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[zlogdan]

Hi, I am from Brazil. 50. I am married and have kids. I work as a software engineer.
Why I am here? Because despite considering myself agnostic, I have always been more partial to those who believe.

zlogdan, welcome to the forum!

Just curious - what has kept you from belief? Any particular issues?

I would say that the honest agnostic is at least open to faith and doesn't avoid information or evidences that might support it. In fact, the question of whether God (or a god) exists is one of the universal questions and pursuits of mankind since the first humans existed. So, are you not at least very curious - wouldn't imagine you'd be here, otherwise.

Again, welcome!

Thanks Philip.

I believe that what causes my disbelief (despite my observations, readings, opinions, and a certain level of faith) is that I suffer from OCD.
It is the only explanation I can come up with after all these years. It just makes my belief weaker in favor of what I fear the most.
But I immensely dislike Richard Dawkins's approach to his "church of disbelief".

[Philip]

Zlogdan wrote:

Thanks Philip.

I believe that what causes my disbelief (despite my observations, readings, opinions, and a certain level of faith) is that I suffer from OCD.
It is the only explanation I can come up with after all these years. It just makes my belief weaker in favor of what I fear the most.
But I immensely dislike Richard Dawkins's approach to his "church of disbelief".

Zlogdan, I'm glad you're here. Maybe I can help, as I have a few thoughts about your situation. LOL, I'm a bit OCD myself. Had a busy day, but I'll try to get back to you this weekend.

Philip

Note: I have replied to your post here: viewtopic.php?p=254326#p254326

[GaroldSpire]

Hi, I’m Gari. Interests are primarily Biblical Geography. Would like to know if anyone else thinks Genesis was dictated to Moses by God so is written from his viewpoint wherein it really was 6 days of creation but since He was busy expanding the universe his point of view was 7 24 hour days although from our point of view it was 14 billion years due to a difference in velocity remembering Einstein showed us that time is relative to one’s velocity?

[Philip]

Hi, I’m Gari. Interests are primarily Biblical Geography. Would like to know if anyone else thinks Genesis was dictated to Moses by God so is written from his viewpoint wherein it really was 6 days of creation but since He was busy expanding the universe his point of view was 7 24 hour days although from our point of view it was 14 billion years due to a difference in velocity remembering Einstein showed us that time is relative to one’s velocity?

Hello, Gari - welcome to Godandscience.org!

I can't point you to many discussions on the forum over your question. I'm guessing you are aware of the beliefs of YEC vs. OEC?

In the first place, the Bible wasn't written to be a science book. And while I DO think God layered into Scripture understandings for the original audience that are also valid for today, I also think those layers include things the modern, scientific age can understand in additional ways that Moses and his readers couldn't have understood. What God was primarily doing with the Creation accounts was to correct the Israelites false beliefs and mythologies of the Ancient Mesopotamian creation myths and Egyptian gods they had absorbed during the long captivity in Egypt. So, two different things could well be going on in the Genesis creation passages, and some of it may not have been intended for Moses and his original audience to fully understand, while some of it was clearly written for all followers of God then, now and in the future. Clearly, God inspired Moses what to write down - but that doesn't mean he fully understood it from all angles (ancient and modern). He wrote from a viewpoint he understood, from a culture and time he was immersed in.

We have to be VERY careful about reading science into Scripture. Check this thread out: viewtopic.php?p=235296#p235296

And this thread: viewtopic.php?p=228129#p228129

You can also do topic searches in the top right of the page.

Again, welcome!

[VisualBrian]

Hello everyone. What I am most interested in is discussion, and that someone is actually here to discuss my doubts about the existence of GOD. Please let me know if this is possible or if this is just a place to promote GOD. I need to know the truth.

[Philip]

Hello everyone. What I am most interested in is discussion, and that someone is actually here to discuss my doubts about the existence of GOD. Please let me know if this is possible or if this is just a place to promote GOD. I need to know the truth.

Hello, Brian, and welcome to the forum! Tell us about some of your doubts. Perhaps also a bit about what you DO believe, at the present. I'll try to be helpful.

Philip

[Iota]

I live in east Texas. Watching for buds on my lemon bush, cleaning out flower beads, and expecting the heat of summer.
Married 43 years, and had three girls. Oldest Girl is 42. I’m raising my 13 year old grandson. I feel blessed to have him.
Worked for the post office for 34 years, as an electronic technician. I’m very happy to be off of the night shift.
I hope you all have a blessed day! Iota

[Philip]

Hello, Iota and welcome to GodandScience.org! Explore the site, ask questions, post. Looking forward to seeing your contributions!

Philip

[Iota]

Thank you!

[whitab]

Hello, my name is Whitney. I'm 22, a Christian, & I love learning. Happy to be here!

[Philip]

Hello, my name is Whitney. I'm 22, a Christian, & I love learning. Happy to be here!

Awesome, Whitney! Ask questions, look around, use the search box.

Do you have any specific questions or topics of interest?

Glad to have you join us!

Philip

[whitab]

Thanks! All I'm sure of is I know that God & science are connected. I just want to take some time to explore it some more, because I hardly know where to go from there.

[Philip]

Thanks! All I'm sure of is I know that God & science are connected. I just want to take some time to explore it some more, because I hardly know where to go from there.

Great, Whitney - just don't hesitate to ask - also, you can click on my name and send me a private question or comment - glad to be of help!

Philip

[TUBEHEAD]

So, I've got an icon of the schematic symbol of a triode tube (Sans, Joe Walsh "Analog Man") I could display that but I don't see a way to do that - Can anyone clue me in?
In any case, I was looking for the website for my astronomy group RICHMOND ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY and stumbled on this site.
Glad to be here

[Philip]

So, I've got an icon of the schematic symbol of a triode tube (Sans, Joe Walsh "Analog Man") I could display that but I don't see a way to do that - Can anyone clue me in?
In any case, I was looking for the website for my astronomy group RICHMOND ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY and stumbled on this site.
Glad to be here

Hello, Tubehead - welcome to GodandScience!

To put an image in your posts, you have to create an Avatar. To do that, follow the instructions here: viewtopic.php?p=256056#p256056

You can also insert photos from the web into your posts by clicking on the small icon with mountains (above the posting box) - it's between the small asterisk and the two chain link icons. First, right click on an image and choose "copy image link" - then open the small icon (with mountains), and paste the link you copied in it up will pop inside your text box (by right clicking in between the two bracketed img: [img]paste image link here[img] - then, right-click and paste your image link between the two [img][img]. Hope it works for you!

Otherwise, ask questions, post, search the site with the search box (at the top / right of pages).

Philip