- Q: Where do you get 6,000 years for the age of the earth? That not only sounds like a stretch, it sounds pretty stupid.
- A: Well, first-and-foremost there are genealogies in the Bible, which are complete genealogies (there is no reason to believe they aren't, as they go straight down the family line and tell who begot whom). Most scholars today believe that Jesus came 2,000 years after Abraham, and Jesus was walking with us around 2,000 years ago Himself. So there's 4,000 years-- but then, if you add up the ages given in the genealogies from Adam to Abraham, you get approximately another 2,000 years-- 6,000 years in total from now back to Adam. This is my first and most important reason for believing that the earth (and the universe) are extremely young, approximately 6,000 years (not to the dot, because Bible genealogies don't always give days and months with ages-- but then again neither do secular theories).
My second reason is that the earth itself testifies of the fact that it is young. Helium in the atmosphere, the amount of erosion on the continents, Earth's magnetic field, the fact that our sun is in the right stage to support life, the millions of fossils that would've been laid down and produced quickly by the Genesis Flood's immense amounts of water and pressure (giving a much better explanation than slow fossil formation, which has been shown to be false; this also means that it would be pretty unlikely as many fossils as did form, would form, under slow circumstances of millions of years)... the list keeps going. And for anyone who would say that I'm either stupid or ignorant, I've got an IQ of approximately 130 and I've taken courses and read up on both sides of the argument. :)
- Q: So you just go by your faith?
- A: Let me explain what faith is:
- You are in an empty room-- except for a single wooden chair. Now, there are signs all around this chair with various messages on them. The chair also has a single sign on it. Many signs say "Danger: Chair Unstable", and many say "The Chair is Sturdy". You look over the chair, examining the legs and the back and the front to see if it looks like it could support your weight. Then, you read the sign on the chair itself, which plainly reads, "come and sit". You have a choice: believe that the chair will support you, or believe that it won't. Now, if you believe it will, that is all that it is: belief. Belief is easy. But if you sit in the chair, as the sign beckons you to? That is faith. Faith that the chair would hold.
- I'm sitting in the chair.
- Q: So you don't believe in science?
- A: I've been asked this one a lot. The really funny thing, though, is that science actually disregards evolutionary theory completely. Science actually points directly to God, it points to the fact that there must be higher being out there somewhere. But archeology, history, fulfilled prophecies, etc. all point towards the Bible, and the Bible contains scientific facts that people in the time that it was written could've never known naturally. For instance, Jonah 2:6. How would Jonah know that there are mountains at the bottom of the sea without either a) going there or b) being informed by someone who had? Now, as we know, no one had submarines back then. Something to ponder, isn't it?
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WikiDragognome?!
I labeled myself as both a WikiDragon and a WikiGnome for multiple reasons:
- I put myself in the center of a situation or article or behind the scenes of it based on the need at the time
- I make edits of all sizes
- I don't usually fix links or codes, as I'm no good with them
I will be making small edits and large edits/additions wherever I see the need. In fact, I'll do pretty much anything I can to help (although I'm not very fluent in the Wikipedia codes as of yet).
Requirements for Debating
I'm not some "blind-faith half-wit" who "doesn't believe in science" (in fact, science plays a major role in my faith). I've looked, and the evidence in science doesn't point to evolutionary theory, but instead directly to God. I'll prove it to you, give me the chance.
If someone would want to debate me, I would ask that they do it on my talk page unless it seems good to them to do it another place. I want to make it clear, however, I don't want to cloud up the talk pages of articles unnecessarily. I will argue with you, mercilessly... but not recklessly.
To-Do List
- Use my knowledge for the Wikipedian good
- Master Wikipedian code
- Add as much useful information as possible wherever I see fit
- Be bold. Someone give me something to be bold about!
Where I've Been Bold
This is more for myself (so I remember where I primarily worked at in the past) than for other people, but this is also in case people want to award me barnstars. Nah, just kiddin'...
Seriously though. A Dragognome's gotta' eat.
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg page
- Re-did the entire Plot section and numerous other edits to other sections
- Christian page
- Reverted some personal research
- Christianity page
- Making sure things fit, trying to get rid of any bias/vandalism, etc.
- Gerbil page
- Removed a great deal of POV and PR
- King-James-Only Movement page
- Did a lot of work on the Criticism page [was extremely biased against the KJV]
- NiGHTS page
- added tons of info into almost every section, made a lot of new sections
- Nintendo Power page
- 20 Years of Nintendo Power section
- Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School
- Just took out some claims that weren't cited, added a wee bit of information
- Ronald Reagan
- Fixing constant vandalism
- Shaquanda Cotton page
- Fixed a lot of grammatical and spelling errors... and I mean a lot
- Vacuoles
- Rearranged some text is all, really
- Vince Dantona
- My first created article!
Quotes
Here are some of my favorite quotes of me and other people. Some are funny, some are philosophical or religious, and some are simply just there. Enjoy.
TO CHRISTIANS:
- "Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." 1st Corinthians 1:10
- " . . . keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." Ephesians 4:3-6
- "By perseverance the snail reached the ark." -Charles Spurgeon
- "They gave our Master a crown of thorns- Why do we hope for a crown of roses?" -Martin Luther
- "I find funny all the advocates of bringing the denominations together. I find it funny because I know it will never work. Baptists can't come together with Presbyterians, they're two different religions in themselves, professing two different things. They'll never put aside their differences. But if they were to lay down their baptist theology and the Presbyterians were to do the same, and they were to only believe Christ, to throw aside their interpretations and their opinions and to let God speak for Himself; if they would simply throw down their speculations and their pride and ask the question, "God, Who are you?" with a humble heart-- then, and only then, could they come together. Not as baptists and Presbyterians, not as Calvinists and Wesleyans, but as brothers in Christ, united in word, deed, and faith." -Me
TO OTHERS:
- "I was told the other day by a scientist that if the Earth were 4.5 billion years old, there would be so much helium in the atmosphere that we'd all suffocate upon birth. It's funny, he said, because there's not much helium in the atmosphere. So little, it turns out, that the Earth can't be more than ten thousand years old." -Me
- "Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born." -Ronald Reagan
- "Look, guys, I know that you say that Christians can't ever understand atheists. But this thing is, that's not true. I can understand you, I used to be one of you!"-Me
- "Human action can be modified to some extent but human nature cannot be changed." -President Abraham Lincoln
- "To the atheists that say Christians don't think logically: I got here by thinking logically!"-Me
- "The things that will destroy America are peace at any price, prosperity at any cost, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living, and the getting-rich-quick theory of life." – Theodore Roosevelt
- "I tried atheism for a while but my faith just wasn’t strong enough." –Unknown
- "I AM." –Jesus Christ
Guestbook
I saw someone else do this, so I decided I would, too. If you stop by my page, please sign this. I won't edit any comments, but I will comicify any inappropriate language.
Associates
Brilliand: Great guy, and the reason I'm here.
People I'm not necessarily associated with but still want to give honor to
Inigmatus: Founder of Christian Forums, and I'm honored to have met him.
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