Question: How do you reconcile the Biblical date (Ussher) for Adam, with the age of Homo Sapiens of approx. 150,000 years? Answer: First of all, a bit of history. Bishop Ussher’s date is not authoritative. He claimed that the universe was created on October 23, 4004 BC. He used lengths of reigns of kings of […]
Question: How do you know evolution isn’t real? Answer: The answer is that I do not know it isn?t real. Evolution happens. It is real. We know this from experiment. Scientists have studied very simple life forms such as bacteria and viruses and observed them “evolving” in the laboratory. By doing genetic studies, they can […]
Question: Do you believe that the supposed big bang is possible with what it says in the Bible as I think I am not sure but from the Bible I have never seen anything which directly contradicts this theory. Answer: As I would assume you know, this is a matter of opinion. More accurately, it […]
Question: I am interested to know what is your opinion on the Earth’s approximate age in view of the fact that creationists believe it to be not more then a few of thousand years. They oppose the scientists’ claims that the Earh could be as much as 4,5 billion years old. They oppose this on […]
I just read the article by Professor Geisler about early monotheism and had a few questions. I’m guessing that the author is assuming that Adam and Eve were the first ‘homo sapiens’ , and that the levant civilizations, particularly that of the ancient ‘habiru’ was the very first. I have read that the Chinese and […]
Someone asked me this question, i am not even sure if it makes any sense, but here it goes, Jesus being all knowing (you know; God in the flesh) would he have said that the world was round or flat and why? At first glance this seems like a very easy, almost a silly, question. […]
Note: Below is a rather long statement which is not exactly a question. After this paragraph is the response. I first thought to examine the history of Charles Darwin’s religious developement a few years ago when I walked over his grave in Westminster Abbey. I thought “how’d this happen?” I assumed like most Americans that […]
Como puedo contestar biblicamente sobre los extra-terrestres? Un companero de mi trabajo dijo que Dios es extraterrestre porque no pertenece a la tierra, aunque el la creo. Tu que piensas sobre este tema? Gracias. Puede contestarme en Espanol. Gracias!!!!!! si no puedes esta bien. Yo me esfuerzo por leer ingles. Dios no es extraterrestre. Un […]
Agradesco muchisimo su atencion y tambien que dediquen tiempo para responder las inquietudes que se nos presentan.;yo me llamo Geovana y pertenesco a ala iglesia de cristo en Mexico y siento algunas inquietudes con respecto a el papel de algunas iglesias especificamente en Estados Unidos. Existen algunas iglesias de otras denominaciones que han prihibido la […]
I was wondering how one could prove that both chapters one and two of Genesis were correct. Not knowing how to correlate these two chapters is a serious impediment to sharing my faith with skeptical educated people. I have already answered this question. To save you some work, I will copy and past the previous […]
1. Cro-Magnon lived up to 100,000 and Neanderthal up to 300,000 years ago. What was the most recent dates for those species and when were they extinct? What year was Homo-Sapien on the scene – 45,000 years ago? Cain was the first agricultural farmer as far as evidence in the Bible, were the Homo-Sapiens the […]
As I was reading Genesis, I came across a scripture that I don’t quite understand. In Genesis 1:3, “God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light… there was evening and morning the first day” However, the sun was not created until the fourth day, right? In Genesis 1: 14 “Let there be lights […]
I receive the “Does God Exist?” periodical. I am one to agree with the notion that the Bible does not say that the earth/universe is 6,000 years old. It seems to me that many arrive at that conclusion based on the time dating back to Adam. By taking the age that the Bible says Adam […]
Had a thought while reading, “Is there a God?” – you list ‘Elementsessential for life’ as carbon and H20. I’m interesting in your thoughtsabout adding oxygen to the list. First its ability as an aerial solvent(to help create/sustain an atmosphere – and seems as strong an argument as H20 in the solvent arena?) & essential […]
I am still in doubt about the age of OT descendants. Several hundred years seem a little hard to swallow. Is there any evidence, or other interpretation I should consider? On your question, I do not have an easy answer. One thing I try to keep separate in my mind is the things I know […]
In Genesis 2:7b What does it mean when it says “and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life”? is the “breath of life” referring to oxygen or the spirit/soul? I would say that, when in doubt, we should let the obvious meaning stand. Genesis seems to be saying that God made the inanimate Adam […]
I would just like to ask one or two questions. I can easily accept what it says about Genesis and the interpretation of the word ‘day’. What puzzles me is the age of the human race. How do you address the inconsistency relating to the age of man? If Adam & Eve were the first […]
Is there life on other planets? The answer to your question is really quite simple. I do not know. No one knows one way or another for sure about life on other planets at this point, leaving the entire issue up to speculation. But since it is a matter of speculation, and since I am […]
I’m confused about Carbon-14 dating. What is it based on? (besides the amount of radioactive carbon in an organism and its atmosphere at a given time) I know that it is extremely inaccurate, but what is it that makes scientists somewhat believe that it works? Carbon-14 dating works on the basis of the fact that […]
What’s the deal with deism? Is it almost considered atheist? Could one go to hell with the belief in deism? You will find a wide range of groups and individual religious beliefs which could be labeled as deist. It is wise to take any definition of deism with a grain of salt. However, let me […]
In the opening chapters of Genesis, the Bible says that Cain was afraid of others who might take vengeance upon him. Where did these people come from??? They could not have been his brothers for there is hardly enough time for procreation to have resulted in a population large enough for Cain to be concerned […]
When God destroyed the earth with great flood all the creatures of ground and air were destroyed (Gen 7:22-23), but what about the creatures of water ? Were they also destroyed? There is no evidence in Genesis that the creatures in water were destroyed wholesale by the flood–be they fresh or salt-water life. It would […]
What happens when all nine planets line up? The answer to this question is pretty straightforward. Nothing! From a scientific perspective there is no reason to believe there would be any significant effect at all if all the planets were to line up. First of all, it is literally impossible for all nine to line […]
Every one knows the story of Noah and his ark. Some believe it, some don’t, but that is irrelevant. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the fist written story ever found. This epic describes how Gilgamesh took two of each animal plus his family into an ark to avoid a world wide flood sent by the […]
I was brought up to believe that Christ was born on September 11th, either 3 BC or 4 BC (I can’t remember the year). Supposedly all nine planets were lined up in a straight line on that day. Does this claim have any validity? The fact is that no one knows the exact date of […]
For some time I have held the view that the age of the earth, dinosaurs, and remains like “Lucy” can be explained by the gap between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. The earth was created “in the beginning”, not the first day. The earth was then “formless and void”, a phrase that can be rendered […]
I have recently heard an argument for creationism using the third law of [thermo-dynamics/ thermo nuclear physics] as it’s catalyst against the idea of the big bang theory. Namely stating that things left to themselves have a tendency to decay – not grow in complexity. What is this law – I have only guesses at […]
Four Questions follow, with the four answers below: 1)The amino acids are L and D, and in proteins are only L. So in any hypothetical primordial soup, surely there would have been an equal proportion of both. The problem for the materialist is to answer how did the first proteins be of just L a.a […]
Would intelligent, reasonable and scientific questions about the Bible’s comparative words cause Christians to struggle? I would say absolutely not!! My experience, having asked many hard questions of the Bible for twenty-five years, is that the Bible will stand up to any kind of question. Those who have the courage to ask the hard questions […]
What did God say to Job about water molecules and where do I find it in the Bible? I am going to guess that the passage you are referring to is found in Job 36:27. Here, Elihu says “He draws up the drops of water which distill as rain to the streams; the clouds pour […]
I appreciate anyone with passion to study issues related to the Bible! To be honest, I do not have a book I can recommend to you as being really good, although I will mention one which has some strong points. The problem is that most people who look at the flood either reject it as […]
Of all the questions I have received at this web site, this is the first one I am going to have to say I do not know the answer. You ask a very good question which is very difficult to know how to answer. Because you ask the question, I assume you already see the […]
We do not know when the flood happened, but presumably it was at least several thousand years ago. I can only assume that human beings evolved the different “racial” characteristics over the past several thousand years. In a gene pool with a fairly broad genetic diversity, the physical characteristics which lead to the greatest survival […]
I have been studying many of your articles. They make one think. Therefore questions come up. In reading Genesis it appears that the earth was formed before God said “Let there be light.” Genesis 1:3 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over […]
I read your article on Adam and Eve and my fellow group members and I were wondering if we are all based on those two having sexual relations with each other and then their children. Would that be labeled as incest? By my knowledge incest raises the chances of deformities so I was hoping if […]
I have encountered a “theology” on creation (Gen 1:1 and Gen 1:2) that the Bible gives us a hint where Dinosaurs thrived here on earth. Yes, science claims that they really lived millions of years ago. A “teacher” taught that in between these verses, there is a very long time span. Verse 1 states that […]
1) The natural amino acids are L and D, and in proteins are only L. So in any hypothetical primordial soup, surely there would have been an equal proportion of both. The problem for the materialist is to answer how did the first proteins become just L amino acids (since racemic proteins can’t exist). If […]
What evidences are there on elements having a “half-life”? I know all elements contain a half life… but does this mean ALL matter can not be eternal? First, there are just under three hundred stable atomic isotopes. These atoms do not decay radioactively at all. According to science they are “eternal,” although this does not […]
In Leviticus 11:20 it says the Israelites must not eat ‘four-legged’ insects. I was wondering what ‘four’ meant for that passage and if all insects were considered four-legged literally? Actually, my English translation says “all flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.” I would take “all fours” to be […]
Some argue that Noah’s flood was only local. What’s your view on this? In my experience, those who have proposed a local flood have done so in order to provide some sort of reasonable natural explanation of the flood, making it more easily acceptable to skeptics of the Bible flood story. The problem with these […]
I’m thinking about how perfectly ordered the whole universe is. It is a masterpiece and it actually would be logical to think that there is something or somebody behind it. However it is so hard for me to believe and to accept that this powerful creator, who created all of this, is the human-focused God […]
I have heard that the word ‘made’ in Genesis, actually means appointed in Hebrew not made (to make). Does this means that God could have created, appointed, Adam from an already upright walking species and formed it with dust into what we now know as Humans? My Hebrew dictionary defines the word asa as to […]
Did Adam and Eve exist and did man evolve from apes? This is a very good question, and it brings up one of the most important issues one faces in dealing with question relating to the Bible and to faith. The fact is that we will almost certainly never find a “smoking gun” sort of […]
As for the Behemoth, why would God imagine a creature just to compare himself to it? It wouldn’t make sense to say you are like a borificjamble a creature, which you made up and is very, very, strong; no one would relate to the borififjamble and your meaning would be lost. As for dragons, why […]
How could Noah’s ark have contained two of every single creature? There are many, many, many different species in the world… You ask a question which has no easy answer. Any answer would have to involve some speculation, so forgive me as I speculate! First, your claim is certainly true. There are literally millions of […]
Why did God create the other planets(Mars, Mercury, etc.)? Also, if stars are meant to give us “light” what about other stellar phenomena such as nebulae and black holes? In the final analysis I cannot speak for God about why he did what he did. However there seems to be a perfectly natural explanation for […]
How does Christianity explain the different races? And what about the fact that early humans were shorter on average? My friends say that we have evolved to grow taller. Is this true? To put it simply, the Bible does not explain the different races. The difference between the races has to do with genetic material […]
Where did Cain’s wife come from in Genesis 4? This is a fairly common question. I have only seen only one reasonable explanation which does not require bending the biblical text. That is to assume that Adam and Eve had a great number of children and that Cain married one of them. Clearly if there […]
If Adam and Eve were created first, who did their children marry? If one is to take the account in Genesis chapter one and two at face value, then one must assume that Adam and Eve’s children did indeed marry one another. Some have speculated that at this point in the history of humanity, there […]
“I understand (and have read) your view of the old earth theory. I was wondering how would you line up the old earth theory with Romans 5:12. It seems that if death were already occurring prior to the fall of man (which would be the case if the earth is billions of years old) than […]
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