to ask Christians about dinosaurs...

[EastYorksLass]

This is a serious question - so I have been thinking a lot lately about whether God exists, the meaning of life and why is the world in such a terrible state... been thinking about going to church but still feel I am on the fence. One question which has really got me thinking (after watching dear old David Attenborough... ) is where do dinosaurs fit into all this. Sorry if this sounds very weird but I would love to hear an explanation!

You’re not discussing anything though, you’re ridiculing.

Wow! I love this. A lot of scientists are Christians for this exact reason. Do you know where I can find this book? ) Is it available online, do you know? I'm abroad so can't buy a lot of stuff here (and international deliveries fairly often don't arrive at all)

girlmom21 said earlier that she wasn’t a Christian, so I’m not sure who it is that you are arguing with with all this “how dare you call my deeply-held beliefs about Vimto stupid” stuff, but like I said you seem to be having fun there so crack on.

I'm not sure why my interaction with someone who isn't you is annoying you so much. Or what their religious identity has to do with anything

I can pretend to be annoyed if you’d prefer? You seem to really want someone to be all shocked and offended and indignant.

Wow! I love this. A lot of scientists are Christians for this exact reason.

Exactly. The astro physicist Dr. Hugh Ross said... "" It's the fine tuning, and the more you learn about nature, the more you'll see see for the evidence of God.".

It was through his astronomy that (like so many others) came to believe in God.

Its more about being tolerant and respectful of views that are different to yours.

Am I?

It was said it was ok to question and challenge.

If you see that as ridiculing then thats your problem

Not really. I just like a decent discussion about beliefs. Nothing I've said indicates I want shock or indignant.

You on the other hand...

Yes, you got me, I am clearly looking to shock people.

Religion 101 "Thou shall not question" , "If all else fails accuse of ridicule" 😊

These threads always bring out the edgy teen atheists.

Or of looking to be shocked and outraged.

Weird.

Or of being a teenager 🤣

Wow thanks for the compliment it's been a very long time since I was called a teen, but thanks for proving my point.

I m not religious but i find evolution as crazy as the creation story.

I mean out of thin air (where did the planet come from in the first place?) the earth evolved to have a lovely atmosphere, good supplies of fresh water, fish, temperate climate, so handy for growing veg and for an abundance of animals that we love eating to exist too.... and on top of all that, we just happened to evolve from a primeval soup into a totally unique species to take advantage of all this......

So i suspect that in a few 100 years time (unless Putin ends it all) they'll be new theories, just as there always has been.....

No one has a clue where we came from but of course Dinosaurs existed, even the bible says something about Giants walked the earth.

Edgy teen atheist isn't a number, it's a state of mind.😉

Why do religious beliefs have to be respected?

By that do you mean all religious beliefs or just Christianity.

Yes fair point

Am I God?

This thread is batshit. It's funny that almost all of the Christian's contributing are completely rational and it's the people who feel the need to prove they're non-believers that are coming out with extreme nonsense.

I mean out of thin air (where did the planet come from in the first place?) the earth evolved to have a lovely atmosphere, good supplies of fresh water, fish, temperate climate, so handy for growing veg and for an abundance of animals that we love eating to exist too.... and on top of all that, we just happened to evolve from a primeval soup into a totally unique species to take advantage of all this......
Add to that the impossible odds of the sun and moon to be perfectly aligned for life to be possible on earth.......

That's your opinion and your welcome to it, but it does not make it universally true 🤯

"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak, as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theoglogians who have been sitting there for centuries."

Robert Jastrow ......God and the Astronomers.

Ah, but we only find it so perfect for us to live here because we evolved to the conditions we had. It’s the right temperature for us because we evolved to suit the temperature we had; the fish are good for us to eat because we evolved to make the best use of our available food sources; and so on.

Maybe there’s some other planet somewhere with seas of liquid mercury and an atmosphere of pure helium, where the inhabitants think our world has such brutal conditions life could never exist.

What kind of souls sentient aliens have is a whole other religious question of course…

Ah, but we only find it so perfect for us to live here because we evolved to the conditions we had. It’s the right temperature for us because we evolved to suit the temperature we had; the fish are good for us to eat because we evolved to make the best use of our available food sources; and so on.......

But that is your opinion. But that's fine.