Originally posted by Gordon Gekko
i see you religous people can not answer my recent questions. that just goes to show you how weak the bible is.
Gordon, your questions are not worth taking the time to answer but becasue I have nothing else to do I will answer them anyway. Let see, first question... Where is heaven and where is hell?
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.
Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters". Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day.
Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:1-10
So you see Gordon, Heaven is not on the earth or in the sky but has been divided out from all that you are able to see from the beginning of time. Hell is then the opposite of Heaven, (as in God is in Heaven, but he is not in Hell). It also has been divided out from all you are able to see from the beginning of time.
Question 2, How did Noah get all of the animals to come on the boat? Well Gordon, God has control over the all the earth including the animals. I am most sure that God made Noah's job as easy as possible.
Question 3, How many heads does Satan have? Satan like God is spirit. Satan was in the beginning, a mighty angle of God. But when Satan tried to make himself higher than God, God cast him out of Heaven into a place he made called Hell. You must under stand that many times the bible uses what is know as symbolism. (Meaning that things are not always exactly as they are described.)
Question 4, First, I feel that we need to point out that by time of Noah the dinosaurs were already extinct. If you have ever read the bible you would notice that it does not follow along in exact chronological order. The book of Job (half way through the old testament) is one of the oldest books from the bible. It is also the only book to speak of dinosaurs. By Noah's time the dinosaurs are already gone, just like today. Your number of 35,000 is also incorrect. Lets look back at the text....
Then God said, "You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; also seven each of birds of the air, male and female
Genesis 7:2-3
In Noah's day there would not have even been half of the different species of animals that exist today. Man has gone about breading his own species of animals by just using the same species that Noah saved on the boat. (For example my girlfriends dog, a Jack Russell Terrier, would not have been one of the species if animals on Noah's boat.)
If you do not believe in God then why do you care what the bible says? If you do not believe in God then what does it matter to you that I do? If you do not believe in God then why do you think you will ever understand the things that God has proclaimed in his word?
Oh well, if I had more time I would also answer your question about trading 1 or 5 shares with IB but I feel that would be a waste of my time. I am sure that someone as smart as yourself will be able to figure it out all on your own.