@cicerone imposter,
Quote:How do you reconcile the age of this planet from the bible and science? Is it 7,000 years old since god's creation or 4.5 billion years old according to science?
No one knows.
Simple as that.
The radiometric method has never been verified. This is to say, the results obtained with this method of measuring age of things are just conjectures.
Science demands that every test, every experiment, every instrument of measure must be verified in order to be validate.
Then, those 4.5 billion years are nothing but a conjecture.
You can't argue about this, because this is real, no verification means no validation.
If you believe that the universe is 4.5 billion years old, you are expressing your belief, not so a fact. By consequence, science has not any available tool which has been verified in order to establish any age of the universe.
Otherwise, show here how that radiometric result for those 4.5 billion years has been verified.
Otherwise such amount of years will be taken in this discussion as conjecture, and you must accept it as such. Please don't argue about my proposal because is the right thing to do: no verified instrument/observation/evidence equals no science.
Quote:Is it "thou shalt not kill" or "stone all infidels?" Have you stoned anyone to death yet? Why not? Are you a "real" christian who believes in the bible? Or just a christian in name only? Why are you not following god's instructions?
First of all, I'm not a christian, neither a religious person.
Second, the laws of the bible weren't only laws for the religious service but laws for the government of the Kingdom of Israel as well.
This is to say, those laws were legally accepted by the government and enforced by the government as well.
Notice that when Israel wasn't a kingdom anymore, the laws were only enforced by the religious authorities and the punishments were done under the permission of the government in charge. This is why the Israelite authorities asked the Roman authorities to sent Jesus to be killed.
Today, in this country, a follower of the bible can't enforce the biblical laws without the permit of the US government. The US government has its own laws which are not subjected to the biblical laws.
Then, today, in this world under governments not subjected to the bible, a follower of the bible can't kill the adulterous woman, neither the homosexual by using stones.
But, don't think that the killing of the adulterous woman was immediate as soon as she was found with her fornication. It was the same process than today in any court. She was taken to court, witness against her and also witness in her favor (if any). After the court ruling she was stoned to death or sent free.
The stoning wasn't an act of savages looking for revenge or similar, a court case was made and followed.