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Quote by: rainbow As the result, the U.S. governing body is monitoring Scientology's activity, closely. It would not surprise me that Scientology is banned officially, |
They haven't banned the Nazi party in the USA, they aren't going to ban scientology. First amendment protects them.
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Quote by: zhavric We know that they had no clue about evolution. We're talking about a people who thought the entire animal kingdom lived within walking distance of Noah's ark. We're talking about people who were too busy murdering non-believers to study organisms enough to know that life evolves into other life. No. I don't know specifically what they were thinking, but if you think that evolution is an option then you're too far gone to be arguing here. Maybe you think they knew who would win the 18th world series, too? |
Please keep in mind, I haven't been able to look at the entirety of this thread in great detail, but if this is an argument why evolution couldn't have been implied in the Bible, then read on. Otherwise, just yell at me.
The people may not have know, but God did, so he had them use their own method to come to the same conclusion. That creation was a process, and a growth. Not instantaneous.
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The issue isn't who wrote the bible or how many people had a hand in it. The issue is modern people deciding "Well, science has proven that this part of the bible is impossible (genesis), but even though science proves this other bit impossible (the resurrection) I'm going to believe in it anyway." That's a double standard which is a fallacy.
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Resurrection isn't impossible, one (happens all the time in hospitals). Two, God created the laws, he can cheat at his own game.
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Then, clearly you're okay with a figurative Jesus who didn't literally exist, right?
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According to a vast majority of historians, Jesus existed at least as a man.
So what's the beef?