Quote from: Cnut237 on February 02, 2021, 03:35:20 PM

Quote from: BADecker on February 02, 2021, 02:28:56 PM

Looking at the sun doesn't have anything to do with the angel who stands in the sun. He still stands in the sun.

You don't know he's there unless you see him.

When God let John see it so he could write it in the Revelation, John saw it.

Quote from: Cnut237 on February 02, 2021, 03:35:20 PM

Quote from: BADecker on February 02, 2021, 02:28:56 PM

Sound traveling through space doesn't have anything to do with an angel speaking in a loud voice.

You don't know what he's said unless you hear him.

When God let John hear it so he could write it in the Revelation, John heard it.

Quote from: Cnut237 on February 02, 2021, 03:35:20 PM

Quote from: BADecker on February 02, 2021, 02:28:56 PM

Science know so very little about what there is to know scientifically.

God of the gaps is not a compelling argument.

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2000 years ago: "We do not know what causes lightning, therefore it must be a god throwing lightning bolts from the sky."
1000 years ago: "We do not know what keeps the planets in their courses. There must be angels pushing them along."
500 years ago: "We do not know what causes diseases, therefore they must be punishments from God."
200 years ago: "We do not know how the many species of plants and animals could have appeared, therefore God must have created them."
100 years ago: "We do not know how the universe started, therefore God must have done it."
60 years ago: "We do not know how genes are passed from parent to child, therefore traits must be imprinted upon the soul."

As science advances, the domain of things caused by God diminishes. Eventually there will be hardly anything left. Faith and religious belief confer certain social benefits, but there is no underlying truth to them.

"God of the gaps" is the wrong term. The correct term is "mankind of the gaps." God doesn't have any gaps. It's the gaps in the understanding and knowledge of man.

God is Almighty. All the knowledge and strength of combined mankind is smaller in size when compared with God, than an atom of hydrogen in our universe if the universe were packed solidly with atoms of hydrogen.

God knows everything. He made everything through the cause and effect that He started in the creation. In order for there to be the complexity of mankind in our present time, God tossed everything out in the Beginning in just the right way so that cause and effect produces complexity right now.

As science advances, they will soon come to the understanding of how great God really is. But if they try to fight or ignore this truth, they will only destroy themselves with their science.

Quote from: hartley on February 02, 2021, 06:09:22 PM

Vitamin D steers the immune system away from highly inflammatory pathways and toward a pathway that is more regulated. You’re going to get enough vitamin D if you eat a relatively healthy meal and get some sunlight, this can boost your immune system very effective.
In times like these it’s more important than ever to know what’s in our bodies. Vitamin D can keep exposure to COVID-19 from becoming an infection that can cause you and other people harm.

This is reasonably correct. The question is, who knows for sure if a good healthy meal really gives us enough vitamin D - or any other nutrient - for times of trouble, like Covid. It certainly isn't your average doctor... who gets one small nutrition course in his whole medical training.

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