DBT
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Being mauled by a bear doesn't give one a good chance of survival. Plus the point is that it is God who responds with violence.
I wonder in the story if 42 boys all said "Get out of here, baldy!" BTW 2 Kings 2:24 says 42 in the group were mauled which implies some of them weren't.Being mauled by a bear doesn't give one a good chance of survival. Plus the point is that it is God who responds with violence.
A scene from the event. The noise of 42 iWatches must have been spooky.I wonder in the story if 42 boys all said "Get out of here, baldy!" BTW 2 Kings 2:24 says 42 in the group were mauled which implies some of them weren't.Being mauled by a bear doesn't give one a good chance of survival. Plus the point is that it is God who responds with violence.
This is just too funny.Change your avatar, I implore you. The sight of an unattractive, caricaturised figure is not pleasing to my eyes. I do not like ugly people.
Gosh, I remember seeing that exact image before in an apologetics camp. There's an entire animated cartoon segment in fact.It's a false dichotomy. Maybe man decides truth, maybe not. But it's a demonstrable truth that we don't have God's Word (or, if we do, it's so deeply buried in bullshit that it's unrecoverable), so if God's Word ever was truth, we are unable to access it - unless we accept the decisions of men about which stuff is God's Word, and which ain't.@bilby
Here's another version of the Answers in Genesis illustration:
It is about the foundations of “Man Decides Truth” vs “God’s Word Is Truth”.Maturing the Message
The creation message has matured over the past three decades, as the discernment and understanding of creationist leaders has matured.answersingenesis.org
Your reasoning is a form of "man decides truth". Though I don't really believe in the God of the Bible so I'd also be guilty of "man decides truth".
Both sides of the dichotomy depend on man deciding truth. The question we have to ask ourselves is whether we want to trust our personal judgment, or submit to the judgment of other men (whose track record is abysmal).
I can't get guidance from God, and I won't accept that Ken Ham is a suitable substitute. Or the Pope, or the Chief Imam, or the Dalai Lama, or the King of England, or, well, anyone else in charge of a religious group.
I used to look almost the same in high school though my hair was wavy rather than curly. Ugly people are a natural part of life.Change your avatar, I implore you. The sight of an unattractive, caricaturised figure is not pleasing to my eyes. I do not like ugly people.
You aren't ugly. You're normal.I used to look almost the same in high school though my hair was wavy rather than curly. Ugly people are a natural part of life.Change your avatar, I implore you. The sight of an unattractive, caricaturised figure is not pleasing to my eyes. I do not like ugly people.
But were you a mouth breather?You aren't ugly. You're normal.
Change the hair and style of glasses and that could be me in 1980.
Tom
It's from Ken Ham's "The Genesis Solution" (37:52)Gosh, I remember seeing that exact image before in an apologetics camp. There's an entire animated cartoon segment in fact.
Arguably...But were you a mouth breather?You aren't ugly. You're normal.
Change the hair and style of glasses and that could be me in 1980.
Tom
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,
and the Lord will reward you.
Kindness is invincible, but only when it's sincere, with no hypocrisy or faking. For what can even the most malicious person do if you keep showing kindness, and, if given the chance, you gently point out where they went wrong--right as they are trying to harm you?
On the topic of verses that seem contradictory I think extreme examples are in:Who's says any verse should be ignored? If a verse seems contradictory against many other verses, that suggests the opposite -then it must mean the issue is a contextual one. If one wants to convince people into becoming new converts...why leave verses that seem conflicting in the bible, in the first place? It would be better to simply omit them.
I would ask.. which out of all the ancient nations were harshest? Was God of the bibles laws that bad in comparison to the nations who had different traditions, blood sacrifices etc. of the time?About Number 15 - it seems like God is harsh - though I've heard it said that it's about the law and the old covenant or something