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I'll go through later and see if I can find some of his gems.
I'll go through later and see if I can find some of his gems.
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I am proud of the 1000 views in 24 hours on the "Creation Science vs. Berkeley" thread. Christians please continue to educate yourselves over special creation vs. uniformitarianism.
You will find special creation has the superior explanation for our universe and that uniformitarianism is based on false logic as you will see in this thread.
Ignore the devoted atheists on these threads. They have bought into the delusion, blinding their eyes to facts and ultimately the truth. Remember we war against spiritual wickedness in high places, not against flesh and blood or cyber bullying.
Peace brethren.
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Borel's Law
"Phenomena with very low probabilities do not occur."
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I have a PhD in math and biology.
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"One of the most shattering pieces of evidence comes from the Paluxy River basin in central Texas, near the town of Glen Rose, where fossilized tracks of man and dinosaur appear together."
http://www.icr.org/article/paluxy-river-tracks/
Tough to take the Institute for Creation "Research" seriously when it's a crappy building near a bunch of auto body shops. I'm sure top-quality research is accomplished there.
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Accomplish? Very little just like all the others. Besides this board has been pretty lifeless lately.
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Accomplish? Very little just like all the others. Besides this board has been pretty lifeless lately.
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Accomplish? Very little just like all the others. Besides this board has been pretty lifeless lately.
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Check in every 24 hrs. so we know you're not kidnapped. Should we pay the ransom?
quote:My parents recently returned from a trip to Palestine/Israel and reported the exact same thing. Never felt threatened at all. Found the Palestinians to be a warm and inviting people. Much less impressed by the Israelis.
Despite the narrative we see coming from American media, the Palestinian people are amazing and kind.
quote:quote:My parents recently returned from a trip to Palestine/Israel and reported the exact same thing. Never felt threatened at all. Found the Palestinians to be a warm and inviting people. Much less impressed by the Israelis.
Despite the narrative we see coming from American media, the Palestinian people are amazing and kind.
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Tell me about the food. I've heard great things about the chicken.
k2aggie07 said:
Lots of Christians in Palestine, many people forget.
American evangelists are odd ducks in their support for Israel. That was really one of the big aha moments for me... Recognizing that the American folk religion was in many ways more about America's cultural zeitgeist than Christ.
Honestly, I think it is rooted in their interpretation of end-times theology and the necessity for the existence of the nation-state of Israel in order for their specific interpretations of prophecies to be fulfilled. So many are willing to turn a blind-eye to war crimes being committed because the fulfillment of their interpretations of prophecy that they claim point to the return of Christ are more important. That's just my theory though.swimmerbabe11 said:
I've never really understood the Israel thing either.
It's not so much a thing in our church.
I think it's due to Genesis 12:3.RetiredAg said:Honestly, I think it is rooted in their interpretation of end-times theology and the necessity for the existence of the nation-state of Israel in order for their specific interpretations of prophecies to be fulfilled. So many are willing to turn a blind-eye to war crimes being committed because the fulfillment of their interpretations of prophecy that they claim point to the return of Christ are more important. That's just my theory though.swimmerbabe11 said:
I've never really understood the Israel thing either.
It's not so much a thing in our church.
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I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
We met with a group for those who have lost immediate family members in this conflict. One was a man whose daughter was an IDF officer and murdered by a suicide bomber. The other was a Palestinian woman whose husband was murdered by IDF soldiers. First, seeing these two sit side-by-side working to bring about reconciliation was amazing. One thing he said that stuck with me was "don't take this conflict home. Don't go home and be pro-Israel. Don't go home and be pro-Palestine. Go home and be pro-peace."Frok said:
One thing I've learned regarding Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to not take a side. There is so much dirt flung from both sides that I just assume both are in the wrong.
Honestly, I think it's political. I never heard any Palestinian individual or peace group frame the conflict in religious terms. I can only think of one Israeli that we met with frame it in religious terms. But, by and large, the issue was presented almost entirely as political. To the Palestinians and Israelis we met with, the settlements and occupation lie at the very core of the conflict.Frok said:
Do you think the problem is mostly a political problem or religious? I'm a firm believer that most problems are political but as a believer I do think that region is supernaturally charged with spiritual strife.
But I admit I don't know much aside from what hits the national news. I've never been over there to see things first hand.
Crossing from Jordan into Israel several years ago was a stunning visual example of what you described. In the span of one mile, harsh desert slums turned Into lush, fertile fields with GPS enabled John Deere equipment. I wish I had easy access to my photos from that day.RetiredAg said:k2aggie07 said:
Lots of Christians in Palestine, many people forget.
American evangelists are odd ducks in their support for Israel. That was really one of the big aha moments for me... Recognizing that the American folk religion was in many ways more about America's cultural zeitgeist than Christ.
Yes, the blind support is very baffling. What I witnessed there looks nothing like the narrative we hear over here. It was, to put it very mildly, very disturbing. I don't see how it could be defined as anything but an apartheid state.
One thing that stood out to me was in the Jordan Valley. This is an area that has been fed by natural springs for millenia. Naturally, villages have been found at the springs. Unlike in other areas of the West Bank when Palestinians are forced from villages, villages destroyed, then settlements placed at old village site, in the Jordan Valley things are handled in a much more diabolical way. The Israeli government will build a settlement near the village, leave the Palestinians where they are, then drill down into the water table and pump the water straight to the settlement. This dries up the spring for much of the year and leaves the Palestinians without reliable water source. This has forced many to leave the region. This has also killed Palestinian agriculture in the area, leading many to shift to things like herding goats. So, what the Israeli government then will do is declare the grazing areas either a "firing zone" or "nature preserve". If the Palestinians continue grazing, the IDF will come in and burn all the vegetation in the "nature preserve".
To get water into the village, the Palestinians have to have water tanks shipped in, but due to road closures, the costs of shipping dramatically increase. A few years ago, the IDF began the practice of seizing the water tanks. Over past 30-ish years, the Palestinian population of the Jordan Valley has gone from aproc 300,000 to 56,000. The primary jobs available to those that remain are on the settlements large farms, which are primarily dates (which require vast amounts of water). A typical laborer in Israel is supposed to make around 250 shekels a day. Those Palestinians that work on the date farms make approx 60-80 shekels a day.
To witness this systematic effort to drive people from their land was eye-opening. Our Israeli guide called it ethnic cleansing. But, what may have amazed me most was the hope that remains and just how kind the Palestinian people, Christian and Muslim, were to us.
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