God is a racist: he created many and diverse species of plants, animals, and men, and separated them in order to keep them distinct. Indeed, the eternal, unchanging Law of God demands segregation:

Leviticus 19:19 - Ye shall observe my law: thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with one of a different kind, and thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed; and thou shalt not put upon thyself a mingled garment woven of two materials.

If the Lord explicitly forbids the hybridization of crops and animals, it should be obvious that he likewise forbids miscegenation among humans. Moreover, whether plant, animal, or human, the hybrid is characterized by blemishes and other defects which often are hideous. One example is the mule (the hybrid of horse and ass), which is sterile.

The Creator is a racist.

The Lord God created each of the various races. He gave each race its own set of strengths and abilities. He geographically separated the races. And the Lord even gave each race a distinctive skin colour, in order to help them understand that miscegenation is wrong. And the Lord God pronounced his creation -- all of it -- good.

All mankind did not descend from Adam, or from Noah. The Adamic race of Genesis 2 is separate from the other races of Genesis 1.

A Billy Graham "crusade" meeting is, at best, an afternoon or evening affair -- with a very large turnout, perhaps three to four hours pass from the time you drive into the stadium parking lot until the time you drive out of the lot.

Once the show inside starts, it lasts at the very most two hours, most of which is devoted to music, announcements, and "testimonials" by prominent guests.

Once Billy Graham comes to the podium and begins to speak, he speaks at the very most for an hour, most of which is spent reciting anecdotes which have no direct bearing on the Gospel. And, because of the poor acoustics (much echo) of the typical stadium, Graham is talking very slowly. And there typically are interruptions by applause from the audience.

After the anecdotes and pauses are edited out, there typically is only five to fifteen minutes of meaningful communication, much of which is full of doctrinal error.

The Gospel message found in the Bible speaks of a number of vital matters, including government, a king, a kingdom, a way of life, entrance into that way of life, sacrifice, testing, endurance, sin, the penalty of sin, imputation of sin, atonement, justification, imputation of righteousness, sanctification, the nature of the flesh, the nature of the spirit, and resurrection.

Unless and until a person has at least some familiarity with these matters, he cannot act intelligently upon the Gospel.

The time required to impart to someone an understanding of the Gospel sufficient to enable him to respond to the Gospel and enter into the Way of Life depends upon the background of the individual. For someone who is well-versed in the Scripture, perhaps an hour is sufficient. For the typical man on the street in contemporary America, an entire day might not be sufficient.

It was at the outset of his career that Graham sold himself to do evil. As the official prophet of the Establishment, Graham faithfully has served Caesar, and on numerous occasions has been summoned to the White House to make it appear that a particular act of war has been sanctioned by God.

Galatians 1:8-9 - But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

The second year of university is referred to as the sophomore year, the term "sophomore" being a transliteration from the Greek of the combination of the words for "wise" and "fool". The term recognizes a general truth, the fact that "a little learning is a dangerous thing".

From the spiritual and the intellectual standpoint, you and your cronies in this forum are sophomores and toddlers in diapers. You are wise in your own arrogance, but devoid of understanding.

Have you ever heard of Moses?

Deuteronomy 19:15 - One witness shall not stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established.

Or of Christ Jesus?

Matthew 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

Or of Paul?

Lest any construe my "Ah-so." posting as an indication that I concur with your illogic, it needs to be pointed out that your philosophical position is contrary to the entire system of reasoning which characterizes the Scripture.

In the Scripture, evidence, though it be limited, establishes truth,and the application of common sense is demanded. The observation of two or three witnesses establishes a fact.

In your theoretical universe, nothing may be established with certainty, apart from knowledge which is comprehensive and perfect.

For example. According to your logic, being unable to see through rock, those who observed the entombment of Jesus did not know for certain that the tomb in which Jesus was placed did not have a secret tunnel through which the body could have been removed (with the tunnel being cemented closed afterward), so they could not say for sure that the body was not removed by the disciples.

FIRST. From the principle expressed in Psalm 90:4, "For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night," it would appear that the time required for natural processes to form the universe is of no real consequence.

With modern technology, it is possible to listen Beethoven's Fifth Symphony from start to finish in five minutes without changing the pitch. But why would you do so -- unless you had only five minutes left to live?

It likely is the case that natural processes proceed at rates which the Eternal finds most pleasing to observe.

I heard that a posting of yours mentioned me, but it was removed before I could read it. And no, I did not ask that it be removed. In fact, I was disappointed that I did not get to read it.

neil -

What kind of question is that? You say, "Can't you give us a good reason why we should believe there are "laws of nature?"

Why do you think that natural phenomenon are repeatable? or has that thought occurred to you?

Have you never been been exposed to physics or chemistry in school?

Or perhaps you a philosopher who struggles with the question of whether you really exist, or are simply an illusion?

You have a faulty understanding of the concept of "miracle".

While some may categorize the creation of the universe as a miracle, the creation was accomplished by processes operating in accordance with natural law.

The term "miracle" generally is reserved for processes which transcend natural law. Such are the miracles performed by Jesus of Nazareth, which were performed as signs or proofs of his identity as the Christ.

As I have noted in other postings, Christ Jesus authenticated the Septuagint as the Old Covenant Canon by citing from every portion of the Scripture.

Of great importance is the fact that Jesus did not cite from the book of Esther or from the apocryphal books, all of which are spurious.

Thus did the Lord provide the standard against which the N.C. canon may be authenticated. Any document which conflicts with the O.C. Canon must be spurious.

"Interesting they can believe the New Testament for how they interpret the Lord's Supper and hell as real, but then commit gross error on the origin of life."

You say that Papistry believes the New Testament and you imply that Papistry is not in gross error regarding the Lord's Supper.

But the fact is that, to the very core, Papistry is devoted to deception, and Papistry is full of gross error.

The Papist ritual to which you refer is a hideously grotesque and blasphemous transmogrification of the Christian ritual of the Table of the Lord.

If you know something about fire and you view a log in the fireplace, the size of the log and the extent to which it has been consumed give you a fair idea of how long the log has been burning.

Galaxies are composed of stars, and a star is like a log in a fire; eventually it is consumed.

The radiation (which includes visible light) which is emitted by a star gives an indication of the degree to which the star has been consumed, and thus, how long the star has been burning.

But the God of the Scripture has no beginning and no end, so billions of years are no problem for him.

And if you are going to argue for a young universe on the basis of the KJV translation of the account in Genesis, you need to know that Hebrew is a very imprecise language with a very limited vocabulary.