Man Has Dominion Over All life On Earth
Depends on the size of the next asteroid.
There might be a few left...they'll be eating the nuts of the last tree.
Buuuuuurp...hey you're right! Crap....now I need a band aid!
Man lost dominion in the Garden of Eden...
Who will ever miss "him" anyway?
Yes, starvation for some and abundance for others. "Finely balanced" indeed.
When you're the one on the abundance end of god and not the starving end of god, it's so easy to see how everything "works so amazingly together!"Beelzedad, you are a pain in the butt, but I do like you despite that, and sometimes, just sometimes, you do pin the tail on the donkey!
You probably get me studying more than most on here!
When I'm saying it's finely balanced, that's what I mean, and our (collective) wealth in the northern hemispheres does make the starving millions disadvantaged, but we cannot blame God for that, for it's our decision to stay wealthy and work for our own good, not His teachings.
You (and I) have decided that we want our three square a day and goodies, if we decided that we would live on a bowl of rice a day, maybe with some fish or meat once a week, and send all our collective wealth around the world, just maybe we could improve the lot of those less fortunate, for a short while, until we also lost the will to work as hard and to produce wealth due to our misery.
Want to propose that to your electorate?
Like I said, God is not to blame we are, and although many folk, believers and non believers are trying to stem the problem, the ONLY real man made solution would mean poverty for everyone, and even that would fail, because some folk will always gain more at others expense.
To blame God is to protest at our having free will and choice, if you are willing to submit your free will and choice to a world government (which will happen soon anyway) then you would better surrender it to God, who could then solve the problems we have created.If your god exists and he answers prayers as Christians claim, then yes, we do blame your god.
So, are you now admitting god does not answer prayers, that the world is as it is because of other circumstances and has nothing to do with gods?
No, it is definitely your god that is to blame.
That makes no sense.
No, to blame your god is giving credit where credit is due, or not due, which is the case for the starving.Yes, I do understand the need for you to insult me when you are unable to put forth an argument to defend your belief system. So far, you have not really "bothered" to reply, at least, not with any intellectual honesty.
Arguments for or against belief can be difficult and hostile forms of interaction.
Too often each group reads what is written and feel worse than when they started discussing the subject; people trying to make themselves feel better during a discussion is a frequent source of mistakes and poor reasoning.
It may not be possible to avoid this completely, but a good way to try is to try to diffuse hard feelings early on by searching for points of agreement in the midst of disagreement.
If people can at least find things which both agree on and share in common, it may cause the disagreements to lead to fewer hard feelings and hostility.
Teri
Women have dominion over all life on earth. We rarely point it out.
Genesis 2:18 (Amplified Bible)
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
Genesis 3:4-6 (Amplified Bible)
But the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die, for God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.
Genesis 3:22-23 (Amplified Bible)
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], to know [how to distinguish between] good and evil and blessing and calamity; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever....
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
Job 34:37 (Amplified Bible)
For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his unacknowledged sin; he claps his hands [in open mockery and contempt of God] among us, and he multiplies his words of accusation against God.
Keep going....
...and you are of course welcome to hold that opinion, but in fact AMEN is simply a quick way of saying to each other....
...I agree, that is true.
and of course, we were not speaking to you, you just happened to be reading it on an open forum.
Frankly, I know of no believer who cares one jot what unbelievers think about them, we understand you are blinded by your masters and therefore are (mainly) not fully responsible for your crass remarks.
Man has dominion over all life on Earth - Is this a question or statement.
As a question, if anyone has a belief that "Man has dominion over all life on Earth"- I would ask them to see medical attention. Humanity has not learned how to control nature, just measure it.
As a statement- I would say it's borderline ignorant.
There also is no reason to control nature, just better innovations to help protect ourselves against it's effects.
Attempting to control it is a fools quest. Too many variables. Leave one out and have a disaster.
The Earth ages, just like humans. It changes itself all the time. This is not including the changes humanity is making.
Presently, humanity is mostly dominated by Earth, and controlled to a certain extent and would lead to Earth having dominion over humans.
Earth is the only environmentally safe place for humans to exist. Try going into outer space and see how well you'll do?
Ah - it is the pesky non believers again. Nice to know we are more powerful than your invisible not-so-super being.
No morals none.
Just because you are incapable of grasping the possibilities involved - does not mean it had to be majick.LOL that it is the non believers doing it all.
No morals. None.
Probabilities. The chance of a civilization capable of communication arising are: N = R* x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L
R - Rate of formation of suitable stars in our galaxy (aggregate number)
fp - Percentage of those stars with planets
Ne -Number of planets per star that could sustain life like earth
fl - Percentage of those planets where life actually develops
fi - Percentage of planets from fl with intelligent life
fc - Percentage of planets from fi where technology develops
L - "Lifetime" of communicating civilizations (years)
N - Number of communicative civilizations
The chance of life occurring are guesstimated at around 0.1% over 4 billion years.
And one of the greatest minds ever produced, recently stated that a an invisible super being was not necessary for the Universe to come into being.
Sorry. We already know your god is infinitely improbable. And the "probability" that you know wot it sed? Hmmmmmmmmm
I was on vacation - taking a look around behind the scenes at the Vatican. Got some good photos. St Pete's:
See how my feet are not touching the ground? Its a sign.Nice photo, always good to put a face to a picture!
Hope you had a good time, sure you did, I love Rome, but preferably in the spring...
Thanks for the formula, I'll try to work it, but I suspect that your figure of 1% needs a few zillion zeros added to make it relative...
As for Stephen, even the atheists here stated that he was just hedging his bets... foot in both camps so to speak, double minded man according to scripture, and besides he has already spent tons of time telling us why all the earlier scientists were wrong and only he was correct, which just leads me to await the next genius who comes along to discredit Stephens work with new concepts which all you rationalists will again worship and adore.
Glad in a way you are back, your banter with me is much better for my follower numbers and fresh readers, and my hubscore improves normally when you are in the forums!
Sort of a symbiotic relationship really!
Must meet for a drink one day, now that would be fun!No, I was on holiday. The Courageous Woman was making a passive/aggressive attack.
I had an opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the Vatican and was in Italy the last two weeks. A hub will eventually ensue.
Did your little book tell you that?
Glad to see you follow something. It's too much responsibility for you to be a leader or someone of principle, or lead by example. The dishonesty you don't see in your own actions is amazing.
Actually, I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but no god is required for people to consciously be more active about being self-responsible. So please..
Why are you using this post, to insinuate something else, for which, also claims I said, which I did not.
The probability of a god is nil. The possibility of a god is not impossible. To an open-minded person, anything is possible. When assessed and examined, and then determine not probable, then it is most likely not possible. Since we are human beings, we cannot erase doubt without physical and measurable evidence to the contrary.
If you don't like, then too bad. It is human nature and cannot be escaped.
*on a side note- your statement was mostly conjecture to begin with. Thus, revealing your flawed argument.
Yes it would.
I spent one afternoon chatting with the priest who officiated at my friend's sons baptism in a tiny little village church in the Italian mountains. He arrived drunk and 2 hours late for the ceremony. We agreed on just about everything.
Monte Cassino looked good too, and the trip around the private areas (but not secret) of the Vatican once again reinforced my opinion of your ridiculous belief system.
Or do the Catholics not count as believers?Oh yes, it can be helped. But, it is a god given command for believers to have dominion over all things.
It's just another in the long line of problems created by religions.
LOL! Perhaps, Leprechauns and gods are one and the same, its just that rainbows with pots of gold at the end along with your god of the bible seem to always disappear in light of chasing reality.
“Man Has Dominion Over All life On Earth”
Except, of course, for those d*mned insects, bacteria, and viruses…
And why is it that none of them ever seem to become extinct?
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