Then why should any non-christian consider anything written in Genesis as true? What arguments would you use to convince someone who doesn't believe in any deity to start with?In my opinion: no.
None.
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Then why should any non-christian consider anything written in Genesis as true? What arguments would you use to convince someone who doesn't believe in any deity to start with?In my opinion: no.
None.
For the record: carbon dating isn't used for dating fossils, other isotopes are used for this. And the half life of Carbon 14 is way too short for dating anything older than 50.000 years.In a related issue, what do you believe about the carbon dating of the fossil record that seems to indicate a much longer time frame? Is it so unreliable as to be off by millions of years?
Then why should any non-christian consider anything written in Genesis as true?
What arguments would you use to convince someone who doesn't believe in any deity to start with?
One question i have thats not answered in Genesis.
Were the two Corgis on the ark looked after properly?
Then why should any non-christian consider anything written in Genesis as true?
Which is an answer that exactly require to be a christian to begin with. A faithful muslim will believe in the existence of a soul, but will opt for the islam the best way of salvation and consider the christian way a path endangering his soul. A faithful jew will believe in the existence of a soul, but will opt for the judaism the best way of salvation and consider the christian way a path endangering his soul. An atheist doesn't believe in the existence of souls at all. So again, your answer will fall on deaf ears. So your answer will be accepted by christians only.The best answer I can think of is the salvation of their soul.
What arguments would you use to convince someone who doesn't believe in any deity to start with?
For starters, I can repeat my answer as above:None.
That's the Holy Spirit's job; to convict you of your need for the Saviour.
Of course!
Look how handsome and well-adjusted they are!
Which is an answer that exactly require to be a christian to begin with. A faithful muslim will believe in the existence of a soul, but will opt for the islam the best way of salvation and consider the christian way a path endangering his soul. A faithful jew will believe in the existence of a soul, but will opt for the judaism the best way of salvation and consider the christian way a path endangering his soul. An atheist doesn't believe in the existence of souls at all. So again, your answer will fall on deaf ears. So your answer will be accepted by christians only.
Should I be punished because the Holy Spirit - and here it comes - who is part of the Holy Trinity, hence god himself failed to convince me? And you want to portray that god as just and loving?
Which is an answer that exactly require to be a christian to begin with. A faithful muslim will believe in the existence of a soul, but will opt for the islam the best way of salvation and consider the christian way a path endangering his soul. A faithful jew will believe in the existence of a soul, but will opt for the judaism the best way of salvation and consider the christian way a path endangering his soul. An atheist doesn't believe in the existence of souls at all. So again, your answer will fall on deaf ears. So your answer will be accepted by christians only.
I don't know what you mean by "That's not how it works". Because that is certainly what happens. Or do you expect a faithful Sikh to point toward Jainism? A satanist promoting islam? A boudhist extolling the virtues of christianity? Nope, each will fervently claim that they have the truth and the truth only.That's not how it works.
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean or what result you hoped to get from these bible verses.God set it up this way: Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
We are back at “I am right all the others are wrong”, my Holy Book is the Truth and all the others are lies. Except of course that all religionists say that about their Holy Book.But something spiritual happened inside of the person that he may not be aware of:
Seeds were planted.
Later, those seeds are watered, and eventually bloom.
1 Corinthians 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
People can read their Koran, Bhavagad-gita, Talmud, whatever; but they don't work inside the person like the Bible does.
We are back at “I am right all the others are wrong”, my Holy Book is the Truth and all the others are lies. Except of course that all religionists say that about their Holy Book.
I’ve done a lot of writing and speaking on the topic of why the Bible is true. But beyond the standard proofs for the Bible’s validity, if someone asked me to sum up in one word why a person should believe the Bible is trustworthy and, moreover, why it’s a supernatural book, that word would be: Israel.