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1 | How should be interpret Joshua 10:12-14? | Josh 10:12 | melchizedekau | 5116 | ||
no one can prove that time stood still or the sun or moon or stars. |
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2 | How should be interpret Joshua 10:12-14? | Josh 10:12 | Makarios | 5124 | ||
Please tell me, exactly what do you mean melchizedekau by what you wrote? | ||||||
3 | Which is truth, Science or God's Word? | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 5137 | ||
Yes, Mel, what do you mean? Is science or God's Word truth? Or is one "more true" than the other? If so, which one and why? Lionstrong |
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4 | Which is truth, Science or God's Word? | Josh 10:12 | kalos | 5164 | ||
Lionstrong: There is NO CONTRADICTION between true (as opposed to false) science and what the Bible actually says (as opposed to what some people erroneously claim it says). --JVH0212 |
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5 | Which is truth, Science or God's Word? | Josh 10:12 | Hank | 5178 | ||
How I agree with your statement, JVH! In my lifetime, I have seen "true science" reverse itself on a number of issues. One has only to search the annals of science to discover that what was once in the vanguard of scientific thought has been proved false by subsequent research. A number of scientific "truths" of yesteryear read like fairly tales or science fiction today. Even the hallowed theory of evolution is under scrutiny and is being discounted, not only by those "mean and ignorant right-wing Bible-thumping religious radicals" but by the scientific community itself. Archeological discoveries of the past 100 years or so have lent credence to many of the claims in the Bible that erstwhile skeptics denounced as nonsense. "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever." [Isaiah 40:8] --Hank | ||||||
6 | Which is truth, Science or God's Word? | Josh 10:12 | kalos | 6435 | ||
Science and the Bible Hank: “…my friends, science does not contradict the Bible. Oh, hundreds of times, the Bible has contradicted science – and science has in due turn been found to be wrong.” (Truths That Transform) |
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7 | Which is truth, Science or God's Word? | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 6440 | ||
Once one defines what truth is, and depending on how one defines truth, science may be found to be false. | ||||||
8 | Defining Truth | Josh 10:12 | Hank | 6443 | ||
How are you going to define truth, Lionstrong? | ||||||
9 | Defining Truth | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 6476 | ||
Truth is not physical, relative or temporary. With respect to physical, it is not some physical motion in the brain either. Truth is not individualistic. Truth is universal, mental or spiritual, eternal, absolute, and unchanging propositions or thoughts. All scientific laws are tentative. Progress in science insures that the present laws will be replaced by other laws. If truth is unchanging, then science is false. |
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10 | Defining Truth | Josh 10:12 | kalos | 6477 | ||
Lionstrong: "All scientific laws are tentative. Progress in science insures that the present laws will be replaced by other laws." Let me know when the Law of Gravity is changed, would you? On the other hand, if one does not believe in the Law of Gravity, then one may wish to test it by jumping off a tall building. |
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11 | Defining Truth | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 6544 | ||
The law of gravity changed in 1905 when Einstein developed his theory of special relativity. | ||||||
12 | Defining Truth | Josh 10:12 | Radioman | 6548 | ||
Anyone can make any assertion about anything. But do you have proof that what you assert here is true? If you can, give us the title of the book, the author, the page number, and the publisher where it says the law of gravity changed in 1905. Who changed it? How did it change? Was it abolished or merely amended? | ||||||
13 | Defining Truth | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 6595 | ||
Go to any encyclopadia published within the last ten years, and you'll find this information. No special reference is needed. Try looking under the heading of the history of physics. | ||||||
14 | The burden of proof is on you. | Josh 10:12 | kalos | 6606 | ||
Lionstrong: Show me your proof. Either put up or do the other thing. No, I won't try looking it up. You made the assertion. You provide the specific proof. Title, author, publisher, page number, please. It makes no sense for you to make an assertion and then ask me to provide the proof. |
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15 | The burden of proof is on you. | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 6635 | ||
My point is that one needs no special reference. Any encyclopedia of recent or not so recent date will have this information. My own source was my computer's Grollier's Encyclopedia (1996), under the heading of gravitation (no page number). One might also find some helpful information uner the heading of Physics, history of. | ||||||
16 | The burden of proof is on you. | Josh 10:12 | disciple | 6674 | ||
The way God has designed this force we call "gravity" did not change in 1905, 1906, or 1907. All that changed was our understanding of how it works in terms of our ability to calculate/predict its effects. Gravity did not become stronger or weaker, but we can now 'look' at it from a different perspective. As to this whole conversation about defining truth, the crux of the matter is that people tend to confuse 'truth' (as statements or propositions that are equivalent with objective fact -e.g., GWBush is currently serving as President of the United States government) with 'meaning' or 'significance' (as statements that reflect our understanding of evidence - e.g., someone claiming that GWB is not President of the United States because they believe that the evidence demonstrated in the election process did not warrant his swearing in, and they refuse to recognize him as President). In terms of the discussion re: the sun standing still, the considerable lack of evidence we have available as to the astronomic facts at that time would seem to allow for a variety of possibilities (including: the sun literally stood still, and God adjusted everything else to fit accordingly; the earth stopped rotating, then started again, also with God adjusting everything else accordingly, so Joshua did not shoot off into space or be crushed by 'gravity' without the counteracting centrifugal (centripetal? I got a C in college physics) force, etc.; God decreased the rate at which Joshua et al. traveled through time; etc. etc. The point being reminiscent of Yoda's advice to young Luke Skywalker, "size matters not." It is no more difficult for God to perform a universe-wide miracle than to turn a bit of water into the best wine. Returning to 'truth,' suffice it to say that Jesus' claim to BE THE TRUTH speaks volumes as to his eternal and divine nature, the factual guarantee of his Lordship, and the certainty of his return. Cheers! one 'disciple' among many |
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17 | The burden of proof is on you. | Josh 10:12 | Lionstrong | 6682 | ||
"Gravity did not become stronger or weaker"........................................ The point here seems to be missed. Yes, the force we call gravity did not change............................................................................................ The law of gravity is not a moral law, nor is it a law in the sense of something that can be violated. If God sends His angels to bear you up lest you strike your foot aginst the stone, no law is broken. A scientific law is merely a description of something in creation (if you're a Christian) or nature (if one is an atheist). A description can be true or false, accurate or inaccurate, way off, close or right on. The point is not that some element in creation has changed, in this case, that object of weight fall to earth, but that the scientific law describing that element of creation has changed. In other words, the "law" that was thought to be true must now be modified (changed) to account for new developments or discoveries. ...................................................................................................................Thus the law of gravity has changed. It is false, because truth is immutable and eternal. |
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18 | The burden of proof is on you. | Josh 10:12 | Radioman | 6691 | ||
True to form you split hairs over gravity and miss the main point of the original discussion, which has nothing in the world to do with gravity. Gravity was merely cited as an example. You waste your time and everyone else's. I never knew of anyone who had such a talent for writing endlessly about nothing. I see no Christian motive whatever behind your participation in the forum. Your every utterance is contrary to everyone and everything. Prov 17:28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent. (Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.) Prov 15:14 The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on folly. Prov 1:7 ...Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov 1:22 "How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge? Prov 26:11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats his folly. If you can read this and continue to sit there grinning like an idiot as though you had accomplished something worthwhile, then maybe you're the one who had best find other websites with which to amuse yourself. You neither help nor enlighten anyone by your words or your attitude. |
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