My statement has more “heft” than his.
I base mine on the Word of God, Genesis. I don’t believe the bible is fairy tales or misinterpretations so that fanciful stories can entertain us, of what actually happened.
And if you’re going to start in with man’s problematic dating methods that have all sorts of presumed assumptions behind them, I will pick the Word of God over anything man can claim, if they are at odds. Time and again top archaeologists have said the bible isn’t true because of this or that not being found (yet), only to later find the very thing the bible said was where it was, or what it was. Never has the bible been disproven when it aligns with discoveries in antiquity. It has always been proven correct.
I stick with God’s Word. Those that want to believe the pope are free to believe the pope.
>>My statement has more “heft” than his.<<
A lay person who not only cannot read Aramaic, nor ancient Roman nor Greek (all requirements to be Pope) tells me his opinion has “heft.” It is to laugh.
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I base mine on the Word of God, Genesis. I don’t believe the bible is fairy tales or misinterpretations so that fanciful stories can entertain us, of what actually happened.<<
Nice straw man — I can provide a Bic lighter if you need one. The Pope spoke DIRECTLY to Genesis and made a strong statement that Genesis (the Big Bang) DEMANDS God as we know Him.
>>And if you’re going to start in with man’s problematic dating methods that have all sorts of presumed assumptions behind them, I will pick the Word of God over anything man can claim, if they are at odds. Time and again top archaeologists have said the bible isn’t true because of this or that not being found (yet), only to later find the very thing the bible said was where it was, or what it was. Never has the bible been disproven when it aligns with discoveries in antiquity. It has always been proven correct.
I stick with God’s Word. Those that want to believe the pope are free to believe the pope.<<
IOW, science is too complicated for you so better to substitute theology for that hard “science” stuff.
The Pope is crystal clear: for science to have started, it needed God to get things going.