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TeamProg

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15. Me vs. every Evangelical that I meet.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun Oct 24, 2021, 12:34 PM

Oct 2021

Me: How old is the earth?

Evangelical: Seven thousand years old.

Me: How old is the universe?

Evangelical: We aren't sure, maybe seven thousand years old, maybe forever.

Me: How long has God been around?

Evangelical: Oh, well, God has been around forever.

Me: So, how can we human earth creatues be THAT important if God has been around for all time and we've only been around for seven thousand years?! How special are we? What was God doing with all of his free time?

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