Can Any Christian Answer This...

[aviator]

@kijanamrefu

But we do. You learnt this in secondary school.

I must have missed the lesson. Would you explain?

[kijanamrefu]

@aviator

I must have missed the lesson. Would you explain?

Time = Distance divided by Speed
It takes 8 mins coz the sun is a certain(varying) distance from the earth and light travels at a certain speed.

Watu wa physics nisamehe.

[aviator]

@kijanamrefu

Time = Distance divided by Speed
It takes 8 mins coz the sun is a certain(varying) distance from the earth and light travels at a certain speed.

Watu wa physics nisamehe.

My qn wasnt how it is calculated. It was why is it that quantity and not something different.

[Arokaz]

After Cain killed Abel and was declared a “fugitive and vagabond” by God (Genesis 4:12), the Bible says that he “went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod” (4:16). It was
in this land that “Cain knew his wife” (4:17), and it was here that his son, Enoch, was born.

When a person reads about Nod in Genesis 4, he often pictures a land where a large group of people already were dwelling by the time Cain arrived. Because the Bible gives this land a name (“Nod”), many assume it was called such before Cain went there. Furthermore, many believe that
it was in this land that Cain found his wife.

Based upon these assumptions, some even claim that God must have specially created other humans besides Adam and Eve, otherwise there would not have been a land of Nod, nor would Cain have been able to find a wife there.
Are these assumptions and conclusions correct? What can
be said about these matters?
It is very likely that when Moses wrote the name “Nod” (Genesis 4:16), he was using a figure of
speech called “prolepsis” (the assignment of something, such as an event or name, to a time that precedes it).

People often use prolepsis for the sake of convenience, so that the reader or audience can better understand what is being
communicated. For example, I might say, “My wife and I dated two years before we got married,” when actually she was not my wife
when we were dating, but a very dear friend. We may see a special on television about when President George W. Bush was a boy, but the fact is, George W. Bush was not President of the United States when he was a child.

From time to time, even the Bible uses this kind of language. In
John 11, the Bible speaks of a woman named Mary who “anointed the Lord with ointment” (11:1-2), yet this anointing actually did not occur for about three months. John merely spoke about it as having already happened
because when he wrote his gospel account this event was generally known.

Another example of prolepsis is found in Genesis 13:3 where we read that Abraham “went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel.” This area actually did not
wear the name Bethel until years later when Jacob gave it that name (Genesis 28:19). However, when Moses wrote of this name
hundreds of years later, he was free to use it even when writing about a time before the name
actually was given.

When Moses used the name Nod in Genesis 4, the reader must understand the land probably was
not given that name until sometime after Cain moved there. This is consistent with the meaning of the name Nod (“wandering”), which in all
probability was given because God told Cain he was to be a wanderer upon the Earth (Genesis 4:12).

Thus, the land of Nod almost certainly was not an area filled with people whom Cain would
eventually befriend. It would become that in time; nevertheless, it probably was not such a place
upon his arrival. But, someone might ask, did Cain not find his wife in the land of Nod? Actually, the Bible never tells us that Cain’s wife came from Nod. The text
simply says that Cain “dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch” (Genesis 4:16-17).

To conclude that God specially created others besides Adam and Eve because “there was a large
group of people living in Nod when Cain arrived” and “from this group Cain got his wife” is faulty reasoning and sheer speculation. Scripture does not teach the above premises, nor does it ever hint that God specially created others than Adam and Eve. In fact, the Bible teaches the very opposite when it explicitly states that Adam was
the first man (1 Corinthians 15:45) and that Eve would be the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20, emp. added). It seems clear that there could have been no other people on the Earth contemporaneous with them (except, of course,
their own children).

Even though some allege that
God specially created other people in addition to Adam and Eve during the creation week, such cannot be defended logically in light of what
Scripture teaches.

[Goks]

@ol monk

Trying to change history and facts earliest human fossils are always found in Africa and in Ethiopia to be precise.

Science never lies.

…my friend you need to read widely. Science ideas/books are written or presented by people who do not know all there is to know and often make mistakes.
This is the reason why science books are rewritten all the time.

[anon18059438]

@Arokaz

After Cain killed Abel and was declared a “fugitive and vagabond” by God (Genesis 4:12), the Bible says that he “went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod” (4:16). It was
in this land that “Cain knew his wife” (4:17), and it was here that his son, Enoch, was born.

When a person reads about Nod in Genesis 4, he often pictures a land where a large group of people already were dwelling by the time Cain arrived. Because the Bible gives this land a name (“Nod”), many assume it was called such before Cain went there. Furthermore, many believe that
it was in this land that Cain found his wife.

Based upon these assumptions, some even claim that God must have specially created other humans besides Adam and Eve, otherwise there would not have been a land of Nod, nor would Cain have been able to find a wife there.
Are these assumptions and conclusions correct? What can
be said about these matters?
It is very likely that when Moses wrote the name “Nod” (Genesis 4:16), he was using a figure of
speech called “prolepsis” (the assignment of something, such as an event or name, to a time that precedes it).

People often use prolepsis for the sake of convenience, so that the reader or audience can better understand what is being
communicated. For example, I might say, “My wife and I dated two years before we got married,” when actually she was not my wife
when we were dating, but a very dear friend. We may see a special on television about when President George W. Bush was a boy, but the fact is, George W. Bush was not President of the United States when he was a child.

From time to time, even the Bible uses this kind of language. In
John 11, the Bible speaks of a woman named Mary who “anointed the Lord with ointment” (11:1-2), yet this anointing actually did not occur for about three months. John merely spoke about it as having already happened
because when he wrote his gospel account this event was generally known.

Another example of prolepsis is found in Genesis 13:3 where we read that Abraham “went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel.” This area actually did not
wear the name Bethel until years later when Jacob gave it that name (Genesis 28:19). However, when Moses wrote of this name
hundreds of years later, he was free to use it even when writing about a time before the name
actually was given.

When Moses used the name Nod in Genesis 4, the reader must understand the land probably was
not given that name until sometime after Cain moved there. This is consistent with the meaning of the name Nod (“wandering”), which in all
probability was given because God told Cain he was to be a wanderer upon the Earth (Genesis 4:12).

Thus, the land of Nod almost certainly was not an area filled with people whom Cain would
eventually befriend. It would become that in time; nevertheless, it probably was not such a place
upon his arrival. But, someone might ask, did Cain not find his wife in the land of Nod? Actually, the Bible never tells us that Cain’s wife came from Nod. The text
simply says that Cain “dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch” (Genesis 4:16-17).

To conclude that God specially created others besides Adam and Eve because “there was a large
group of people living in Nod when Cain arrived” and “from this group Cain got his wife” is faulty reasoning and sheer speculation. Scripture does not teach the above premises, nor does it ever hint that God specially created others than Adam and Eve. In fact, the Bible teaches the very opposite when it explicitly states that Adam was
the first man (1 Corinthians 15:45) and that Eve would be the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20, emp. added). It seems clear that there could have been no other people on the Earth contemporaneous with them (except, of course,
their own children).

Even though some allege that
God specially created other people in addition to Adam and Eve during the creation week, such cannot be defended logically in light of what
Scripture teaches.

So pray biblical genius, kindly explain to me the origin of races and dont mention evolution since Christianity doesn’t allow that.

[anon18059438]

This is very silly if you cant see the creation myth as a version of Gikuyu and Mumbi. This is just the Israeli creation myth. Every tribe has one…

[Lifeist]

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[Arokaz]

@uncle nyam

So pray biblical genius, kindly explain to me the origin of races and dont mention evolution since Christianity doesn’t allow that.

The concept of “race” is biological, not Biblical. There is no mention of different races, as such, in the Bible, nor even of the very concept of a “race.” Evidently, there is no Biblical or theological meaning to the term, and we must conclude, therefore, that races are purely arbitrary entities invented by man for his own convenience in biological and anthropological studies.

[anon18059438]

How convenient. So just because the Bible doesnt mention it its false? I have a question, although both are dogs, is there any difference between a German Shepherd and a rottweiler?

[Arokaz]

@uncle nyam

How convenient. So just because the Bible doesnt mention it its false? I have a question, although both are dogs, is there any difference between a German Shepherd and a rottweiler?

Cynologist can help you on that.

[evroza]

@uncle nyam

So pray biblical genius, kindly explain to me the origin of races and dont mention evolution since Christianity doesn’t allow that.

tower of Babel… No?

[anon18059438]

@evroza

tower of Babel… No?

So before that we were all Hebrews?

@ol monk

Its believed that we Africans are the offspring of Cush,Ham’s eldest son who was cursed by Noah hence the black skin and slavery they(people of God aka caucasians)did to our forefathers as instructed.

Trying to justify slavery? That book is full of hekayas and degradation of the black race and stupid guys up here quote and worship it. Beats me

[Alchemist]

what if you were told God is a fabrication of desert hallucinations?

[PepoPunda]

@kalel

they were the first people but that doesn’t mean they were the last

Hapo makofi… umemake sense.
First to be made but certainly not last.

[vuja_de]

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[pingulitto]

Then we should be having same Dna traits…

[Cypher254]

@aviator

My qn wasnt how it is calculated. It was why is it that quantity and not something different.

there is something called an SI unit. That was the first thing that was taught in Form 1, It explains how we quantify stuff…

[Nostradumbass]

@threetatu

what will you say about reincarnation when a chutie tells you, ulikua kale kapaka kao zamani?

Christians will tell u that 'reincarnation ’ is a demonic possession…

hivo ndo nilijibiwa na pastor

[Goks]

Science and religion do not contradict each other, but complement each other.