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(...) Ryan: I don't know that I should weigh in on this issue, but here goes: I also am a Christian. I consider myself orthodox insofar as orthodox is not solely an institution of past precedent, but an on-going function of the body of believers to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Geology from Outer Space
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(...) Well, you've pointed out the two big "ifs" in that reasoning. There is no evidence that the shrinkage of the sun is linear, is one-directional, or is constant over time, so such reasoning isn't really useful for deducing the behavior of the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Science and beliefs (was Re: Alien races)
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(...) I'm sorry, Selçuk, but I don't understand what exactly you are asking. Could you please rephrase it? BTW, I'm a seventeen-year-old college student. Thanks, --Ryan (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Geology from Outer Space
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(...) agrees (...) Studies done by astronomer John Eddy and mathematician Aram Boornazian in the 1970's proved that the sun is shrinking. They reported that the sun is shrinking at a rate of ten miles (16 km) per year. (Eddy, J. A. and Boornazian, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Essential nature of mankind
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(...) When Adam sinned, He incurred the punishment for sin: "in the day that you eat from it [the forbidden tree] you shall surely die" (Genesis 2:17). Adam did not drop dead then, but the biological tendency to die started working and nine hundred (...) (24 years ago, 4-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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