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Originally posted by Himbo
1. According to the bible the earth is 10,000 years old. However Carbon dating (that's with rocks) has proven that this earth is over 2 millions years old?
2. If God and Christians alike see homosexual behaviour as a sin then why does he make people gay? Why has it been proven that people who are homosexual have a slightly different chemical makeup or something. Like one extra of this or one less of this?
3. Why no mention of dinosaurs in the bible? How could Noah build a structure large enough to house ever single creature on the planet? When todya we couldn't build a structure so large and maintain it with all those animals for 40 days.
4. If you have to "confess your sins" and ask for forgivness how do children under the age of 4 get into heaven. If they can't ask for forginess do they all go to hell?
5. She told me some crap about some scientists actually making life out of nothing? I've tried to find that on the net but can't.
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1. First of Carbon dating putting the earth at 2 millions is way off base. Its assumed that the earth is (ballpark figure) 3-5 billion (correct me if I'm wrong). Further more according to the bible the earth would be closer to 5,000 years old. Yeah know, the part of the book that says the world is 5000 (or ten if you wanna split hairs) was written well over 2000 years ago, they weren't keen to our technology... I'll let it slide.
2. The bible is not a scientific manual, to read it as such is foolish. There is no real way of knowing. Outside of that I was taught that God loves all his children, if you wanna look at the Christian stance against homosexuality, there's a difference between being gay and acting on it.
3. refer to #1, Dinosaurs were around millions of years before Noah or Abraham.
4. Assuming you are baptised you are free of sin, further more many Christians believe in an "age of reason" (more specifically Catholics) which is 7. Its around that time that children are brought into the sacrament of reconciliation.
5. No clue...
As far as arguements about God's "age" and existence, my personal beliefs are that he exists outside of time and space. Time is a notion concieved by man, it is a measurement of planetary rotations and what not.