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Alistein;50500 said:I ask if a thousand years is a day to God how does God use it. Of what use is such a timescale to us Humans and where and when did God use it. We might as well say no one in this site is saved or that it would atleast take close to a thousand years for our salvation to occurr considering adam was created in a day. Also is it of any importance to pray and ask God for anything seeing one might be dead before such a prayer is ever answered if you consider tis ridiculous time scale..." Please do not LIMIT God with such petty statements. Saying God couldn't answer our prayers before we die no matter the time scale is down right insulting and ridiculous!!!!(The rest of this is not directed at you Alistein)I for one came into this with the pre-concieven notion that the earth was 6,000 years old because its what i have always been taught. But what Kriss is saying adds up and I believe her. You know why I believe her? Because she is supporting everything she say's with SCRIPTURE!! Take everything you hear and weigh it against scripture, if it doesn't add up than throw it out, but this goes with scripture. If you do not believe it then study more and pray for understanding and wisdom. But like it has been said, this is not a matter of salvation so if you for some reason do not care to understand than feel free to leave everything that has been said here behind. There are too many things in the bible to learn them all, and many that we will learn once we dwelve deeper into scripture will not match up with mens teachings that we have been force fed our entire lives, therefore we will most likely rebuke them. But I ask that all here try as hard as it may be, to be open to ALL ideas! Once recieved compare it to scripture and if it adds up accept it. But most importantly, PRAY!!! The Holy Spirit is the key to fully understanding scripture, without it we are lost.
followerofchrist;50510][quote=Alistein;50500]I ask if a thousand years is a day to God how does God use it. Of what use is such a timescale to us Humans and where and when did God use it. We might as well say no one in this site is saved or that it would atleast take close to a thousand years for our salvation to occurr considering adam was created in a day. Also is it of any importance to pray and ask God for anything seeing one might be dead before such a prayer is ever answered if you consider tis ridiculous time scale..." Please do not LIMIT God with such petty statements. Saying God couldn said:I am simply making my points and in no way limiting God. i see no way how an example could limit God in anyway I think on the contrary your time scale idea limits God. As I have said the timescale does not work both from scripture and logic. however you are free to believe what you will it isn't up to me to change anyone's belief. And since you mention it where are the scriptures that have been used to support your time scale. Do you think God would use a timescale that doesn't even add up mathematically. I believe we can approach this topic logically as well as scripturally and i have done so you can check on the previous posts as it seems you just barged in without going through the thread. I have written what i have observed logically and what I have understood from studying scripture.
Alistein;50513 said:I admit I didn't read it all, I stopped around page 9. Seeing as it was getting kind of repetitive. And I have seen that you are taking the verses in Gen. VERY literally. Which is something I use to do myself. But you won't always get the true meaning by doing that. It can actually get kind of confusing. At least it did for me.followerofchrist;50510 said:I am simply making my points and in no way limiting God. i see no way how an example could limit God in anyway I think on the contrary your time scale idea limits God. As I have said the timescale does not work both from scripture and logic. however you are free to believe what you will it isn't up to me to change anyone's belief. And since you mention it where are the scriptures that have been used to support your time scale. Do you think God would use a timescale that doesn't even add up mathematically. I believe we can approach this topic logically as well as scripturally and i have done so you can check on the previous posts as it seems you just barged in without going through the thread. I have written what i have observed logically and what I have understood from studying scripture.
followerofchrist;50514][quote=Alistein;50513]I admit I didn said:One of the weird things about the concept of day is that:1. The length of a "day" or even a "year" is not constant on all planets.2. Time is not constant throughout the universe.One idea (which I think is interesting) is that yes, the days were literal, but they were literal for earth (and the solar system) only.Gravity has an effect on time, differing gravitational fields affect time differently. This idea is from Christiananswers.nethttp://christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c005.htmlHowever, if the universe has boundaries, then there is a net gravitational effect toward the center. Clocks at the edge would be running at different rates to clocks on the earth. In other words, it is no longer enough to say God made the universe in six days. He certainly did, but six days by which clock? (If we say “God's time” we miss the point that He is outside of time, seeing the end from the beginning.)[10]yes its an idea. HOWEVER, to be honest, we know very little about the universe, VERY LITTLE. Heck, if string theory is true, we are hilariously ignorant about it.String theory and God?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzMEAkI-yrQ