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Originally posted by KingAtlas
reply to post by Sinny
Sinny, please read the OP haha
This is not meant to be a thread to denounce any religious beliefs.
I wrote this thread to have a discussion with those who actually believe this, and get some facts about how far this line of thought extends.
I am hoping people can be civil. People have the right to religious freedom.
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." ― William Shakespeare
As for your picture, saying "If satan punishes the bad guys, doesn't that make him a good guy"
I can say this, in the Jewish religion, satan is a good guy more or less. The way it was explained to me is that, he is there to temp you, but he doesn't want you to falter. A simplification would be he is the product tester.
Now I am not saying this is true, but it is how the Talmud is interpreted by some sect of judism.
* I am not Jewish, I just like to learn about subjects of all kinds.
From a religious point of view, if Satan is allowed to do this, does it mean God has no power to stop him?
If Satan buried all the fossils, then are any/all scientific discoveries also tricks?
Originally posted by phroziac
Satan wrote the bible to trick us probably
Originally posted by Akragon
reply to post by KingAtlas
Show some proof of this biblical Satan first...
At least fossils are solid evidence...
Originally posted by KingAtlas
Originally posted by MagicWand67
If Satan hid them, God had to have made them first.
What exactly is the purpose of this alleged trick anyway?
God and evolution theory can both co-exist.
Well from what I gather, it depends on your interpretation of the bible.
Also, this explanation was used more commonly in the older generations, as an alternative explanation for fossils.
But you do raise a good question, what is the purpose; from what I understand, it was to fool people into believing in evolution, and thereby creating doubt in the hearts of faithful people.
Now what I think really got this going was that Darwin had linked human to apes, which cause problems because some people found it to be blasphemy. "God made man in his image" comes into play, thereby infering that God was an Ape.
I am actually trying to find out who coined this phrase, but it is tough.
Originally posted by ototheb85
I cant belive people still belive in GOD!!
The fossil record does not support the Darwinian theory of evolution because it is this theory (there are several) which we use to interpret the fossil record. By doing so we are guilty of circular reasoning if we then say the fossil record supports this theory.
Originally posted by Firefly_
It wasn't god or satan, it was the mice.