300 Foxes and a Donkey's Jawbone
Scientifically illiterate science worshipers (SISWs) frequently tout the importance of empirical evidence. They squawk the phrase "empirical evidence" like parrots squawking "pieces of eight, pieces of eight".Scientifically illiterate science worshipers (SISWs) frequently tout the importance of empirical evidence. They use the phrase like parrots squawking "pieces of eight, pieces of eight."
The Bible tells us that the truth about God has been made known to everyone so that no one has an excuse not to believe. The truth is evident from the creation around us.
Why would God send a strong delusion if we've been given knowledge of the truth? Do you love the truth, or hate it? Some people don't want it. You have a choice. You can believe anything you want.
God's ultimate goal is a place which is perpetually light, where there's no impurity or corruption, and where he has fellowship with sentient beings. But he isn't going to make anyone be there unless they want to be there.It's very helpful to know that the universe has a purpose because it helps us to understand the broad narrative. It's also useful to know that there's a reason for this purpose because it shows us the big picture.
The Hebrew word translated as "firmament" is raqia. A simple definition is "expanse" so most translations render the meaning as "the expanse of the sky."
Evolution "change in allele frequency in a population over time" started in Genesis 3. It's not a lie, it's an extensively documented process of change over time. Evolution isn't a problem. Abiogenesis isn't a problem.
Blancan is the scientific word for "can't see the wood for the trees." It embodies the fact that every University in the world teaches what the Bible calls, "the strong delusion."
If you could get everyone, the whole world, to believe something which isn't true would that be success or failure? It depends on your intent. If your goal is to delude everyone then it's success.
The first five trumpets and vials are all part of the first of three woes. Blowing the sixth trumpet and pouring out the sixth vial of wrath is described as the second woe. The seventh trumpet/vial is the third woe.
Noah's flood was a world wide cataclysmic event that drastically changed both the surface of the Earth and its internal structure. So where's the evidence? Literally everywhere.