"William T. Goat" wrote:
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> dgillesp wrote:
> > > i think you like thios one.
> > >
> > > 1. Why does the Bible teach that the sky is a solid dome of transparent material with water above it?14 (The water poured through the "windows of heaven" to cause Noahs flood, and then presumably poured off the edge of the disk-shaped earth into the abyss.)
> >
> > Because the Bible is not a textbook for cosmology, meteorology, physics,
> > chemistry, etal. It's purpose is not to correct misunderstandings with
> > regard to such subjects. It is a book of theology.
>
> That's no excuse for *generating* misunderstandings.
It didn't generate misunderstandings, it only reflected common notions
and
misconceptions of the times in which it was written.
>
> If we cannot trust what the Word of God tells us about this world, how
> can we trust what it says about the next?
God is more than able to use an imperfect book to reveal Himself in the
life, teachings, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to whom it bears
witness. Our faith is not to be built on a perfect book, but on Christ
alone. Christianity stands or falls with Christ, not with some notion
of and infallible and perfect book. "For no other foundation can any
one lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ." 1 Cor 3.11
> --Billy
Denny
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"There cannot be a God because, If there were one, I would
not believe that I were not He." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"My husband and I divorced over religious differences.
He thought he was God and I didn't." - Minny A. Spouse
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