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  DBOY Jun 26, 2002

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by racketboy@June 26 2002,15:25



I'm assuming you're not from the States. 



I am, but I agree with you that we butt our heads into too many people's business. I may agree with a lot of what they are fighting FOR, but that doens't mean we need to do the fighting itself.


Actually I am from the United States. I just have very little respect for the country's government and what it does.

 Myname Jun 26, 2002
Reboy

I think in most Western cultures the way society is run (by everyone, not just the government) in far too complex and intertwined for any revolution to really make a difference. Big business and governments go hand-in-hand in so many ways that to break it down to any extent would be impossible I think. It'd take some kind of economic or human catastrophe (nuclear war, world banks collapsing) before people are shocked out of their complacency. It'd be nice if it wasn't that way, but people are raised and taught to accept the way things are because 'that's the way they have to be'. The only way that could be overcome is by some sort of Stalinist brainwashing regime, which obviously is equally sinister.

 racketboy Jun 26, 2002

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by falstaff@June 26 2002,15:14



This is an interesting discussion for this type of board. Its one that has been 'chewed' over by many people for many years. But a few interesting points have been made.



First, Racketboy expresses an unpopular view, by todays standard of scientific 'enlightenment'. ...



Yes, many theorticions have now come to that conclusion. Look at it. The Bible does not say how old the planet is. It simply states that it was created and existed in an undeveloped form form an undetermined period of time. The creative days were not 24 hr days as we know them. The bible states that a day is like a thousand years to God. It doesnt say it is a thousand years, but like a 1000 yrs. In other words, a very long undetermined period of time, maybe even hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. I wont go into any more detail but my point is that science, even the evolutionary theories explanation for the planet and lifes progression on it, and the bibles explanations, are not that far apart. So those who argue over which is correct are really not that far apart.


wow thanks for sharing some good points that i was aware of, but slipped my mind.

However, I personally disagree about the "1000 years" theory. That phrase is mentioned in the Bible, but it can be taken out of context. It is refering to the return of Christ to the earth. It is saying basically that we don't know how long it will be till that time comes. Time is basically only a concept known to man on earth. To God, time isn't really an issue. But since (as I believe) the Bible was physically writen by men, yet inspired by God, when Genesis says such and such was created on this day, I believe that is a literal day. I don't think "day" would be included if it wasn't literal.

This is actually a fairly hot topic in Christianity right now.

Sorry if I got a little philosphical or whatever, but just wanted to point out my belief.

 racketboy Jun 26, 2002

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by DBOY+June 26 2002,15:27-->
QUOTE(DBOY @ June 26 2002,15:27)
QUOTE(falstaff @ June 26 2002,15:48)