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Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Originally posted by Garkiniss
Are you saying we've evolved to survive in today's less-harsh world?
No man has not evolved. He is born into the world the same as always and learns to survive from others. That is not evolving.
Placing someone into a future or past environment without lifelong training would result in disaster. That is not evolving, that is learned skills.
Originally posted by UnifiedSerenity
It is my firm belief that anyone exposed to these sorts of groups including churches that have succumbed to their teachings really does not know what they are rejecting. They reject the evil works of Satan via his agents which he planted in the Church, and by those very deeds damning the church Satan hates as was his goal in the first place.
Originally posted by AthiestJesus
Wow , are you bipolar or something ?
I think you really need to seek " professional help "............. you`re currently cramming your views down my throat whilst claiming no one is cramming anything down my throat.
Originally posted by AthiestJesus
Seriously ....... why are christians worldwide playing the victim all of a sudden ?
All the wars / massacres / murders in the name of their god , but no one can talk about it incase it offends them ?
I always wondered why christians join the army/military ..... killing anyone is unforgivable in their lord's eyes - a one way ticket to hell .
EDIT - you say you have a logical mind ? ........... but ..... you're a christianedit on 30-7-2013 by AthiestJesus because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by AthiestJesus
I always wondered why christians join the army/military ..... killing anyone is unforgivable in their lord's eyes - a one way ticket to hell .
Rubbish it was invented by John Darby in 1830 no one believed in it till he made it up.
Originally posted by therealdemoboy
reply to post by AthiestJesus
I usually go on these threads with my popcorn and watch the entertainment. But seriously guy... every post in this thread that is authored by you has at least one insult towards someone else. Not debating their positions, but name-calling and mean-spirited insinuations. A couple well placed jabs are fun. But yours are getting pretty old.
Now back to the "christians vs. the world" thread.
Well .... all holy and perfect one ... quote me .
Originally posted by Gazrok
reply to post by UnifiedSerenity
Do you really believe the Christians, or the Jews, or the Muslims have it right? If either one is correct, then it means the supreme being has then damned the majority of the world right out of hand (i.e. non-believers). Is this the act of a God worthy of worship? It's a catch 22. Or, you can take the modern cop-out where you pick and choose which parts of your holy books to obey, while ignoring the others you feel are "outdated". Just how does a book supposedly handed down by an omniscient being, ever become "outdated"?
See the problem? If Christians followed their book to the letter, they'd be executing gays and adulterers (thank goodness you don't!). The others are no better in this regard, often choosing death as a punishment for what we'd deem today to be "trivial" crimes if even a crime at all!
Originally posted by PrimeLight
reply to post by boymonkey74
Rubbish it was invented by John Darby in 1830 no one believed in it till he made it up.
In the time it took you to express a falsity, you could have googled the 'rapture' based scripture references.
Thessalonians 4:13-18
13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18Why comfort one another with these words.
Mark 13 26-27
26"Then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27"And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.
There are more....once again, feel free to Seek them out though I get a distinct impression you and your 'supporters' will not....and that is your free will to continue the embrace of ignorance untoward a Word long Preserved.
I think you really need to seek " professional help "............. you`re currently cramming your views down my throat whilst claiming no one is cramming anything down my throat.
Originally posted by Garkiniss
Originally posted by TinfoilTP
Originally posted by Garkiniss
Are you saying we've evolved to survive in today's less-harsh world?
No man has not evolved. He is born into the world the same as always and learns to survive from others. That is not evolving.
Placing someone into a future or past environment without lifelong training would result in disaster. That is not evolving, that is learned skills.
Joking aside, there are several examples of modern human evolution. I'll give you a few:
(1). The human brain is shrinking (shocking I know). Within the past 30,000 years our brains have gone from 1,500 cubic centimeters to 1,350 cubic centimeters, which is equivalent to the mass of a tennis ball.
(2). Blue Eyes. About 10,000 years ago, someone who lived near the Black Sea developed a genetic mutation that turned brown eyes blue, and his genes have been infecting the human population ever since.
(3) Our jaws are shrinking. Back in the day, humans needed extra molars to help them chew roughage, but as we developed cooking utensils, the need for these extra teeth went away. Today, only about 35% of humans are born with wisdom teeth, and a large portion of those born with wisdom teeth are forced to have surgery to have them removed from within the jaw. Eventually we, as a race, will stop growing them all together. The size of our teeth are getting smaller as well.
(4) We can drink milk as adults. Nearly all adults became lactose intolerant as they weaned themselves from their mother's breast milk, but with the domestication of the cow and sheep, humans have evolved to tolerate lactose, leaving only a percentage of the population still sitting on the toilet.
(5) We're more resistant to disease. Sure there are new diseases discovered all the time that can knock us on our asses, but diseases like malaria are far less of a threat than they used to be.
Drastic changes take far longer than the existence of recorded history, so it will be a while before we see anything we'd consider a "major evolutionary jump", but the changes listed above are evidence that we're not done yet.
edit on 30-7-2013 by Garkiniss because: 8)