You mean we're not living in your realm of existance?
I believe there's a God, but I strongly disagree with the Christian perception of God as some guy in the sky judging everyone.
Why is it 2007 - because it is.
Why are there rainbows? It has something to do with condensation in the atmosphere and refraction of light.
Why is Jesus' tomb empty? Because either the grave was robbed, his body was removed, or he was never murdered to begin with. Who knows... Why would Jesus have need for a physical body to ascend to heaven? I think that's a better question.
2007-02-10 08:50:05
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answered by swordarkeereon 6
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All-Father will tell me that I have lived honorably and Valkyries will hand me a horn full of mead as I join the feast in Valhalla!
Actually the year is 2257 RE. (Runic Era) :-) The reason people call this year 2007 is because that's the most popular calender. Calendars are not proof that your religion is the one true religion.
Rainbows are what happens when light, water and air meet. This phenomena of the atmosphere appears during or immediately following local showers, when the sun is shining and the air contains raindrops. A rainbow can best be seen with polarized sunglasses. We cannot follow the arc of a rainbow down below the horizon, because we cannot see those droplets in the air below the horizon. But the higher we are above the ground, the more of the rainbow circle we would see. That is why, from an airplane in flight, a rainbow will appear as a complete circle with the shadow of the airplane in the center.
I love rainbows! One reason is that I'm a Asatruar and when I see rainbows I think of Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, that leads to Asgard.
And there are no historical records of Jesus even being executed by the Romans, much less having a tomb and rising from the dead.
2007-02-10 08:50:22
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answered by Anonymous
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Rainbows? Are you home-schooled, by any chance? Do you think a rainbow proves your god's existence, because you do not understand the science behind it?
The rainbow effect can be observed whenever there are water drops in the air and sunlight shining from behind the observer at a low altitude or angle. The most spectacular rainbow displays when half of the sky is still dark with draining clouds and the observer is at a spot with clear sky overhead. The rainbow effect is also commonly seen near waterfalls or fountains. Rainbow fringes can sometimes be seen at the edges of backlit clouds and as vertical bands in distant rain or virga. The effect can also be artificially created by dispersing water droplets into the air during a sunny day.
In a very few cases, a moonbow, or night-time rainbow, can be seen on strongly moonlit nights. As human visual perception for colour in low light is poor, moonbows are most often perceived to be white.
The rainbow's appearance is caused by dispersion of sunlight as it is refracted by (approximately spherical) raindrops. The light is first refracted as it enters the surface of the raindrop, reflected off the back of the drop, and again refracted as it leaves the drop. The overall effect is that the incoming light is reflected back over a wide range of angles, with the most intense light at an angle of about 40°–42°. This angle is independent of the size of the drop, but does depend on its refractive index. As seawater has a higher refractive index than rain water, the radius of a 'rain'bow in a sea spray is smaller than a true rainbow. This is visible to the naked eye by a misalignment of these bows.[1]
Since the water is dispersive, the amount that the sunlight is bent depends upon the wavelength, and hence colour, of the light's constituent parts. Blue light is refracted at a greater angle than red light, but because the area of the back of the droplet has a focal point inside the droplet, the spectrum crosses itself, and therefore the red light appears higher in the sky, and forms the outer colour of the rainbow. Contrary to popular belief, the light at the back of the raindrop does not undergo total internal reflection; however, light that emerges from the back of the raindrop does not create a rainbow between the observer and the Sun. The spectra emitted from the back of the raindrop do not have a maximum of intensity, as the other visible rainbows do, and thus the colours blend together and do not form a rainbow.
A rainbow does not actually exist at a location in the sky, but rather is an optical phenomenon whose apparent position depends on the observer's location. All raindrops refract and reflect the sunlight in the same way, but only the light from some raindrops reaches the observer's eye. These raindrops are perceived to constitute the rainbow by that observer. The position of a rainbow in the sky is always in the opposite direction of the Sun with respect to the observer, and the interior is always slightly brighter than the exterior. The bow is centred on the shadow of the observer's head, or more exactly at the antisolar point (which is below the horizon during the daytime), appearing at an angle of approximately 40°–42° to the line between the observer's head and its shadow. As a result, if the Sun is higher than 42°, then the rainbow is below the horizon and cannot be seen as there are usually not enough raindrops between the horizon (that is: eye height) and the ground, to contribute. One exception is when the observer is at the top of a mountain or a similar vantage point, for example an aeroplane (see below). Another exception occurs when the rainbow is produced by a garden sprinkler. In this case to get sufficient drops they must be very small.
It is difficult to photograph the complete arc of a rainbow, which would require an angle of view of 84°. For a 35 mm camera, a lens with a focal length of 19 mm or less would be required, whilst most photographers are only likely to have a 28 mm wide-angle lens. From an aeroplane, one has the opportunity to see the whole circle of the rainbow, with the plane's shadow in the centre. This phenomenon can be confused with the glory, but a glory is usually much smaller, covering only 5°–20°, as opposed to over 80° for a full circle rainbow.
2007-02-10 09:02:51
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answered by eldad9 6
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I hope that all the questions you have always asked about God, the universe, suffering, justice, and "the Great Plan" will be answered in a nanosecond and you will have an AWESOME "a-haaa-aaaah" moment.Your entire life will replay itself and you'll see in instant how everything you did and everything that had been done TO you touched everyone else in the Universe that you never would have expected how "it all fit together" towards the perfect plan.Then eternal Peace? Rest? Awe? I hope it's like this...that's my idea of where our energy eventually goes anyway.
2007-02-10 09:02:37
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answered by Anonymous
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Please people don't put God in a box with regard to science and reduce him to finite words with finite discoveries that usually only last a few decades before they find out they were wrong God is infinitely superior to us lol... I hope God will say well done good and faithful servant. Not at all on my merit but on what he already did for me. He was faithful so i am faithful, he was the only one Good.. now i am good.
2007-02-10 09:47:24
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answered by Anonymous
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Because you're not going to meet him face to face. That's why Jesus was sent. To intercede for us fallible humans. That's standard Christian belief. You will be with Jesus in heaven not God himself. None of us are that good.
2007-02-10 08:49:10
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answered by zp055att 6
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i'd tell him he's an selfish twerp that likes to torture people. what's his subject besides? He endows us with desires, desires, and temptations, and if we don't bypass the try via resisting those issues, he tortures us for eternity. no longer that I for one minute have faith this antiquated Church crap, yet while taken at its face value, it paints such as god as one jealous prick vendors to hissy suits and mass genocide. If that's meant to engender some understand in his minions, his minions are idiots. thank you for letting me state my opion.
2016-11-03 02:24:50
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answered by ? 4
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Good points. I believe God will say "well done thy good and faithful servant. Enter in into the Glory of His presence".
2007-02-10 08:52:48
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answered by RB 7
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That's what I wanna know, Well It's a miracle. It COULD be explained by science but that would be boring! :D The Romans COULD have lied, but at the end of the day it comes down to what YOU yourself belief. x
2007-02-10 08:47:11
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answered by LoveXHate 1
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i hope he will say well done my faithful servant since i don't believe in once saved always save.
if i am an overcome of self!Like Messiah was!
other wise he might say go away for i do not know you!!
For many will say L-d L-d but that is not his name!
2007-02-10 08:57:52
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answered by Anonymous
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