Serious questions to the "yes" crew: Logistically, how in the hell did Noah & his family traverse the globe & collect 2 each of all the millions of species of animals (including large carnivores & deadly snakes & poisonous insects, etc...)? How did they possibly have room for the millions of animals along with millions of pounds of food for them? How do you propose, after all the earth is covered in salt water & taking into account the salt deposits left behind after the waters receeded, did vegetative life in all its amazing variance, reappear? Just curious.
Old Testament is pretty much the first book of Torah. Noah meanwhile is also one of the six principle prophets of Islam.
I live in Friendswood dude, and have been to countless churches throughout the city, and I have NEVER been to a Christian church that chastized people for not believing that everything in the Bible happened as stated. In fact, all of the Christian churches that I've been to have gone out of their way to let you know that there is only one thing in that great book that you MUST believe... it is a staple in closing dedications in many, many Christian churches. There are wack-job "Christian" churches out there, just like there are in any other faith... but they are far fewer then you make them out to be.
Well try Catholic Churches then... Also to those who say it doesn't matter, it matters more than you think. 50 years ago people didn't even have this discussion. It has become a lot more accepted. My Uncle was raised in Church of Christ in Dallas. He was brought up to believe the OT stories literally, no questions asked. He went to college studying math and eventually became an Astrophysicist, studying black holes etc. He became an Atheist in the late 60s because the stories didn't mach up to what he was observing first hand. If he was brought up to take the stories symbolically etc, he still could be a Christian today.
Feel free to read Meowgi's responses in the other Noah thread, I hardly believe he started this because he was "curious..." He may very well have but his past actions tell me otherwise.
I'm like Max on this one as I really don't know. I do believe that there was a great flood but was it literally the way it is described in the Bible? I can't make that call, but like others have said, it's the message that you get out of it and not getting wrapped around the axle over the literal words. I mean if you want to get literal with the Bible, the book of Daniel mentions a ruler named Darius that history has a hard time finding. It has also been theorized that the Nebuchadenezzar in Daniel was not the same one in history but like his step-son. The Bible was divinely inspired from God, but it was written by man - they are going to be some mistakes, IMO. However, that doesn't take away from its messages. And I think this poll would have been more effective if it had been started by someone whose stance on Christianity is not known. It would just look better, I guess. No Worries - do you mind me asking this question? Are you an atheist?
You're looking at it from a scientific point of view, and you just can't do that... I believe there are PLENTY of things that my God has done that are unexplainable or that my mind can't fathom. Sodom and Gomorrah, the parting of the Red Sea, the plagues of Egypt, Jesus walking on water... there are countless stories in the Bible that cannot be explained, thus the need for faith. I look at it as the point, if my God was powerful enough to create all of the universe I believe he has the power to make it rain as hard as he wants, for as long as he wants, and he has the power to make the land vegetation worthy after it all... there isn't anything my God can't do so without question all of those amazing things brought up in the Bible would be simple for him to accomplish.
So, even though he started the thread with a simple question and a long explanation with no disparaging comments whatsoever, you simply made the assumption that he was putting you down. OK.
Did you even take time to read his responses in the other thread? Let me directly quote him... That was from HERE, so yeah I did think he was making this thread to put us down... he did it there, so why not here?
I've been to dozens of Catholic Churches in my life. I attended Catholic Junior and Senior high and not once have I heard of anyone criticized because they didn't take everything in the Bible literally.
I believe in God. But don't believe in sin, Satan, Hell, Heaven, God's love, God's wrath, stories out of the Bible, ...
That makes no sense man. I told you that I have NEVER been to a church that chastized you for not agreeing that the Bible is literal and you come back with "You should try Catholic Churches then" as in it is Catholics say that. So, which churches have you been to that do chastize you for it? As said before, I have been to countless churches across Houston in my 27+ years on this earth and I have never heard that at any of them... not once, yet you say it is happening and I have a good feeling I've been to more of them then you, so please let me know what church in the NASA area did this so I can visit there this Sunday or at the very least put a call or email into their pastor/priest.
