When did you accept God in your life, or realize you did not believe in him?

I don't think that even that has been proven.

All we know is that it's been hotter lately than it was previously.

But our frame of reference is so small that it is dangerous to draw conclusions based on it.

If you had known me between my 7th & 8th grade year, when I grew 8 inches, you would extrapolate that I would end up being like 19 feet tall by now.

 

i guess it's like saying "I HAVE CURED CANCER! ... oh wait. nope. this didn't work out... okay NOW! NOW I HAVE CURED CANCER! shit. lemme try this... THIS IS REALLY IT THIS TIME! CANCER IS HISTOr...fuck."

i'd wait till the ark is actually id'd and verified before saying anything. but to claim it's been found in a remote mountain in turkey without any actual science?

 

But no one has said that they proved it is the ark - at least not that I have ever seen. They only say that is their theory. Same for the shroud of turin.

 

How is belief that the ark will be found different from belief that a cure for cancer will be found? The is little evidence for either yet the belief that cancer will be cured is pretty much universally accepted. It is quite possible that there simply isn't a cure for cancer.

 

What are the other choices?

 

it is a smallish time-frame, no doubt. and it's obvious the earth goes thru cycles (ice-ages... hello!?)

but just because the earth naturally gets hotter and colder doesn't mean that humans can't tip the scales. and the tipped scales would be REALLY FUCKING BAD.

we're talking about feedback loops and shit spiraling out of control. not today or tomorrow or next year, but maybe in a few thousand years. we're talking "butterfly effect" stuff. a bit more heat, water levels rise, salinity changes in the ocean, currents are affected, global weather patterns shift, who knows what comes next...

maybe nothing. or maybe humans would end up as the next in a long line of animals who prosper themselves into extinction.

 

kj asked about the ark and hb said it was found in turkey. that was when i said he should probably not go down that route.

 

natural law that just "is".

 

the bucket. oh wait. wrong joke.

oddly enough, you didn't suggest that it is quite possible that there simply wasn't an ark.

 

conclusion not supported by evidence at hand.....like most of science