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Um, they do. Actually many diverse cultures have traditions that tell of the time when people all spoke one language but one day all of a sudden they were unable to understand one another.
Of course it is, it is the best selling book of all time for good reason.
That fact that you scoff at this is prophecy fulfilled and proof that many will be afraid at His reappearance.
What you call "the word of God" - the Bible - we don't believe for a moment is the word of God. You keep insisting this is "the word of God", well, no it isn't. If would be like I kept saying that Dianetics was the word of god, and if you didn't accept it, well, that's just your fear of accepting the truth, and insisting this over and over and over again.
“One day soon He will return”
Any day now! this has been taught for centuries.
“many will be afraid at His reappearance.”
Of course, can’t finish a sentence without cramping some more fear mongering in.
PeopleUnited says
richwicks says
What you call "the word of God" - the Bible - we don't believe for a moment is the word of God. You keep insisting this is "the word of God", well, no it isn't. If would be like I kept saying that Dianetics was the word of god, and if you didn't accept it, well, that's just your fear of accepting the truth, and insisting this over and over and over again.
Well, I only said it once, but if you are not afraid as you claim, then you are by your own testimony, unbelieving. Both the fearful and unbelieving, well they have the same fate.
But if you are not afraid, like yoga said:
YAAWN
They are missing Hindu, Confucianism, and Shintoism.
I believe we can make the world a better place (instantly) by protecting our kids from religion and people that try to brainwash and manipulate them with fear tactics and fairytales.
Well, I only said it once, but if you are not afraid as you claim, then you are by your own testimony, unbelieving. Both the fearful and unbelieving, well they have the same fate.
I tried to tell him as well that his fear mongering doesn’t work on me. It feels like talking to him is like talking to a robot. No matter what you say, it doesn’t matter and he uses every chance he gets to spread his fear tactics and to post Bible verses.
But they were absolutely right. I apologize to all the "crazy Christians" I laughed at and derided. They were 100% right.
All stick, no carrot. A real religion in my opinion will be all carrot, no stick
And here is what is dangerous and will be a reality some day soon. The hatred of Christians (the ones who actually believe the Bible not the ones like you mention that just fake it out of fear) is real and growing. There is coming a day when your head will be severed from your body for teaching, quoting or believing the Bible. It’s probably not far off and the venom of people like some on this board is evidence
There is coming a day when your head will be severed from your body for teaching, quoting or believing the Bible.
I just got triggered by him posting his religious stuff cuz it reminds of people from my past who do that and how they are.
I regard my government as evil at this point. You don't.
Rubicon says
I just got triggered by him posting his religious stuff cuz it reminds of people from my past who do that and how they are.
That’s called projection I think. It is not my intention to offend anyone, including you.
I’m also concerned that you can go so far as imply that Christians don’t have the right and privilege to share their beliefs and experiences.
bombard people with Bible verses. That’s the triggering part of it.
You are no different than other religious fanatics IMO
This imaging was done in 1996 BTW. That's 25 years ago. We just don't know, and I accept that. It's so incredibly vast.
It sounds extremely hateful
20 years ago, it was the Christian Right pushing for censorship. Do you remember that?
we have to protect kids" - well, that is true - we need to protect them from our FUCKING government.
I wonder at how a fucking atom exists,
I just think you're brainwashed, and I live in a sea of people who are brainwashed. You think I'm incorrect
It took me a long time to see the world materialistically
The existence of anything, such a mystery!
richwicks says
This imaging was done in 1996 BTW. That's 25 years ago. We just don't know, and I accept that. It's so incredibly vast.
It truly is amazing. And God made all in 24 hours! That is just incredible!! Day 4. Just think how long of a movie you’d have to make to show even half the universe. Obviously God is the ultimate multitasker.
I've just not got beyond "the universe", and you don't try. It's a real mystery.
Honestly, and I mean this, if there's an afterlife and my dogs aren't there, I don't want to be a part of it. Best creatures I ever had the privilege to interact with. I was very fortunate, but I did do dog rescue, and I had 20 dogs in that time, I just picked out the best 2 of them. Dogs that couldn't be adopted easily, and I could deal with. I was the best possible owner, and I loved them very much - but I'm technically an atheist. I'd go to hell for them, for those two creatures. I would have killed you if you if I judged you to be a serious threat to them.
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The Milky Way is no run-of-the-mill galaxy, according to a new study.
A team of astronomers recently discovered that our spiral-shaped home galaxy is actually too big for its surroundings, Science Alert reported.
The Milky Way is located in a “neighborhood” called the Local Sheet, which is a flat arrangement of galaxies that share similar velocities and are surrounded by empty space called voids.
The team explained that the Local Sheet serves as an example of a cosmological wall and separates the Local Void from the Southern Void. The relationship between the galaxies in the Local Sheet has a strong influence on their behavior, such as their similar velocities relative to the expansion of the Universe.
But the Milky Way appears to be an exception.
In their paper, researchers conducted an analysis using simulations from a project called IllustrisTNG, which models the physical Universe.
They found that, being a billion light years across and containing millions of galaxies, very few galaxies located within a cosmological wall structure are as big as the Milky Way.
The study underscores the importance of considering the local environment when studying our home galaxy, rather than assuming that it is in an average spot in the universe.
The environmental context could also help explain some previously unexplained phenomena, such as the odd arrangement of satellite galaxies around Andromeda and the peculiar lack of them around the Milky Way.