Originally posted by josephw The Word of God was given for the uneducated .... Not some elitist group of overeducated sophist displaying their pious hypocrisy with feigned spiritual religiosity.
Originally posted by sonhouse It does no good to come into a discussion or debate with the self referenced idea that only YOUR religion is absolute truth and any discussion has to start with that premise.
Archaeology and astronomy disputes the Krshna idea that Krshna comes here only once every 8.6 billion years. For one thing, the SUN didn't exist 8 billion years ago much less the E ...[text shortened]... The sun is not eternal, it has X amount of fuel and when it runs low, that is the end of Earth.
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men...
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men...
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these ...[text shortened]... new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
(2 Peter 3:7, 10-13 NASB)
Got anything from the actual 21st century instead of ancient mythology?