Bible Discussion Thread

Hi Ryan, thanks for your good comment. Yes, the Bible leaves many things unanswered. It even says so itself- that we humans will never know the mysteries of this world.

I think God created many things because he felt like it and because he can do anything, it probably doesn't seem like that much effort. For example creating billions of starts. Much of the creation has probably gone unrecognized or even appreciated- like strange creatures deep in the ocean, or how brains work, or why some animals have 'emotion'.

But when I consider the alternative of not believing in God, I just can't imagine how such sophisticated creatures with colorful and complex designs can occur by chance. It seems a little too well-designed to me- if chance, I'd expect many iterations of things that don't work. I people say natural selection eliminates those iterations in between, but I don't see them. A killer whale is much different than a giraffe or a butterfly or a human. Simple things like sunsets, rainbows- many artists use color schemes that resemble nature, because of its brillant color schemes and designs. If we try to do things without knowing the principles it can easily look ugly.

Yeah, the story of Noah, Jonah, etc. Yep, hard to imagine. But then there's some findings that seem to confirm the Bible, such as finding the remains of Noahs Ark in Turkey: Links_ark.htm or scientists finding seashells high on mountain peaks, suggesting a flood.

I think it takes faith either way. Faith to believe in the Bible, but probably even more faith to believe that everything is here just by chance.

Good comments.