Michael, several posters have advised against posting laundry lists of arguments like the one you just did. The depth of your understanding it takes to post such a list is no more than seeing something about God or the Bible and science, and then mindlessly cutting and pasting. That is particularly the case in this list you posted, since I suspect you didn’t understand it enough to realize it’s arguments are largely against your young-earth position. Look at this:
… although the Bible is not a science textbook, it is accurate when it mentions matters of science.
The universe had a beginning. (Genesis 1:1)
Mike, go to almost any major college in the world and ask the physics department if the universe had a beginning (your own local Arizona State University in Tempe would be a good one). The answer from almost every one will be yes, when the big bang happened some 13.5 billion years ago. But you are a YEC, and you can’t tolerate billions of years since the universe came into existence. OOPS.
…The universe is governed day-to-day by rational natural laws, not by the whims of deities. (Job 38:33; Jeremiah 33:25)
Yup, sometimes disasters happen (2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, or volcanoes, or Hurricane Katrina, etc.), all the results of natural forces. Not things like giganticus floods because a God is ticked off at everyone but some guy named Noah, or fire raining down from heaven just on some insolent priests, or dead smelly human bodies coming back to life, or ladies turning to salt cause they glance over their shoulder.
Rivers and springs are fed by water that has evaporated from the oceans and other sources and then has fallen back to earth as rain, snow, or hail. (Job 36:27, 28; Ecclesiastes 1:7; Isaiah 55:10; Amos 9:6)
Yup, and science even has the exact equations that explain why rainbows can be seen in the rain. No magical restriction on rainbows prior to a few thousand years ago. OOPS.
The mountains rise and fall, and today’s mountains were once under the ocean. (Psalm 104:6, 8)
Yup, Alfred Wegener was a pretty smart guy. Since today’s mountains, like Mount Everest, have been under water for millions of years they would be expected to have thick layers of old marine fossils. OOPS.
Myth: The Bible says that the universe was created in six 24-hour days.
Fact: According to the Bible, God created the universe in the indefinite past. (Genesis 1:1) Also, the days of creation described in chapter 1 of Genesis were epochs whose length is not specified. In fact, the entire period during which earth and heaven were made is also called a “day.”—Genesis 2:4.
Wow, this last one is pure unadulterated old-earth doctrine. Glad to see you have again switched sides, Michael. OOPS.
Got any more lists like this that support evolutionary ideas, Mike?
