Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-28826152-20161221223809/@comment-25012056-20170104215948

LysurusPeriphragmoides789 wrote: Rocket Engineer wrote: @Lysurus

Point 1: the quality of its truth is rather high actually. One instance of this is that Genesis predicted the upper limit of human life thousands of years before modern science (It's 120 years). Regarding it dividing more than uniting, there are around 2.2 billion Christians. That seems pretty uniting.

Point 2: let me use the Catholic Church for an example. Heres the reason: the Church is a slow moving organization. For instance, the practice of baptizing children and infants started centuries ago, but only now is it starting to be considered "normal". The Church will get around to it eventually, just in its own time. And they are getting better with it, the response time is down to a few years I believe.

Point 3: if you don't give someone free will then their actions become neither "good" nor "bad", as there is no intent behind the actions anymore, they just are.

As far as the Ark, I assume it was a big boat. I don't know where you got the made out of a house part. Either that, or it was just the local species he put on the boat, and all the rest fended for themselves.

Point 5: the point was that outlasting doesn't equal superior.

Point 6: the Catholic Church believes that large parts of Genesis are metaphorical or symbolic in nature, since there was no one around to witness it. The Church has also adopted evolution. Point 1: That was one prediction that most likely would seem almost ridiculous at the time, but as humans evolved their lifespans increased. They may still increase. Okay, so there are 2.2 billion christians on Earth. That 2.2 billion will not want anything to do with people of other religions. Every religion holds fellowship only within its own followers. Btw, check out a comparison of maps showing least religious countries vs most peaceful countries.

Point 2: Yes, the church is slow moving. Btw, I was baptised, but all it seemed to do was turn me from an atheist into a wet atheist.

Point 3: Still, a god who drowned an entire population and forced Egyptians to slaughter their own children doesn't seem to be one who has a problem with controlling people. Local species? Where was this set? If it's anywhere but Africa, I'll have another question to ask.

Point 5: You seem to have misinterpreted my own point; intelligence is the only thing we are superior on. We aren't the most successful, hardiest or most adaptable species. And we aren't the most important either.

Point 6: Well that's new. But then, I don't think there are two people on this earth who have the same interpretation of that book.



All I will comment on is point six. For years the Church has widely interpreted Genesis as such. The majority of Catholics believe in evolution (and a large part of those that don't live in less-developed countries.) Until I joined this wiki, as a matter of fact, I did not know a single creationist, and I attend Mass on a weekly basis, live in a Catholic neighborhood, and attended Catholic schools. Pope Francis only officialized what has been believed for years.

Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 21:59, January 4, 2017 (UTC)