Hi,
Could anyone shed any light on where Christianity and God stands on the subject of dinosaurs? Who created them? God? And when? Did they really exist millions of years ago? And if so, why were they created first (if they were created) and why such a long time before Man?
Adrian
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McCulloch
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McCulloch wrote:According to Christian theology, God created mortal life, is God mortal?
Mortal means it will or can die. Immortal means that it cannot and will not die. Something or someone who is immortal is not mortal. Something which is mortal is not immortal. Is God mortal or immortal?methylatedghosts wrote:Firstly God is everything. That includes both mortal and immortal.
Do you have any evidence for this belief?methylatedghosts wrote:secondly. I believe that the human spirit/soul is immortal, so we don't really die. The body is just a transport shell for the soul.
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Cathar1950
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I am making an appeal to ancient man and ancient stories.
It seems that was the appeal often made of religions. The one thing the ancient world hated was new ideas. They were always suspicious of ideas that didn’t have ancient roots. Christianity laid claim to ancient Judaism as well as other even more ancient ideas.
But the most ancient gods seem to have been mortal and used means to be immortal.
Elixirs, fruit and magic were often withheld from ancient man so he would not achieve immortality. Immortality seems to be a newer idea when it is meant to live forever or has always lived. Even the ancient stories leave hints such as “ancient of days” and ‘the beginning and the end”. The ideas have an interesting evolution.
It seems that was the appeal often made of religions. The one thing the ancient world hated was new ideas. They were always suspicious of ideas that didn’t have ancient roots. Christianity laid claim to ancient Judaism as well as other even more ancient ideas.
But the most ancient gods seem to have been mortal and used means to be immortal.
Elixirs, fruit and magic were often withheld from ancient man so he would not achieve immortality. Immortality seems to be a newer idea when it is meant to live forever or has always lived. Even the ancient stories leave hints such as “ancient of days” and ‘the beginning and the end”. The ideas have an interesting evolution.
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Dinosuars?
this is the same book that talks about unicorns.
Deuteronomy 33:17
Numbers 23:22, 24:8
Psalm 22:21, 29:6, 92:10
Isaiah 34:7
this is the same book that talks about unicorns.
Deuteronomy 33:17
Numbers 23:22, 24:8
Psalm 22:21, 29:6, 92:10
Isaiah 34:7
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According to Christian theology, all that existed before the universe was created was God. Then what is the universe made of? Could it be that the universe then is made of God? Are parts of the universe mortal? Yes, people, plants and animals die. If these things are made of God then surely this must mean that in this sense, God is mortal. As for the rest of it, God is immortalMcCulloch wrote:Mortal means it will or can die. Immortal means that it cannot and will not die. Something or someone who is immortal is not mortal. Something which is mortal is not immortal. Is God mortal or immortal?methylatedghosts wrote:Firstly God is everything. That includes both mortal and immortal.
No I have no evidence that I can give others for this, and I don't pretend to.Do you have any evidence for this belief?methylatedghosts wrote:secondly. I believe that the human spirit/soul is immortal, so we don't really die. The body is just a transport shell for the soul.
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You are starting to sound like Whitehead and Hartshorne.methylatedghosts wrote:According to Christian theology, all that existed before the universe was created was God. Then what is the universe made of? Could it be that the universe then is made of God? Are parts of the universe mortal? Yes, people, plants and animals die. If these things are made of God then surely this must mean that in this sense, God is mortal. As for the rest of it, God is immortalMcCulloch wrote:Mortal means it will or can die. Immortal means that it cannot and will not die. Something or someone who is immortal is not mortal. Something which is mortal is not immortal. Is God mortal or immortal?methylatedghosts wrote:Firstly God is everything. That includes both mortal and immortal.
No I have no evidence that I can give others for this, and I don't pretend to.Do you have any evidence for this belief?methylatedghosts wrote:secondly. I believe that the human spirit/soul is immortal, so we don't really die. The body is just a transport shell for the soul.
They argue for a God that has a contingent nature.
Most theist like to talk about a god beyond time and space that is unknowable.
