25 Jul 17
Originally posted by @leunammiSo if you now acknowledge that your preferred meaning of the rainbow symbol is not the only one that exists, and you now realize that gay people attribute a different meaning to it as a symbol, how on earth can you think it is "ironic" that they use the rainbow as a symbol?
I don't think the gay community really cares about the origin of the rainbow from the biblical point of view.
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25 Jul 17
Originally posted by @leunammiAh, then we are in a agreement that a rainbow in itself is quite meaningless and random.
Psst, thank you I already know that.
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25 Jul 17
Let's be clear that anyone can attach to the rainbow any meaning they desire.
I took the phrase "Taking back the rainbow" to mean recovering for the Christian church what this matter should mean to Christians. And that also has something to do with the reminder it had to mankind - the fore-bearers of the human race after the Flood of Noah.
That of course is what we as believers in the Bible are reminded of.
And that of course we have the right to convey to the world.
And until outlawed by some possible future totalitarian regime, we will teach that in the public square.
25 Jul 17
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeNo we are not in agreement... totally.
Ah, then we are in a agreement that a rainbow in itself is quite meaningless and random.
The view that you previously posted (definition of a rainbow) may be what you believe 'only' with regards to rainbows, but it is not what I believe 'only'. I do agree with the scientific definition from Wikipedia which you posted however.
As for the "rainbow in itself is quite meaningless", I disagree, I subscribe to the biblical meaning of it, I am sorry you don't.
Genesis 9:12-15 New King James Version (NKJV)
12 And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Originally posted by @fmfI'm dodging nothing, see my response to Ghost.
You're dodging. The "origin" of the rainbow predates the Bible by countless millions of years.
If my response to you is not acceptable, I am sorry. I don't know what else to tell you I have responded.
The "origin" of the rainbow predates the Bible by countless millions of yearsHow do you know this, do you have some unequivocal information you can share with the rest of us that don't know? Including myself? Other than assumptions?
25 Jul 17
Originally posted by @leunammiIf you seriously think the origin of the meteorological phenomenon described by Ghost of a Duke on the previous page is found in the Noah story part of ancient Hebrew mythology - and that this phenomenon didn't already exist and get witnessed all over the world by humans for whatever countless tens of thousands of years before that - then just say so.
How do you know this, do you have some unequivocal information you can share with the rest of us that don't know? Including myself? Other than assumptions?
25 Jul 17
Originally posted by @fmfFMF, is it countless tens of thousands of years or countless millions of years before Noah? I don't know do you? Are your wheels falling off?
If you seriously think the origin of the meteorological phenomenon described by Ghost of a Duke on the previous page is found in the Noah story part of ancient Hebrew mythology - and that this phenomenon didn't already exist and get witnessed all over the world by humans for whatever countless tens of thousands of years before that - then just say so.
I answered your question, as for the exact time frame of things? Who knows, I am referring to a scripture verse after an event, that is all.
Originally posted by @leunammiAre you also a believer in the universe being created in six days? And an earth that is a few thousand years old?
I answered your question, as for the exact time frame of things? Who knows, I am referring to a scripture verse after an event, that is all.
25 Jul 17
Originally posted by @leunammiRainbows, the phenomenon, for countless millions of years. Humans witnessing them for countless tens of thousands of years.
FMF, is it countless tens of thousands of years or countless millions of years before Noah? I don't know do you? Are your wheels falling off?