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by truthman
Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:26 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Infinite punishment for finite sins
Replies: 427
Views: 109501

Re: Infinite punishment for finite sins

Smiley, I understand what you are saying. The problem is that you either do not understand what the Bible says or to just not accept what the Bible says. I don't see how someone who says he has trusted Christ as his Saviour can not believe what the Bible says. Here is what the Scriptures say: KJV: R...
by truthman
Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:35 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Infinite punishment for finite sins
Replies: 427
Views: 109501

Re: Infinite punishment for finite sins

Sorry, the Bible may have been inspired by God, but it was written by fallible people. The existence of an infinite God who holds people accountable for their actions may have been obvious to the apostle Paul who saw the resurrected Jesus with his own eyes, but it was not obvious to the majority of...
by truthman
Sat Jul 17, 2010 8:09 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: Infinite punishment for finite sins
Replies: 427
Views: 109501

Re: Infinite punishment for finite sins

The word of God tells that all men have the required basic knowledge so that they are without excuse (Psalm 19:1-6; Rom. 1:20;) and that God is not far from anyone, anywhere that is interested in knowing him (Acts 17:27). Infinite means boundless: without limit. God is infinite in every respect: inf...
by truthman
Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:42 am
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: meaning of Belief in salvation
Replies: 67
Views: 13042

Re: Atheist argument that is causing my friend to doubt...

Truthman, quite a few scholars would disagree with you. I think what has been termed "apostasy" is mysterious. However, taken in context, the following verses have been used to show that apostasy is possible: Hebrews 6:4-6, 10:26; Peter 1:10, and 1 John 5:16-17. 1 John 2:19 indicates that...
by truthman
Fri Jul 16, 2010 1:38 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Stars Went Billions of Years Back in Time When Created.
Replies: 63
Views: 11109

Stars Went Billions of Years Back in Time When Created.

Anything travelling faster than the speed of light would go backwards in time according to special relativity. Time travel is also proposed in General relativity. Why or why not could anything have gone backwards in time from the beginning of Creation? (I edited the title to try and get some discuss...
by truthman
Fri Jul 16, 2010 12:17 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Geocentric
Replies: 45
Views: 8244

Re: Geocentric

Well, you talked me into actually going and checking out the geocentricity site. I wasn't able to download the pdf though. The site is rather interesting. They are actually far more science based than I could have guessed. The founder Gerardus D. Bouw, Ph.D is actually an astronomer. I was shocked. ...
by truthman
Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:50 pm
Forum: Creation Talk
Topic: Time scale? a very long time indeed.
Replies: 45
Views: 13090

Re: Time scale? a very long time indeed.

As far as inflation goes, listen to this podcast, #3 (6-29-10) http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/i-didnt-know-that-podcast/id304509928 This response was mentioned in the podcast: http://www.reasons.org/special-edition-tnrtb-astronomers-assess-age-universe In inflation as well as the universe's contin...
by truthman
Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:34 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Geocentric
Replies: 45
Views: 8244

Re: Geocentric

It generalizes Galileo's principle of relativity—that all uniform motion is relative , and that there is no absolute and well-defined state of rest (no privileged reference frames) —from mechanics to all the laws of physics, including both the laws of mechanics and of electrodynamics, whatever they...
by truthman
Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:14 pm
Forum: Christian Theology
Topic: meaning of Belief in salvation
Replies: 67
Views: 13042

Re: Atheist argument that is causing my friend to doubt...

Gabriel A more careful study reveals that it is impossible to lose salvation from eternal death. 1. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Here it says that those who believe HAVE everlast...
by truthman
Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:43 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Geocentric
Replies: 45
Views: 8244

Re: Geocentric

With regards to those who, today, hold to geocentrism, the issue becomes one of deliberate ignorance. It's not as if they are saying, as you are, "oh, relativity allows perspective to justify geocentrism"...they are rejecting some pretty basic observational data. It's not that they are em...
by truthman
Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:16 pm
Forum: Aberrant Christianity
Topic: What needs to be done in order to be saved
Replies: 67
Views: 24762

Re: What needs to be done in order to be saved

B.W.
Nice to find someone on the same page of belief. :)
Easy believism is deadly and so is salvation by works.
by truthman
Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:39 am
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Geocentric
Replies: 45
Views: 8244

Re: Geocentric

The theory of Relativity is not being applied in this context at all. Truth is not relative. What the geocentric perspective did historically (and does now) is elevate a particular hermeneutic of Scripture and equate it with Scripture itself. It is wrong both because it does not align with the trut...
by truthman
Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:39 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Geocentric
Replies: 45
Views: 8244

Re: Geocentric

Well, that's funny :lol: but of course it's not quite like that. But, according to relativity, the faster something moves away from a reference point, the slower time moves in respect to the reference point. Time totally stops if matter reaches the speed of light (although it would take an infinite ...
by truthman
Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:36 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Geocentric
Replies: 45
Views: 8244

Re: Geocentric

when we choose the earth as point of reference, the sun SEEMS to be revolving around the earth. We know the earth,all planets,moons asteroids etc. in our solar system revolve around the sun. Just like from the earth, the sun seems to be setting We can only "know" that the earth, all plane...
by truthman
Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:24 pm
Forum: God and Science
Topic: Geocentric
Replies: 45
Views: 8244

Re: Geocentric

I believe the problem here is that although the theory of relativity has been around an hundred years and has been well validated, our educational system has largely ignored it. It is hard for many people to grasp. They particularly ignore it if it challenges anything that they can use to try and di...