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Old 02-18-2006, 07:45 AM   #51
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Probably not. There is nothing that could happen that would prove you wrong, is there? Because you are not capable of being wrong when you talk about God, are you?
I am certainly not infallible, but I think we both know that I am right about this. Something that I am curious about is our posting times. We are both in California, but your post is 9:42am. I am writing this at 7:44 am PST. I thought that my post would appear at my local time. I'll see when I finish this. If my post appears at 7:44 am, what's up?
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I am certainly not infallible, but I think we both know that I am right about this. Something that I am curious about is our posting times. We are both in California, but your post is 9:42am. I am writing this at 7:44 am PST. I thought that my post would appear at my local time. I'll see when I finish this. If my post appears at 7:44 am, what's up?
That is interesting. Immediately after I posted it changed your time to 6:42 and then next time I logged in, it changed it back to 9:42 and it had changed my time from 7:45 am to 10:45 am. I guess it eventually sets all the times to EST?
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Post times you see are based on your local time. Alaska is one hour behind California time so, for me, your post was written at 6:45am. If we are looking at the same post, I see 5:42am indicating he posted an hour before you. I have no idea why you would see such an incorrect time stamp but it isn't visible to me.
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Post times you see are based on your local time. Alaska is one hour behind California time so, for me, your post was written at 6:45am. If we are looking at the same post, I see 5:42am indicating he posted an hour before you. I have no idea why you would see such an incorrect time stamp but it isn't visible to me.
It's no big deal, just curious. I see his post listed at 9:45 am. I also see the first post listed on page 3 (which is the one I wrote at 7:45, post # 3170750 / #51) as occurring at 10:45 am.
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It's no big deal, just curious. I see his post listed at 9:45 am. I also see the first post listed on page 3 (which is the one I wrote at 7:45, post # 3170750 / #51) as occurring at 10:45 am.
If this is true of all posts you see, I suspect you need to click on User CP then Edit Options and check to see if you've got the wrong time zone selected under Date & Time Options. I think you might be set to EST.
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Take this stuff to the bugs forum so that we can get back to finding out how aChristian "knows" so much.
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but I think we both know that I am right about this.
It makes no sense to speak of anyone's knowing what he does not believe, and I do not believe that you are right.

If you make a statement P such that it cannot contradicted by any possible event, then either you are claiming infallibility with regard to P or else P is essentially meaningless. Take your pick.
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It makes no sense to speak of anyone's knowing what he does not believe, and I do not believe that you are right.

If you make a statement P such that it cannot contradicted by any possible event, then either you are claiming infallibility with regard to P or else P is essentially meaningless. Take your pick.
It's really not that complicated. I just don't believe that you are being honest when you claim not to be able to recognize a righteous life.
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Can someone explain to me why getting drunk and passing out naked has anything to do with righteousness? (Yes, I get the bible reference.) Drinking and nudity has nothing to do with being
  1. Morally upright; without guilt or sin. (from dictionary.com)
The problem is, aChristian, that righteous behavior, or rather its definition, varies greatly from person to person and from culture to culture. Your definition is not the same as Doug's (or mine), therefore Doug will recognize righteousness in places where you won't and vice versa.

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My point was that the arguments were presented along with some evidence to support them.


Agreed, but my question was: What evidence did Noah have that he could show his neighbors? Aside from Noah's claim that God was talking to him, exactly what evidence were his neighbors ignoring?
Noah was constructing a vessel that could not have been hidden. His neighbours (and any other interested parties) would have been left with only 2 options
1. He was wasteful of his time & money or
2. He knew something they didn't.
Only time would show which it was. Once the rains came it would have been too late to decide that Noah was telling the truth.
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