tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12045047.post3336905922412274890..comments2023-07-28T07:13:22.716-07:00Comments on Hippie Christian: I'm Losing (And Finding) My Religion - AgainHippie Christianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05114352629688749596noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12045047.post-70245191526331707312012-02-04T10:06:11.369-08:002012-02-04T10:06:11.369-08:00Dissonance seems to be more acceptable in this gen...Dissonance seems to be more acceptable in this generation than in times past. Dissonance is uncomfortable for those who hold on to the belief that they have found absolute truth, less so for those who see life as a journey. Thanks for your comments.Hippie Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114352629688749596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12045047.post-14593867016911909022012-02-02T06:10:55.109-08:002012-02-02T06:10:55.109-08:00Interesting. I just accept the dissonance. I don&#...Interesting. I just accept the dissonance. I don't deny what science says, but I don't deny what the bible says as being literally what God meant. Its kinda like with different interpretations of what the bible says... there is so much argument over certain issues that I just don't take a position even when people try to force me to. MAN doesn't feel comfortable not having a precise answer. All I know is that Jesus is who He says He is, and I trust God that He maintained what we know as "The Bible" today as he intended to preserve it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489974167780266178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12045047.post-50732326293645699432011-12-02T07:28:46.861-08:002011-12-02T07:28:46.861-08:00Hi D.M.,
Yes, the Day-Age theory does help reconci...Hi D.M.,<br />Yes, the Day-Age theory does help reconcile the six day creation story with old earth evidence.<br /><br />Keep in mind though, the Bible is not a science text and geology does not answer questions about spiritual or moral issues.<br /><br />The two not only speak in different terms, they speak about different subjects. Any overlap between them shouldn't be seen as a definitive explanation of the other.<br /><br />The monkey ancestor question has still not been fully resolved for me either. At this time I am just enjoying having come to terms with the age of the universe.<br /><br />Keeping an open mind!Hippie Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114352629688749596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12045047.post-18187903113872143232011-12-01T14:17:42.732-08:002011-12-01T14:17:42.732-08:00I still have the same feelings-but I'll ask Go...I still have the same feelings-but I'll ask God-I still think that what science says and what the Bible says could actually be one and the same except one being in God's timing and the other Man's timing-they could be one and the same considering that God's timing is different from ours. <br /><br />What concerns me more is not how old the earth is, but did God take us from the dust directly, or did He create us through the monkeys? If it is the latter I would not say that as of the onset of Adam and Eve's appearance on the planet that we were anything but human-but there is alot of opinion that humanity today is nothing but the smartest of beasts-and this belief has led to moral mayhem at least in our country. I believe Satan can produce false "data" (like UFO's are really demons masquerading as "aliens") and some fossils could be fake. However there is a Bible verse that is disturbing (I've got to find it and bring it on here that says something about without righteousness Man is a beast-does it mean we may as well be beasts without following God-or that we ARE beasts without following God? Scary thought....!D.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16143788144603736120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12045047.post-18035218653707805132011-10-01T09:08:22.723-07:002011-10-01T09:08:22.723-07:00Thank you Sarah for reading my blog. It was confif...Thank you Sarah for reading my blog. It was confifming to read your comments. There are still more questions than answers, but as Joni Mitchell sang in Wodstock, "you know life is for learning"<br /><br />Peace & Light!Hippie Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05114352629688749596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12045047.post-12189932982554403092011-09-29T11:41:27.150-07:002011-09-29T11:41:27.150-07:00Thank you SOOOO much for this post. I too had thi...Thank you SOOOO much for this post. I too had this EXACT thing come up in my own quest for my beliefs, feeling, as you say, very schizophrenic about it. Great word to use, because it's an accurate depiction. I started following this "paleo" diet and it brought up a lot about where we came from and the very same issues you described having. What a blessing to know someone else who struggled, yet arrived at the same conclusion as I did. Thank you so much. I believe this is the confirmation I was looking for that it's OK to believe how I do, even though it is not the "mainline" belief of a number of my friends/church family.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818698292345806822noreply@blogger.com