It's actually common knowledge in Christianity. I'm not one to throw wikipedia entries or other sources you can discredit (you an always google it) but its fairly factual and not a theory. All the new age bibles now just say the number 666 but if you find an older bible(borrow your grandpas) most will either list the formula instead or have a reference to the appendex in its place or simply just say something like "The lord gave me a number. That number was the name of the beast." I understand though with all the hype behind it why people think the number 666 isn't so new. I'm also sure thats why people are so up in arms these days about the number as a representation of the antichrist where no other time in history has the # had the stigma, even the more religiously oppressed historical times. Yep its crazy to think about but the # 666 is new not old.![]()
Jesus' testimony is love. Nothing more, nothing less.
You're not actually interested in the science. You just want me to say a bunch of stuff so you can dismiss it all as mumbo jumbo.
There's no problem with knowing more about certain areas of science than others. It shouldn't be surprising that things we can put directly under a microscope are more well understood than a process that happened billions of years ago. That doesn't mean that there's no possible natural explanation. To write off anything we have difficulty understanding as "magical" is foolish.
There's no clear cut definition to what exactly the border between living and non-living is. What would you call a single cell that can replicate? Maybe you'd call it living, but certainly not the way that we experience life. It has no brain or nervous system.
I gotta ask, do you think the whole concept of common ancestry is all horse shit? Cause if you do there's not much point in this continuing. Science is a gigantic tapestry with all different fields interweaving to form a big picture of reality. Evolution ties in just as much as planetary motion, or gravity, or cell theory, or atomic theory...
There's loads of quality information out there if you really are interested. If you like to take straw man cheap shots prior to investigation then feel free I guess.
Dont stick science into every dirty little hole.
A newly discovered fragment of the Book of Revelation challenges the conventional belief that the Antichrist's mark is 666, indicating instead that it is 616. Expert classicists used multi-spectral imaging to get a better view of the text, which is written in archaic Greek and dates to the late third century.
"It is clearly an important new manuscript, giving us a relatively very early copy of the text of Revelation," said Christopher Tuckett, a theology professor at Oxford University's Pembroke College. "It is probably not the earliest manuscript of Revelation that we have ... but this is the first time [the 616 reading] has been found in such an early text."
But even if it's not earth-shattering news for metalheads, one group is probably not too thrilled with the discovery — the folks in southwestern Michigan whose area code is 616.
It's actually common knowledge in Christianity. I'm not one to throw wikipedia entries or other sources you can discredit (you an always google it) but its fairly factual and not a theory. All the new age bibles now just say the number 666 but if you find an older bible(borrow your grandpas) most will either list the formula instead or have a reference to the appendex in its place or simply just say something like "The lord gave me a number. That number was the name of the beast." I understand though with all the hype behind it why people think the number 666 isn't so new. I'm also sure thats why people are so up in arms these days about the number as a representation of the antichrist where no other time in history has the # had the stigma, even the more religiously oppressed historical times. Yep its crazy to think about but the # 666 is new not old.![]()
For laypeople, I want to emphasize these points: (1) the most likely reading of the number in Revelation 13:18 is still "666"; (2) the reading "616" has in fact been known for many years, and even the new papyrus has been known since the 1990's; (3) the variation between "666" and "616" does not materially affect the interpretation of the book of Revelation. In short, the reading "616" is mainly interesting to textual critics of the New Testament and is unlikely to make a change in anyone's Bible or beliefs.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
ωδε η σοφια εστιν ο εχων τον νουν ψηφισατω τον αριθμον του θηριου αριθμος γαρ ανθρωπου εστιν και ο αριθμος αυτου χξς
"facts" that are the accepted norm of the scientific community are debunked all the time. Keep your mind open. Don't settle your beliefs on one theory. Be open to new ideas and new ways of thought. Only the ignorant attach themselves to one belief!
Don't rule out a scientific explanation to a hole you don't understand.
Bedtime for me as well.
Great response.
Perfect example of a creationist turning the blind eye towards a logical, irrefutable explanation.
You must be broke. Cause a fool and his money are soon to be parted.
There is no logic explanation for this step; with hard evidence. Dont hang your head and stick with the "well after billions and billions of years" theory Give the complexity of your body and separate body systems and the systems within those systems and then more systems within those systems a little more credit. Last time I checked they need to work together at the same time to have a final product.
Look at how complex a simple flagellum is.
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Not only does it need all parts working harmoniously together (like puff and you got a system). But what was the assembling mechanism. Dont say time, cause thats just silly. That tail there is working at very high RPM by the way - dont misplace a part.
3:25 "Now thats not evidence, thats just an argument" Did you get the disclosure.
Take away freon from a fridge and its a closet(not all that useless after all). Great argument.
YouTube - Ben Stein vs. Richard Dawkins Interview
I've always felt that humans only really have about 100 years of past working knowledge to go by. Older than that and things start to get fuzzy.