so, I'm thinking half (the second of your two "issues") of your concerns are unfounded...

Not sure where in Genesis you're determining the earth is 4,000 BC. The earth as we know it may be according to some biblical scholars. Many believe in two floods which would explain things such as dinosaurs, prehistoric man, etc.

Where did you read in the bible that states there is no life on other planets?

Maybe it was posted on here that I heard this: BIBLE: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.

When you buy a new vehicle, you get an instruction manual with it. It will tell you all about you vehicle and how to maintain it. For me, the bible is my instruction manual.

So you must believe that 7000 people in 33 states and 11 foreign countries have been in on a conspiracy for 20 years and no one has ever let the secret slip out ?


Here's some recent info.

https://news.sky.com/story/mars-cou...-planets-surface-scientists-say-13196193

What I do know is I'm related to a retired Nasau rocket scientist that would fit right in the bs post.
A real slide of hand master.
I don't know if he's the exception. But there are plenty that are skeptical of the veracity of the space program.

Quite a variety of opinions. Obviously each individual takes the bible differently.

THE 4004 BC is printed right at the beginning of the Genesis page. Why even put that there if it means nothing?
A dated timeline is put on ALL books of the bible, both old & new testament. Some may not even notice these when reading the bible.

Most should re-read Genesis chapter 1 & chapter 2:1-3. It is implied & clear to me that GOD only created life on EARTH before He rested.

Maybe some things should have been more clearly worded in the bible so we could all understand it the same way?

For the record, I do believe in GOD - 100%. The bible (& other religious writings) not 100%

More food for thought - ever wonder about the books they did not put into bible? The bible did not fall from the sky.
The bible was not put together and canonized until about 200 AD or so by a group of top religious leaders.
The book of Enoch was removed about the same time period.

Each individual should not look to the sky for GOD, but inside one's own heart

You and Chancey are the main reasons Ive invested so heavily in Reynolds Wrap tinfoil company....keep her up!

I'm not sure that Bahamians are known for their space explorations.

They probably share thier info with Zambia's space program. (of course, they're in on the hoax too).

Besure and get the heavy duty stuff.

I was never accused of being a spelling b champion.

You nailed it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxl849j77ko

Keith

This complicates things.

Calendar at Gobekli Teppe

Makes me want to TTT the Mayan discovery stuff cause this stuff is so interesting.

Interesting Mayan Discoveries

Shouldn't we be trying to help each other instead of destruct each other?

The earth is not 6000 years old. Fact. There are very likely other life forms in the universe.

Science, yo.

Actual science (not circular reasoning-biased "science") and faith can work together quite well.

Those time line dates seem to be the dates thought of by whoever put your bible together. Mine says date written is between 1450 and 1400BC. I assume there is at least the possibility of bias in those numbers depending on what they believe.

As for the age of the earth, there are different theories that can support old or new earth depending on how you read and how much you read into things. The gap theory is one that makes a lot of room for an old earth and an ancient civilization.

I for one dont believe in life on other planets. Its possible, and definitely not beyond the scope of God's power. I think its probably more likely that the "extraterrestrial" life that we think of being from other planets is interdimensional. Seems odd to me that all the observations of these crafts and beings is done within our atmosphere, not outside of it despite all of the telescopes and other observation capable technology we have. To be honest though, I havent researched it that much.

As for the extra books. I am secure enough in what I believe to read them (or other religious texts for that matter). I personally believe that most people who say "dont read xyz" are not secure enough in their faith to defend it in their own minds. I recently purchased the book of enoch to see what it says. If the apostles read them and studied them enough to reference them in scripture then Im not going to say that I (or you or anyone else) shouldnt read them.

Without even getting into the New Earth theories and trying to figure out how they arrived at some of their dates. I can't grasp that as many times as "man knows best" has removed, added and shuffled scripture around why has it never bothered them that the bible has no chronologically order. The average person doesn't have the time to cherry pick the facts out and put them in the right time and place.
Some argue that in order to to get the bible in a timely order, then some books would have to be split into others. It takes years of study to get things in your mind in order to get a feel for it. Maybe its job security for the professors, I don't know ! Maybe the commoner should just follow and not ask questions, lol.