And can you explain to me how they can think and make decisions on their own without a human being present to control it. For the fact that a human is present and controlling it to think and act shows that the human brain is much smarter than it.

Its a simple fact...I need not elaborate on this issue any further.

Well like I said earlier, I cannot give you a specific age of the earth. The bible its self didn't give a specific age of the earth. It (the bible) told us that many years were lost and those lost years were not recorded in the bible.

So I gave up my quest of finding the earth actual age and concentrated more on my salvation.

Therefore I would suggest that you do the same.

Let me share a little story with you.

A university professor challenged his students with this question. “Did God create everything that exists?” A student bravely replied, “Yes, he did!” “God created everything?” The professor asked. “Yes sir”, the student replied. The professor answered, “If God created everything, then God created evil, since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are, then God is evil”.

The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth.

Another student raised his hand and said, “Can I ask you a question professor?” “Of course”, replied the professor. The student stood up and asked, “Professor, does cold exist?” “What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never been cold?” The students snickered at the young man’s question. The young man replied, “In fact sir, cold does not exist.

According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat. Every body or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy. Absolute zero (-4600 F) is the total absence of heat; all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat.

“The student continued, “Professor, does darkness exist?” The professor responded, “Of course it does.” The student replied, “Once again you are wrong sir, darkness does not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton’s prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wave lengths of each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space is? You measure the amount of light present.

Isn’t this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is no light present.” Finally the young man asked the professor, “Sir, does evil exist?” Now uncertain, the professor responded, “Of course as I have already said. We see it every day. It is in the daily example of man’s inhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence everywhere in the world.

These manifestations are nothing else but evil.” To this the student replied, “Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is not like faith, or love that exist just as does light and heat. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart. It’s like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.”
So I guess I've answered your question.

Delafruita:
you're "falling hand".thought you said you wouldnt quote the bible.the thread was not started to explain the existence of god.its says "atheists,feel free to ask your questions".a question about santa shouldnt be too difficult to answer unless you have no sensible response

helpn hand@kay:
God created humans with a free will...even though he knws ‎​†ђξ future.he proposed our lives based on our decisions

CrazyMan:
But that same super computer which you claim is smarter and faster than the human brain was created by a human.

And mind you, it does not have feelings, does not have emotions, cannot think, cannot cry, and cannot exhibit half of the qualities of the human brain.

So can you now possibly tell me that it is smarter than the human brain...?



My thread was started on the existence of God and not santa. So I don't really have to answer that question.

Thanks.

A new pill to treat HIV infection -- combining two previously approved drugs plus two new ones -- has been approved for adults living with the virus that causes AIDS, US regulators said.
The single daily dose of Stribild provides a complete treatment regimen for HIV infection, the US Food and Drug Administration said in a statement, and is meant for people who have not already received treatment with other HIV drugs.

"Through continued research and drug development, treatment for those infected with HIV has evolved from multi-pill regimens to single-pill regimens," said Edward Cox, director of the Office of Antimicrobial Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

"New combination HIV drugs like Stribild help simplify treatment regimens."
The new pill, previously called Quad, is made by Gilead Sciences in California and "should be available to patients by the end of the week," company spokeswoman Erin Rau told AFP.

The company said it tested the pill in two double-blind clinical trials of more than 1,400 patients.
Results showed that Stribild performed as well or better than two other treatment combinations, and brought virus readings down to undetectable levels in around nine of 10 patients after 48 weeks.

"Therapies that address the individual needs of patients are critical to enhancing adherence and increasing the potential for treatment success," Gilead chief John Martin said in a company statement.
But some advocates say the new pill is priced far too high.

"We wanted to see (a price of) no more than the current drug," said Michael Weinstein, president of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, referring to Gilead's previously approved three-in-one pill, Atripla. But he said the price will be about a third higher than the three-pill combo.

The new drug "is not a significant improvement over existing therapies," Weinstein told AFP, adding the cost will "severely limit access" to the new medication.
Gilead is charging wholesalers $28,500 a year for the drug, but said it will provide discounts to state assistance programs and has created a patient financial-assistance program, Rau said.

This is Gilead's third single-tablet anti-HIV combination therapy, the company noted, adding it is still seeking approval for the newest offering in Australia, Canada and the European Union.
To get the drug to HIV patients in the developing world, where millions lack access to effective treatment options, generic versions are being developed -- with permission and help from Gilead -- by a number of Indian manufacturers and the Medicines Patent Pool, a non-profit that helps facilitate generic drug-making.

The drug combines Truvada -- another Gilead offering approved in 2004, that combines emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate to fight an enzyme that HIV needs to replicate -- with elvitegravir, another enzyme-fighting drug, and cobicistat, which enhances the effects of elvitegravir.

The FDA said further study is required to determine the quad-drug's safety for women and children, how resistance may develop, and whether the drug interacts with other drugs.
Stribild will also be required to carry a label warning patients and health care providers the drug can cause fatal side effects, including severe liver problems, and a build-up of lactic acid in the blood. The FDA said the label is also required for many other HIV-fighting drugs.
But Gilead said that during the studies, "most adverse effects were mild to moderate." The FDA said patients commonly experienced nausea and diarrhea.

The drug also weakened bones and caused or worsened kidney problems -- both of which will be mentioned in a warning on the drug's label.

Truvada was previously approved as a treatment for people infected with HIV to be used in combination with other antiretroviral drugs.
In July, it was also approved for use by healthy at-risk adults to prevent HIV, the first-ever daily pill approved for that purpose.
This year, the FDA also approved the first rapid HIV test that can be bought without a prescription and taken at home.

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CrazyMan:
God exists

Allow me to prove it with science

You must note that If a being exists, its explanation must also exist. And its existence is explained either by itself or by another.

Now for millions of people around the globe to including well learned proffessurs open websites, start seminars, open a tv channel just to support or oppose the fact that he (God) exists should be enough reason to tell you that he does exist. Because if he doesn't believe me people including you who made this post wouldn't bother themselves. People love to talk when this kind of issue comes up because they know deep down that something exists up there. They just want a proper conviction.


Also, take a look at the human brain...simultaneously processes an amazing amount of information. Your brain takes in all the colors and objects you see, the temperature around you, the pressure of your feet against the floor, the sounds around you, the dryness of your mouth, even the texture of your keyboard. Your brain holds and processes all your emotions, thoughts and memories. At the same time your brain keeps track of the ongoing functions of your body like your breathing pattern, eyelid movement, hunger and movement of the muscles in your hands.

The human brain is said to process more than a million messages a second. Have you ever asked yourself how possible that is without the help of a supernatural being.

Even scientists have tried over the years to produce a cloned human just to prove that humans are mere mortals, but guess what, they have failed and they would keep failing becaus they can never create what God took his precious time to create.

Secondly, the brain as you and I know fully well, functions differently than other organs. There is an intelligence to it, the ability to reason, to produce feelings, to dream and plan, to take action, and relate to other people.

Have you ever asked yourself what powers this wonderful device to keep running without any form of malfunction, because you cannot possibly make me believe that such a wondeful device appeared into the body of man.

You must also note that animals also have brains...but what differinciates theirs from ours is that ours was specially created to rule and dominate.

This should be enough evidence to prove that God exists.

God exists and that's why.

Thanks for your question.

First I would use the world we live in to give you a favorable answer. Assuming you are a president and you love and cherish your people, would your love for them prevent you from punishing them when they fail to obey the laws you give them?

Would the punishment you give to them for the evils they commit portray you as a bad person?

How would you feel when people criticize you for sentencing a killer to death?

My God is a merciful God, and he has given us laws which we must obey. But that doesn't mean the he wouldn't punish you when you disobey him.


God's plan isn't to put anyone in hell...people end up in hell as a result of the atrocities they comit against God.

I want you to ponder on this question. How would you feel if someone kills your father, r a p e s your sister, doesn't ask God for forgiveness, but finds himself in heaven...how would you feel?

I'm sure you would start a rebel group in heaven calling for interested angels to join your little junta to overthrow God, because to you, his so called love would be like stupidity...cos you would definitely want justice for your loved ones.

You must note that as the world has a judiciary system by which all offenders are judged, God also has laid down rules and failure to adhere strictly to them would result in a stiff punishment.

Well, I can't possible give you a specific age...but I'm sure that the earth has seen many centuries.

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danwo:



@jayriginal
@plaetton

"she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel"
- Judges 11:39

I hope you both noticed the punctuation mark ( : ) in the above verse and what followed after it (i.e. the immediate five words after)
Go figure?

toluxa1:

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Goshen360:

I have been reading you from behind and at this stage on the above attempt of Gen. 1:1-2, You are defending "heresy". There is nothing like the earth "became" rather "was" DESCRIBING the initial creation how it was created. If it "became", you are indirectly saying God first created, it was ruined by the devil and later again, God re-created or re-formed or re-made the earth again only for God to destroy the earth after the fall of Adam in the time of Noah and then start all over again. This theory is against our faith and you are not spread this kind of heresy please.

Am sorry to interrupt but if it does explain it, you can start another thread to this effect. As a matter of fact, I had refuted this gap theory in the past. It is actually a pretext and man made theory.

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Delafruita:

ordinarily,god should be omnipresent so his appearance to moses isnt a big deal

the story of the tower of babel is allegorical and not to be taken literarily.you should understand that the old testament was as much a religious book as it was a history book.folklore somehow gets embedded into history to remind people of certain things.

the bible doesnt say how cain got a wife.but the bible tellls us that adam had other children after seth.it doesnt say when just as it doesnt tell us when cain got his wife.josephus flavius claims adam had 33 sons and 23 daughters.any of these daughters could have been taken by cain to be his wife

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Delafruita:
the bible and science agree on a lot more than people realise.there is this notion that the bible claims the earth is 6000+ years old.thats a big misconception.a proper interpretation of genesis 1:1-2 shows that the earth cannot be 6000+ years old.

genesis 1:1 says "in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth"
1;2 says "and the earth was without form and void........"
the word "was" in genesis 1:2 doesnt fully translate the greek word in the verse.(dont wanna delve into greek translation).the better english word is "become".more recent translations translate genesis 1:2 as "and the earth became without form and void........".

going by this more accurate translation,it shows there should be a timeline between genesis 1:1 and 1:2.the lenght of that timeline can only be determine by science.so whatever science says about the age of the earth is in consonance with the bible.

theologians believe the earth became without form and void when the devil and his demons were expelled to the earth after the failed coup.

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