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[Esaias]

Originally Posted by phareztamar

Your inflection of "can't believe you guys turned out to be this incredibly dumb" was unwarranted. I simply said wow and explained why. were you led by the Spirit to throw that out there?

So the book you have on collected broadsides from the colonial era. Is it etched onto clay tablets? Written on a papyrus of animal skin? Or is it written on paper manufactured at an industrial paper mill?

The colonial era New York farmer. What did he farm with? Was it a JCB 8250 Fastrac? A John Deere 956 ORT tractor? How many acres was he farming? 200? 1,000? 2,000? What type of irrigation was he using? A pivot? Poly-piping?

The middle age boys who went to University around 13-15. How did they get to school? Car? Bus? Motorcycle? Was 13-15 years old the norm for going to University, or an exception to the norm? What type of lighting and bathroom facilities did University offer them? Was there a cafeteria for lunch?

The ancient Greeks who calculated that the Earth was an orb. Did they also calculate the rotation speed of the earth's solid inner core? It's material make-up? The rotation speed (in the opposite direction) of the earth's liquid outer core? Did they elaborate on the Earth's magnetic field? The magnetosphere or the bow shock when hit by super-sonic solar wind?

The average person's "hut" 300 years ago. Did they have central heating and air? Fire alarms? A sewage system? How about lighting and data?

Just saying.

So, a guy who in their 20s and 30s is (still) going to university, thinks humans are evolved from monkeys, thinks there is no God, thinks he's one (or more) of 30 some odd genders, and struggles using the register at his job at MacDonald's (and who literally can't function if the graphic user interface goes down cause he doesn't know simple math) but gets to work by motor vehicle, enjoys central air and heat, and has a Facebook and Twitter account is a clear proof that we are "advanced"?

Lol sure thing. Cool story, bruh.

[phareztamar]

Originally Posted by Esaias

So, a guy who in their 20s and 30s is (still) going to university, thinks humans are evolved from monkeys, thinks there is no God, thinks he's one (or more) of 30 some odd genders, and struggles using the register at his job at MacDonald's (and who literally can't function if the graphic user interface goes down cause he doesn't know simple math) but gets to work by motor vehicle, enjoys central air and heat, and has a Facebook and Twitter account is a clear proof that we are "advanced"?

Lol sure thing. Cool story, bruh.

Again...wow.

[Esaias]

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge. The more fear of God = the more knowledge. Less fear of God = less knowledge.

So, does the world have MORE fear of the Lord? Or less? Are we increasing in knowledge? Or decreasing? Since the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, it appears that central a/c and iphones and Google aren't indicators of knowledge.

Lipstick on a pig doesn't turn a sow into a rocket scientist.

[Esaias]

[Esaias]

[Esaias]

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Esaias

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge. The more fear of God = the more knowledge. Less fear of God = less knowledge.

So, does the world have MORE fear of the Lord? Or less? Are we increasing in knowledge? Or decreasing? Since the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, it appears that central a/c and iphones and Google aren't indicators of knowledge.

Lipstick on a pig doesn't turn a sow into a rocket scientist.

So then, since God defines knowledge as being primarily a product of the fear of thr Lord, and since the context of Daniel 12:4 has to do with understanding Bible prophecy, it seems clear that this prophecy is saying that even though Daniel and his contemporaries might not understand things, people would investigate the prophecies and increase in their knowledge of them. In other words, it has nothing at all to do with inventing indoor plumbing or android apps or mass market paperbacks at some time in the future.