Do you take all the Old Testament stories as literal?

[Guest MormonGator]

22 minutes ago, mirkwood said:

Did you know that @MormonGator framed his autographed concert tourbook from the Backstreet Boys?

They do now. Sadly, @mirkwood is a die hard fan of the the Doodletown Pipers and has all their songs memorized. 

Edited December 27, 2016 by MormonGator

[mirkwood]

@MormonGator is in a Nickelback cover band.  They play all the hits.

[Guest MormonGator]

Was hoping it wouldn't come to this. Really was. 

@mirkwoods all time favorite song. 

[mirkwood]

lol...you asked for this...

[mirkwood]

@MormonGator danced to this song at his wedding reception.

 

 

 

[Guest MormonGator]

Guess I'll just leave this here with no explanation. None needed sadly. Nothing worse than watching @mirkwood have a musical nervous breakdown.  

[mirkwood]

@MormonGator actually paid money to see this song played live.

 

 

 

[Guest MormonGator]

After much research, I found out something horrible about @mirkwood. He's the dude in the gray sport coat. 

BOOM. 

[mirkwood]

Little know musical fact #457:  @MormonGator collaborated in the writing of this song. 

 

 

[Guest MormonGator]

Other little known fact: @mirkwood is the original voice for this song. 
 

 

[mirkwood]

@MormonGator on lead vocals in his other cover band.

 

 

 

[Guest MormonGator]

And with a touch of sadness, I end the passionate argument and debate with this. I'll leave you to guess (through tears) which one @mirkwood is. 

[mirkwood]

lol...you win.

[Guest MormonGator]

3 minutes ago, mirkwood said:

lol...you win.

an ending to the most viscous and disrespectful argument in online history. Well played my friend. 

[prisonchaplain]

I'm not sure if I understand what just transpired between @mirkwood and @MormonGator. After all, I thought they were the musical collaboration team that came up with the My Little Ponies all time greatest hit:  Pink Fluffy Unicorn Dancing on Rainbow song... you know ... the one they use to break down terrorists at Gitmo. 

[Guest MormonGator]

1 minute ago, prisonchaplain said:

I'm not sure if I understand what just transpired between @mirkwood and @MormonGator. After all, I thought they were the musical collaboration team that came up with the My Little Ponies all time greatest hit:  Pink Fluffy Unicorn Dancing on Rainbow song... you know ... the one they use to break down terrorists at Gitmo. 

hahahahahahahahaha. That's awesome. 

[Guest]

What is going on in this thread? This is scarier than some of the OT verses.

[Rob Osborn]

6 hours ago, omegaseamaster75 said:

Rob just for reference how old is the earth?

Who really knows?

 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Zarahemla said:

What is going on in this thread? This is scarier than some of the OT verses.

Just reLAAAAX. Dude... just let your mind go and your body will follow... (cue the stream of consciousness video).

[Guest]

24 minutes ago, Carborendum said:

Just reLAAAAX. Dude... just let your mind go and your body will follow... (cue the stream of consciousness video).

 

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, Zarahemla said:

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I was thinking more like a Doors video.  But I can't think of one that I'd feel comfortable linking to on MormonHub.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Carborendum said:

I was thinking more like a Doors video.  But I can't think of one that I'd feel comfortable linking to on MormonHub.

 

[Traveler]

21 hours ago, prisonchaplain said:

"Pre-historic" might be a more precise term for the first 11 chapters of Genesis, from a literary and academic perspective. However, if Moses was indeed inspired by the Holy Spirit, then we could argue that God is the historian of those earliest accounts.

The problem at its very core is a most interesting secular one and begs the question – who in or day has the power to change or alter the utterances and revelations of G-d?  (Revelation 22:19)  If even to translate what was given anciently (Pre-Historic) into “modern” literal historical interpretations.  The very argument of scripture being literal or symbolic is at its core a heresy regardless of the side one picks from a modern historical view point.

 

The Traveler

[zil]

On 12/27/2016 at 0:01 AM, Vort said:

I absolutely believe in Noah's flood; I think the scriptural evidence is too overwhelming to dismiss it as allegory or some such. But I do not believe it covered the whole globe. In fact, I disbelieve that the Bible teaches or even suggests any such thing.

Just gonna leave this here as a point of interest, since I tripped over it this morning in my scripture study...  Ether 13:2 (emphasis mine):

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2 For behold, they rejected all the words of Ether; for he truly told them of all things, from the beginning of man; and that after the waters had receded from off the face of this land it became a choice land above all other lands, a chosen land of the Lord; wherefore the Lord would have that all men should serve him who dwell upon the face thereof;

I thought it was interesting, at least.  One could assume different things from it.

[Traveler]

22 hours ago, Rob Osborn said:

We cant be sure of anything Satan says, he is a liar. The scriptures are clear that there was no death amongst any of the creations until after the fall. So, your argument is against scripture.

 

Actually what we have is not really utterances of Satan but what comes to us as revelation from G-d – that cannot lie.  In essence what we have is an excuse or justification Satan makes to G-d – now you have introduced the theatrical problem that it is possible to lie to G-d when being judged of him.  I am not sure what is more against scripture - what you are saying is the fault of my argument or the essence of yours????

 

The Traveler

 

Addition – there is another problem – Genesis speaks of the creation of the Heavens (plural) and the earth (singular).  So the question is what “is the heavens” and what “is the earth”?  One scientific problem we have with dinosaurs and other things in the fossil record is that mathematically (isotropic laws of Physics) there were many creatures in the fossil record that were too big and could not exist on this earth’s gravity.

Edited December 28, 2016 by Traveler