Part 9 of Post Your Tough Questions Regarding Christianity

Albright has been dead for over 40 years.

 

Egypt has always been subject to problems of this type. This is due to the waters of the Nile coming from up to miles 4000+ miles away (White Nile) and Lake Tana (Ethiopia) (Blue Nile). When the rains failed in Central Africa, which they often did, there would be periods of drought way down in Egypt. The waters would virtually dry up. This condition would allow water borne bacteria to flourish and colour the water. One particular one, as it dies, turns red. The fish would die in either slow moving muddy waters or stagnant waters, polluted water, frogs would die. Frogs help to keep down flies and insects. They would proliferate and those that carried diseases would spread those diseases widely. That would mean that people and cattle would be affected to a greater degree and plague would spread, cattle would die, especially as food would be scarce (Joseph's fat and lean cattle).
Locusts are an age old problem, still not under complete control today. The darkness could be caused by sand storms (Khamsin) which plague the North Africa.

Things have changed since the Aswan dam was built to control the Nile.

Most of the plagues can be explained by natural means. There are even 'theories' concerned with the death of the first born from their sleeping place in the house, to giving the firstborn (as the most important) the first portion of polluted food. Still, if you are interested, you will look these up yourselves.

Just thinking again

 

A "red tide" is a common term used for a harmful algal bloom

Red tide, Florida Gulf Coast

Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, occur nearly every summer along the nation's coasts. Often, the blooms turn the water a deep red.

Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, occur when colonies of algae—simple plants that live in the sea and freshwater—grow out of control while producing toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and birds. The human illnesses caused by HABs, though rare, can be debilitating or even fatal.

While many people call these blooms 'red tides,' scientists prefer the term harmful algal bloom. One of the best known HABs in the nation occurs nearly every summer along Florida’s Gulf Coast. This bloom, like many HABs, is caused by microscopic algae that produce toxins that kill fish and make shellfish dangerous to eat. The toxins may also make the surrounding air difficult to breathe. As the name suggests, the bloom of algae often turns the water red.

HABs have been reported in every U.S. coastal state, and their occurrence may be on the rise. HABs are a national concern because they affect not only the health of people and marine ecosystems, but also the 'health' of local and regional economies.

But not all algal blooms are harmful. Most blooms, in fact, are beneficial because the tiny plants are food for animals in the ocean. In fact, they are the major source of energy that fuels the ocean food web.

A small percentage of algae, however, produce powerful toxins that can kill fish, shellfish, mammals, and birds, and may directly or indirectly cause illness in people. HABs also include blooms of non-toxic species that have harmful effects on marine ecosystems. For example, when masses of algae die and decompose, the decaying process can deplete oxygen in the water, causing the water to become so low in oxygen that animals either leave the area or die.

Scientists at the National Ocean Service have been monitoring and studying this phenomenon for a number of years to determine how to detect and forecast the location of the blooms. The goal is to give communities advance warnings so they can adequately plan for and deal with the adverse environmental and health effects associated with these 'red-tide' events.

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html

 

No, He didn't, I have explained it thoroughly on pg. 1 #4 of this thread. Lastly God does not interfere with our free-will thus He could not have hardened Pharaoh's heart, but rather He allowed Pharaoh to harden his own heart.

Lying is such as harsh word, I notice you have a bad habit of calling others liars. My friend WanRen and myself are interpreting Scripture correctly thus it must be a problem at your end.

Yes, I know. He was such a brilliant archaeologist. The world has surely missed him these past 40 years. But he is in a better place now.

 

There is no support for your idea, but the scripture is very clear on the issue. It isn't grey in the least. It clearly states that God hardened his heart. No apologetic can change that.

 

Tell us then why hasn't the apes kept up with us (humans) in this advancement? They also have had thousands of years to advance...why haven't they advanced on the scale that we humans have advanced? Why are they still using sticks for tools?

Yes, I'd say that my friend WanRen is absolutely right when he says, "The vast amount of evidences all points that humans and apes are distinctly different that for million of years none of the known apes that we have now have evolve to become humans. But humans have evolve to become more and more intelligent and sophisticated."

 

Why can penguins not fly while hawks can? They both have wings. The answer is that evolution isn't linear. When we say that organisms are evolving, we don't mean that they are becoming more human-like.

That's because human beings aren't the "end stage" of evolution. Everything on the planet isn't evolving to become a human one day in the future. And I'd be wary of agreeing with WanRen. That poster is consistently confused by the English language; he will post links thinking that they show him to be right when in fact they refute what he has been saying.

 

You claimed that "Hardened his heart" was an idiom without actually substantiating that. You just said that you were more well versed with Hebrew. Provide evidence that it is indeed an idiom; your say dodo want make it true.

 

In like manner, your say so wont make it false.

 

That is true, the reason was because Moses disobeyed God's command. Read link below.

http://www.gotquestions.org/Moses-promised-land.html

My friend WanRen made an honest mistake, that is why he said, "IMO"

 

It really doesn't make a difference, because whatever he believes his created idiom refers to, it was God that did it and changed what Pharoah had independently decided to do. God is the responsible party based on the text. Pharoah had determined to let the Hebrews go, and God stepped in and turned him around.
There is no way to avoid this truth, based on the written text.

 

Why not, all the questions answered are just the poster opinions. Or misinterpretations or blatant distortions of what is in scriptures.

 

wont[ wawnt ]1.accustomed to something: accustomed or likely to do something
2.somebody's custom: a habit or custom followed by a person or group of people
3.be accustomed: to have the habit of doing something, or give somebody the habit of doing something

Can't possibly understand what you're trying to say!

 

Just like your comments above? Hmmm?

 

Just because the whole world doesn't believe in Christianity it doesn't mean it's obviously because it's not the truth. So your statement is fallacious in nature.

I know you are probably used to the saying "the majority rules"...eh?...lol

Did you know that the majority of people who gamble are losers?

How do I know this to be a fact you might ask? Well the neon lites in Vegas are still brightly shining.

 

Yes, as I stated.
You're finally catching on, huh.

 

Shall I go on for pages about using unrelated words interchangeably and how that makes communication impossible like you did for that poster who mistakenly used "cant" for "can't", or can you admit that was simply a very childish derail, like this is intended to be?
Or will you rather apply all the wrath that you applied to him to yourself?
Are you a hypocrite, or are you a poor communicator?

 

Mannnn, you and I think alike, I was gonna say the same thing.

 

so ... these losers (aka, people who believe fortune is on their side - or that somehow, something magical that they do will ensure they meet with success) continue to attend their well lit places of worship despite knowing, deep deep down, that it's all a con?

 

If we were created in God(s) image, why are there black, white, yellow, red, etc skin colors?
Why were we created without the ability to write?
Why didn't we have the intelligence of today 5000 yrs ago?

 

Oh, I caught on a long time ago. You and some of the others on this forum have nothing but opinion and no substantial and irrefutable proof to support those opinions. Also, you like others on this forum should well know by now the old saying about opinions.

 

The derail came about through all the crying and complaining that others were doing because the poster had gotten caught in an error that he could not justify. nJust like you are doing with the post I am responding to. In spite of your claim of a derail, you are continuing the alleged derail by promoting further discussion about it. Hello pot. Yes! I can admit that the act of derail created by the whiners and crying infants on this forum was very childish.

Now you want to claim that I conjured some wrath and applied it against one of your peers .... Oh the poor little thing... do you suppose his feelings got hurt?
Are you a hypocrite, or are you suffering from poor reading comprehension?

 

All that time to think of a response and that is all you could come up with?
Denial of your responsibility for a characteristic semantic derail. No taking responsibility for doing exactly the same thing you beat him up for, complete with missing apostrophe and all.
You have revealed your character clearly.
A man would have apologized to him and the rest of the forum for wasting everyone's time. He would acknowledge his own error.
But that would take the presence of a man with a hint of integrity.
You are not that man.

 

When you have no proof, you claim they are your beliefs, and according to you whatever you believe is a fact.
Does this apply to everyone, or just you?

 

What do you offer but your opinions. You are no different. You've admitted many times you believe what you believe regardless of anything else.
So don't rule yourself out in the opinion category. You have no irrefutable proof to anything you post.