• Noah's Ark May have been circular, according to British archeologist
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[QUOTE=Lankist;19564270]It's sort of sad that people still feel the need to validate their faiths. Even though the whole point of faith is believing in something that does not require validation. Therefore: People like this have no faith. They are atheists. And we welcome them.[/QUOTE] I thought you died in a lawyering accident Because that's what I've been telling people
[QUOTE=Zeke129;19564300]I thought you died in a lawyering accident Because that's what I've been telling people[/QUOTE] Libel is a serious offense. The only parts of me that died were the ones that would make me feel bad if I sued you frivolously. I am stronger now that I am 100% vindictive. Bring it bitch.
[QUOTE=Lankist;19564270]It's sort of sad that people still feel the need to validate their faiths. Even though the whole point of faith is believing in something that does not require validation. Therefore: People like this have no faith. They are atheists. And we welcome them.[/QUOTE] Alert the media!
[QUOTE=Lankist;19564317]Libel is a serious offense.[/QUOTE] So sue me [editline]08:26PM[/editline] oh right, you're a lawyer shit
As soon as I saw Noah's Ark...I hoped it was about the waterpark Thread is disappoint
[QUOTE=Lankist;19564270]It's sort of sad that people still feel the need to validate their faiths. Even though the whole point of faith is believing in something that does not require validation. Therefore: People like this have no faith. They are atheists. And we welcome them.[/QUOTE] I see you've risen from the grave.
[QUOTE=KigJow;19563113]ITT kids bashing Christianity to look cool.[/QUOTE] What is with you people and claiming we do it to "look cool"? Where the fuck did that come from? Every single thread on religion I see, some religious person is basically saying we do it for the lulz! [editline]03:38AM[/editline] [QUOTE=demonguard;19564000]oh boy, we've determined that a boat in a FANTASY STORY INTENDED TO TEACH A LESSON was shaped differently than we previously thought...[/QUOTE] Teach what lesson exactly? That at any given moment, your farm, wife, 3 children and pet dog could get drowned in a massive flood, because some omnipotent douchebag isn't entirely happy about the state of things?
[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;19564498]What is with you people and claiming we do it to "look cool"? Where the fuck did that come from? Every single thread on religion I see, some religious person is basically saying we do it for the lulz! [editline]03:38AM[/editline] Teach what lesson exactly? That at any given moment, your farm, wife, 3 children and pet dog could get drowned in a massive flood, because some omnipotent douchebag isn't entirely happy about the state of things?[/QUOTE] Pretty much, yeah.
[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;19564498]Teach what lesson exactly?[/QUOTE] That if the levies break you best get a goddamn boat.
I'm sure if god existed, it wouldn't let the world exist as it does. How can people even believe in god when our world is in the state it is. We spend more money on the development of weapons than we do on the development of our children.
[QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;19564498]What is with you people and claiming we do it to "look cool"? Where the fuck did that come from? Every single thread on religion I see, some religious person is basically saying we do it for the lulz! [editline]03:38AM[/editline] Teach what lesson exactly? That at any given moment, your farm, wife, 3 children and pet dog could get drowned in a massive flood, because some omnipotent douchebag isn't entirely happy about the state of things?[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.godhatesbacon.com/images/06.jpg[/img] :synpa:
You aren't considering the possibility of a malevolent God.
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[QUOTE=huggybear_13;19564990]I'm sure if god existed, it wouldn't let the world exist as it does. How can people even believe in god when our world is in the state it is. We spend more money on the development of weapons than we do on the development of our children.[/QUOTE] the only response you're going to get is some bullshit about how its all part of his plan
The story of Noah's Ark is so flawed that it's pointless to look for the ship. [editline]07:08PM[/editline] Lankists back??
There's something I've always found to be rather peculiar about God, or the bible at the very least.. For an all-powerful being, he sure does seem to go through an awful lot of trouble to accomplish what to him should be quite menial tasks. Take this whole matter with the flood and Noah's ark for instance. The purpose of it was to rid the world of all humans, realizing he had gone wrong somehow. Instead of snapping his all-powerful fingers and simply wishing the whole thing would go away, he instead instructed a mere human to construct a vessel big enough to hold the billions of species of animals that inhabit the Earth, and drown the rest of them in a flood with a mass greater than the Earth itself. Sure he has eternity to work with, but it sure seems like an awful lot of work to go through, when a much easier alternative is available, doesn't it? I don't imagine drowning is a particularly nice way to go either! His actions throughout the bible are comparable to that of a malicious 8-year-old on an 18+ version of Sim City, who seems to get a stiffy at things that would make the worst of scat-fetishist simultaniously vomit and cry like no tomorrow! [B]Edit:[/B] A personal favorite regarding the explanation of the mechanics of a world-wide flood has to be that from the (not so)great Dr.(Doesn't actually hold a Ph.D.) Kent Hovind, whose theory proposes that prior to the worldwife flood, the world's atmosphere was covered by a thin layer of ice, shielding our planet from space. When God felt it was time to flood the planet, he simply let the sun melt the layer of ice, which accounts for the non-stop raining, and subsequent worldwide flood. Luckily, there are people in this world who have actually earned their Ph.D.'s in real universities, and therefore have the skills required to perform real science. One of these smart fellows concluded that in order for the icy layer to hold enough water, it would have to have been extremely thick. So thick in fact that the sheer mass of the layer would have compressed the atmosphere of the Earth to such an extent that it would've been no more than a few centimeters tall. The first time I read about his theory, I laughed so much it brought a tear to my eye :v:
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"The story may only be a work of fiction, built upon folk memories of great river floods long past, but it demonstrates the exceptional storytelling skills of the Babylonians." That's pretty cool. I mean maybe Noah never happened, sure. But modern Bible-science knows a lot about the stories and historical data that inspired and was used in the creation of the bible. I think it's amazing how the research of something religious leads us to more knowledge about the history of the humans of these days.
[QUOTE=Lankist;19565053]You aren't considering the possibility of a malevolent God.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't that be something if we found out that an omnipotent being created us just so he could torture us? Society would collapse in minutes.
[QUOTE=CommieTurtle;19562898]This is why religion and science [B]DO NOT[/B] go together. I mean, you figure an archaeologist would be out gathering information that could somehow be valuable right? It's comparable to trying to shove your penis into the tab of a soda can.[/QUOTE] "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstein
The fuck does it matter what shape a nonexistent boat was?
[QUOTE=Lankist;19565053]You aren't considering the possibility of a malevolent God.[/QUOTE] That would make sense, seeing as how apparently he knows everything, so when you die and go to hell he already knew that before he even created you. I think that's pretty Evil if you ask me.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;19566197]The fuck does it matter what shape a nonexistent boat was?[/QUOTE] it's probably more to do with the translation of an artifact and a peak at some Babylonian scripture.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;19566197]The fuck does it matter what shape a nonexistent boat was?[/QUOTE] That nonexistant boat was probably inspired by real ones, thus we can gather important information by tracing back the story.
Noah's Ark was real. Just over exaggerated. Just a random guy in a sailboat who had 2 cats and 2 dogs on board one day when a bad rain came over that lasted a couple of hours.
The evidence that the ship never existed outweighs the evidence that it was round.
I see no real conflict here. I mean, the Bible has never been 100% accurate, This is a truth that many theologians agree on. The stuff that's way back at the beginning is more legend then history. This is kind of like the situation with the Nativity. A lot of people think that Jesus was historically born on th3 25th of December, but the actual date is unknown, it was simply decided that it was a good day to celebrate it because it falls on the Winter Solstice. On top of that many people are still under the impression that the wise men arrived while Jesus was still in the manger, but a lot of people who study the bible and history agree that they didn't actually show up until Jesus was 2 years old at least. (It takes a long time to travel by camel in the desert, for goodness sake!)
[QUOTE=Zeke129;19562872]It was round too all fictional ships are round[/QUOTE] flying saucer burned
[QUOTE=Ryu-Gi;19567456]I see no real conflict here. I mean, the Bible has never been 100% accurate, This is a truth that many theologians agree on. The stuff that's way back at the beginning is more legend then history. This is kind of like the situation with the Nativity. A lot of people think that Jesus was historically born on th3 25th of December, but the actual date is unknown, it was simply decided that it was a good day to celebrate it because it falls on the Winter Solstice. On top of that many people are still under the impression that the wise men arrived while Jesus was still in the manger, but a lot of people who study the bible and history agree that they didn't actually show up until Jesus was 2 years old at least. (It takes a long time to travel by camel in the desert, for goodness sake!)[/QUOTE]It's all a myth. [editline]05:33AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Dr Magnusson;19565172]There's something I've always found to be rather peculiar about God, or the bible at the very least.. For an all-powerful being, he sure does seem to go through an awful lot of trouble to accomplish what to him should be quite menial tasks. Take this whole matter with the flood and Noah's ark for instance. The purpose of it was to rid the world of all humans, realizing he had gone wrong somehow. Instead of snapping his all-powerful fingers and simply wishing the whole thing would go away, he instead instructed a mere human to construct a vessel big enough to hold the billions of species of animals that inhabit the Earth, and drown the rest of them in a flood with a mass greater than the Earth itself. Sure he has eternity to work with, but it sure seems like an awful lot of work to go through, when a much easier alternative is available, doesn't it? I don't imagine drowning is a particularly nice way to go either! His actions throughout the bible are comparable to that of a malicious 8-year-old on an 18+ version of Sim City, who seems to get a stiffy at things that would make the worst of scat-fetishist simultaniously vomit and cry like no tomorrow! [B]Edit:[/B] A personal favorite regarding the explanation of the mechanics of a world-wide flood has to be that from the (not so)great Dr.(Doesn't actually hold a Ph.D.) Kent Hovind, whose theory proposes that prior to the worldwife flood, the world's atmosphere was covered by a thin layer of ice, shielding our planet from space. When God felt it was time to flood the planet, he simply let the sun melt the layer of ice, which accounts for the non-stop raining, and subsequent worldwide flood. Luckily, there are people in this world who have actually earned their Ph.D.'s in real universities, and therefore have the skills required to perform real science. One of these smart fellows concluded that in order for the icy layer to hold enough water, it would have to have been extremely thick. So thick in fact that the sheer mass of the layer would have compressed the atmosphere of the Earth to such an extent that it would've been no more than a few centimeters tall. The first time I read about his theory, I laughed so much it brought a tear to my eye :v:[/QUOTE]Not to mention it would block out all radiation and break within a few seconds from barometric pressure changes. Also forgot to mention that the pressure on earth would be so high that nothing could live. I hate morons like Kent Hovind.
[QUOTE=huggybear_13;19564990]I'm sure if god existed, it wouldn't let the world exist as it does. How can people even believe in god when our world is in the state it is. We spend more money on the development of weapons than we do on the development of our children.[/QUOTE] So what, you want God to just babysit you and live your life for you? He made Earth, all its living things, then He put us on it. We got ourselves into this mess, He did nothing wrong.
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