Believing there was a global-scale catastrophe goes hand in hand with believing there's a higher power, and the catastrophe was "divinely miraculous". Therefor the "logical problems" wouldn't have been a "problem" due to divine intervention.
If you don't believe in a higher power, then you're not obligated to believe in a global-scale catastrophe. Therefor those "logical problems" would be irrelevant either way.
Just playing a little devil's advocate for you :^)
So what your saying is that Christianity claimed to be the inventor of a popular myth, therefore it is correct? There are so many logical problems that come a long with Noah's flood. For example, how did a wooden boat filled with animals last an entire year at sea with none of the animals dying or getting eaten, and once the boat landed, how did the animals get to their habitat without leaving any remains between the landing site and the habitat
John 3:16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life."
2 Peter 3:9 "Jehovah is not slow concerning his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance."
@Piney Flood Confirmed truth!
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What I do find very interesting is that many cultures (not just those related to Christianity) have stories in their culture which have striking similarities to other cultures and their religions (i.e. Christianity).
For example, the idea of a global deluge/flood. I once read an article where the writer took 200 different cultures from different parts of the world (including South America and the Pacific Islands) that had some type of catastrophe recorded.
95% had the flood as the only catastrophe, 88% had a family that was warned previously, and 66% of the catastrophes were due to the wickedness of man, and 70% survived on a boat. 66% were forewarned of the coming disaster.
Keep in mind that many of these cultures were completely isolated/cut off from the rest of the world when these stories were recorded.
Well. I think we have established that God does exist, as we have moved on to bigger and more interesting topics about him. Anyone actually wanna give some of their reasoning of why they think God doesn't exist before this thread dies?
I believe in God. He is the way, the truth and the life. He is everywhere.
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could god make a hot dog so big that not even god could eat it :0
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No I do not. Meaning is an evolutionary crutch, an illusion. Nothing matters, and that's fine by me :)
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i haev question how do persrno become gdo becaus ei tihnk if i become god i can efeat evil man more asy so i wil help heal the world you see so my quetsion its whre is your god me clan wil fight him lsice him with samurai sword and maek me take over im jus wondern plsu i have other god on our side he plegde allegiance to our clan for we worship for long time but mus not speak his anme you nduerstand i see bt i ned your godsp ower too so i can kil all evil man do things right you see
[quote=KillHimNotMe]I like star war universe too they got more spaceships then greekngods[/quote
KillHimNotMe, as hilarious as that quote was, why don't you seriously think about what we have talked about in this post, and give your honest(not trolly) opinion? Don't you think its important to know the answer to these questions?
1 man is 1 proton is 1 planet. Billions of men is Billions of Protons is Billions of Planets.
Like I previously explained. It is not God's style to create trees. He likes to create seeds, plant them, and watch them grow.
Apuleio, I suggest you think about why you said you don't believe in God. You said that you think that if there was a God, he would do things differently. But what you need to understand is . . .
Isaiah 55:8,9 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, And your ways are not my ways,” declares Jehovah. 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So my ways are higher than your ways And my thoughts than your thoughts."
Look at what Jesus said here: John 16:12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now."
We are not even ready to understand many things.
As for God revealing himself to other people . . .
Matthew 24:14 "And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."
Look! I am I am but one of many servants of God who is preaching the truth throughout the world. Here he is revealing himself to you through his word, through me!
As for implying that the bible is God's speech, He is the one who wrote it, should it not be treated as such?
