[Russ]

Originally Posted by dellwear

Surely the fact that Dinosaurs are now know not to have co-existed with humans disproves some of the statements above that say they were told of in the bible (book of job I beleve).

They are NOT "now known not to have co-existed with humans." Where did you get that from?

Of course there's the "world flood" mentioned in the bible which was actually localised to the black sea...

No.

Quite why you should base your beliefs and behaviour around this escapes me. After all you can read much the same thing in your local paper.

Does the local paper give comfort to people? Is it inspired by God?

In fact 'not written in exactly the same way as it was written in ancient times' would appear to sum it up

Actually no. Of course there's translational issues but the way the Scrolls were translated in to English showed that the way the OT was translated was very accurate.

No, it takes a *scientific* stance which says that if you're going to claim something, it's a good idea to back it up with demonstrable facts and *permit* those facts to be analysed and scrutinised by others to determine their validity or falsity, not simply say "That's what it says in the Bible, therefore it's right".

I'm not trying to prove anything to you or anyone else - I don't need to.

I suggest you look a bit deeper into what some of the "Concerned Christian" or "Moral Minority" groups out there are actually saying about the idea of *anything* to do with gays viz http://www.godhatesfags.com/ for instance.

Well of course their opinions are a true representation of all Christians, aren't they....

'The Bible proves...'

I've never said that, neither would I use that phrase. Actually no-one at my church would say that either.