrote:

  what do you mean "supposedly the world is 2000 years old"?

 phrased wrong..supposedly ONLY 2000 years old...which is bullshit, since
 it's millions of years old if not more :P
 - amy



 



Re: [MMouse]: sunny day christians

1999-12-01 Thread amy wolf

fundamentalists, orthodox jews, 'biblical literalists'
i mean maybe the 2000 is an exaggeration.  i think some people think it's
like 55,000 years old, but even still, i'm pretty sold on the whole
millions of years old idea ;)  maybe it's because of lack of faith in the
bible but i can't accept that God invented our Earth that soon of a time
ago.  what about dinosaurs?  are they made up?  has anyone seen a bird? 
has anyone seen animals?  plants?  i look at these extinct animals; i look
at these evolved animals and i think "oh my god they resemble something
less evolved millions of years ago."  i can't accept that these old old
creatures don't even exist and that these old creatures didn't have an
impact on how life is now.
- amy


 
 "Supposedly ONLY 2000 years old" to whom?



RE: [MMouse]: sunny day christians

1999-12-01 Thread Mark Robbins

Using the geneology of Christ as a guide, the history of man was traced back
to adam and eve(the geneology is in Matthew..i believe) taking into account
the ages of the people mentioned..fundamentalists calculated the creation
date to have happend about 6000 years ago
This is however ridiculous..since according to the bible Moses was said to
be over 700 years old when he died..and that is only one instance of
incredible longevity among many.


Mark

I'm sorry about the phone call, and needing you, some decisions you
don't make.  I guess its just like breathing but not wanting to, ya
there are some things that you can't fake.
VM19085475090


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fundamentalists, orthodox jews, 'biblical literalists'
i mean maybe the 2000 is an exaggeration.  i think some people think it's
like 55,000 years old, but even still, i'm pretty sold on the whole
millions of years old idea ;)  maybe it's because of lack of faith in the
bible but i can't accept that God invented our Earth that soon of a time
ago.  what about dinosaurs?  are they made up?  has anyone seen a bird?
has anyone seen animals?  plants?  i look at these extinct animals; i look
at these evolved animals and i think "oh my god they resemble something
less evolved millions of years ago."  i can't accept that these old old
creatures don't even exist and that these old creatures didn't have an
impact on how life is now.
- amy



 "Supposedly ONLY 2000 years old" to whom?



Re: [MMouse]: sunny day christians

1999-12-01 Thread amy wolf

 I think you are confusing the year 2000 with what (as you say)
 :"fundamentalists, orthodox jews, 'biblical literalists'" believe. You
have
 heard of (as I'm sure they have) B.C. right? We're only 2000 years into
A.D. 
 nobody I have ever heard of is claiming that was the beginning.

well you asked me what people believe this, and i told you.  they seem to
think that just because it's A.D. now that that has some significance in
our actual evolution and the environment, and i don't think it does. 
that's a ridiculous notion, but some people honestly believe this and those
are some of the people who do as i've read/heard directly from the
voices/seen.
- amy



Re: [MMouse]: sunny day christians

1999-12-01 Thread Kate M.

If this means anything to anyone, the Pope admitted to the scientific 
viability of evolution about...5 years ago, I think. Homeboy basically said 
that Christians can't keep on fooling themselves as to the reality of 
evolution.
I did a research project on the creation/evolution argument in my 
anthropolgy and gealogy courses last year, and from all of the information I 
gathered on it, evolution came out to be *so* much the more realistic 
option.
Which in no way excludes theistic evolution (the idea that God sparked 
evolution and oversees its progress); one can continue believing in the 
Bible without having to dismiss all of the scientific evidence that the 
earth is probably about 3 billion years old (if memory serves me 
correctly..which is doubtful). If you're willing to take parts of the Bible 
figuratively, ie, that maybe "7 days" to God is more like...3.5 billion 
years...there's really no point in questioning science or religion.
I'm probably far too willing to buy into happy mediums, but theistic 
evolution just makes sense to me. And apparently John Paul has no problem 
with it, either. Now, on the issue of birth control...

From: "amy wolf" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [MMouse]: sunny day christians
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 12:45:00 -0600

fundamentalists, orthodox jews, 'biblical literalists'
i mean maybe the 2000 is an exaggeration.  i think some people think it's
like 55,000 years old, but even still, i'm pretty sold on the whole
millions of years old idea ;)  maybe it's because of lack of faith in the
bible but i can't accept that God invented our Earth that soon of a time
ago.  what about dinosaurs?  are they made up?  has anyone seen a bird?
has anyone seen animals?  plants?  i look at these extinct animals; i look
at these evolved animals and i think "oh my god they resemble something
less evolved millions of years ago."  i can't accept that these old old
creatures don't even exist and that these old creatures didn't have an
impact on how life is now.
- amy



  "Supposedly ONLY 2000 years old" to whom?


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Re: [MMouse]: sunny day christians

1999-11-30 Thread amy wolf

 I think people that are anti-Christian are just as silly as people who
are 
 anti-non-Christians (if you can think of a better way to say that, please

 say so). A lot of people I know have come to this bizarre conclusion that

 anyone who has a profound belief is either ignorant or hateful or both.

yeah, i think my mom was smart by telling me at a young enough age that
refusing to believe that there's a highest power is equally ignorant as
people who refuse to believe that there might not be a highest power.  from
what i understand, it's been confirmed that there was a jesus, but whether
or not he was a higher power is unclear.  there's nothing uncool about
being open minded to a higher power, the only thing that's uncool is
refusing to see another person's POV about an existing power.
- amy, sorta stuck in the middle.

oh...if any of you have ever heard of pantheism, it's kind of intriguing to
me.  it's a theory that nature is actually our God.  makes sense when you
think about it.  supposedly the world is 2000 years old ...but says who? 
our earth has been around for millions of years, and the one thing that
truly keeps us all from croaking is our earth.  without evolution in our
environment, animals, plants, blah blah..none of us would even exist.




Re: [MMouse]: sunny day christians

1999-11-30 Thread Dustin Summers

what do you mean "supposedly the world is 2000 years old"? 

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Subject: Re: [MMouse]: sunny day christians
Date: Tue, Nov 30, 1999, 7:58 PM


 I think people that are anti-Christian are just as silly as people who
 are
 anti-non-Christians (if you can think of a better way to say that, please

 say so). A lot of people I know have come to this bizarre conclusion that

 anyone who has a profound belief is either ignorant or hateful or both.

 yeah, i think my mom was smart by telling me at a young enough age that
 refusing to believe that there's a highest power is equally ignorant as
 people who refuse to believe that there might not be a highest power.  from
 what i understand, it's been confirmed that there was a jesus, but whether
 or not he was a higher power is unclear.  there's nothing uncool about
 being open minded to a higher power, the only thing that's uncool is
 refusing to see another person's POV about an existing power.
 - amy, sorta stuck in the middle.

 oh...if any of you have ever heard of pantheism, it's kind of intriguing to
 me.  it's a theory that nature is actually our God.  makes sense when you
 think about it.  supposedly the world is 2000 years old ...but says who?
 our earth has been around for millions of years, and the one thing that
 truly keeps us all from croaking is our earth.  without evolution in our
 environment, animals, plants, blah blah..none of us would even exist.


 



RE: [MMouse]: sunny day christians

1999-11-30 Thread johnny

  what do you mean "supposedly the world is 2000 years old"?

 phrased wrong..supposedly ONLY 2000 years old...which is bullshit, since
 it's millions of years old if not more :P

hmm.  i am a christian.  i believe the bible.  i also believe in the
creation theory.  i believe the world is probably around 10,000 years old.
it can't be undoubtedly proven that it is older, just like it can't be
undoubtedly proven that the evolution theory is correct, just like it can't
be undoubtedly proven that the creation theory is correct.

ben, i know you're dying.
johnny.