Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Here is what I consider proof that God created life. Scientists and philosophers agree that information is always created by a mind, never by random processes. DNA is coded information that tells cells how to operate and reproduce. The only mind that could have been here before life is God, whatever name you want to use. So God wrote that code in DNA.
As far as evolution, Darwin himself said that if any irreducibly complex structure that couldn't have evolved was ever found, then his theory would collapse. At least one such structure is a tiny motor and propeller that moves around a single cell organism. Any part of that would be a hindrance. A cell would die before reproducing that change long enough for another part to "evolve."
In addition, there seems to be circular reasoning about how old rock layers are and how old fossils found in them are.
BTW, please use the KJV, as it is more accurate when compared to the old manuscripts. The NIV leaves out entire verses and changes constantly, more so online. Also, the KJV is what us older people memorized, so phrasing things differently just sounds wrong. My today's Sunday school lesson concerns Noah. My lesson book uses the CSB (Christian Standard Bible). It says that Noah found "favor." Then the lesson goes on to talk about how "favor" really means "grace." "Grace" is what the KJV already said. We all know the song based on that verse, "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord."
This isn't supposed to be any kind of rant, but just a transfer of knowledge from someone who has studied the Bible and other works for almost 60 years, since joining the church in 1966.
I agree wholeheartedly about the KJV.
I’m a filthy papist, myself, but I refer to the KJV as most authoritative.
I wouldn't call you "filthy," as there are probably things you just don't know about.
Nah, I’m way more aware of what is/has/was been going on in the Vatican than the average bear.