Bigfoot?

[bvance1]

Kind of a three part question.

Do you believe in Bigfoot?

If not, why? 

Do you believe in God?

[Falconer02]

Do you believe in Bigfoot?

Of course not.

If not, why?  

While it's possible that it may exist, there's a major lack of proof for it and therefore it's pretty pointless to come to conclusions about it. It can be fun to watch movies or shows about it, talk about it, and/or hunt for it, but nobody in history has found anything aside from those corny blurry photos and obviously faked videos. It belongs in the same category of Mothmen, The Jersey Devil, Slenderman, etc. X-Files stuff. I love the idea of these things, but I must be skeptical in order to not look like some nutty conspiracy theorist, you know?

Do you believe in God?

Which one?

[Joeyramone]

I believe that there is a possibility something like bigfoot exists.  It isn't hard to believe that in very remote areas of the Pacific Northwest that there is a small and reproducing colony of hominids.  It won't be resolved until one is caught or killed and subject to study. 

God?  The idea is a good thing.  Not sure if there is an actual physical 'God'.  Just like Bigfoot, I would like to see some evidence of his existance.

[madeara]

I do not believe in Bigfoot.
Yes, I believe in God.  I don't believe that we evolved.  I believe that the world and everything in the world was created by God who loved us so much that He sent His son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins.

Everything written in The Bible has been proven completely accurate by scientists and archaeologists.

[Falconer02]

I do not believe in Bigfoot.
Yes, I believe in God.  I don't believe that we evolved.

Woahhhohoho there, cowboy. Evolution has been proven. Life evolves! To say otherwise is decepting yourself into thinking biology (as a whole) does not exist.

Everything written in The Bible has been proven completely accurate by scientists and archaeologists

110% wrong. Practically all of the parables in the bible are completely inaccurate and/or didn't happen and a ridiculously small fraction of scientists and archaeologists will say differently.

[Flackle]

Yes I do. A quick Google search would reveal hundreds of thousands of high resolution photographs of Bigfoot. In fact, here is one of them now.



As for god, well don't be ridiculous. Monster trucks > God.

[bvance1]

Thanks for the responses, guys.

I was just curious if anyone was gonna say absolutely not to the possibility of bigfoot because of no proof and then turn around and say absolutely yes to God.

I know a few people who feel very strongly that way...it doesn't make much sense to me how they come up with that.

[SherylsShado]

110% wrong. Practically all of the parables in the bible are completely inaccurate and/or didn't happen and a ridiculously small fraction of scientists and archaeologists will say differently.

  The parable is the oldest and most common of all the figures of speech.  A parable, Biblically considered, places the physical and spiritual beside one another with the aim being to explain the spiritual (known to unknown).

  Parables in the Bible do not contain contradictory or imaginary truths. In other words, parables are not fictitious stories which contain impossible truths (see Luke 16: 19- 31). Parables teach what happened, may happen, or shall happen (Luke 19: 12- 28) .

  The Bible contains several parables however, the entire Bible was not written to be a parable.  

[Falconer02]

Parables in the Bible do not contain contradictory or imaginary truths.

Any person of reason would obviously say differently. Evil god? Wrong explanation of how the world formed? Incorrect descriptions of how our world is set up? Talking snake? Stupid and evil women antagonists? Giant Ark holding every animal? Men living for 900 years? Parting a sea? Guy walking on water? Guy getting superman strength from his hair? They may have some morals sprinkled here and there, but...yeah. Do I reeeaaaallllllyyyy need to go into this?

[SherylsShado]

Parables in the Bible do not contain contradictory or imaginary truths.

Any person of reason would obviously say differently. Evil god? Wrong explanation of how the world formed? Incorrect descriptions of how our world is set up? Talking snake? Stupid and evil women antagonists? Giant Ark holding every animal? Men living for 900 years? Parting a sea? Guy walking on water? Guy getting superman strength from his hair? They may have some morals sprinkled here and there, but...yeah. Do I reeeaaaallllllyyyy need to go into this?

  Yes, I think you should reeeaaallllllyyyy go into this a little more...NONE of that mentioned above is considered to be a parable in the Bible.  Parables in the Bible (New Testament) are found in the Gospels and were used by Jesus to teach and include "The Parable of the Sower" (Matthew 13:3-8), "The Parable of the Weeds"(Matthew 13:24-30), "The Parable of the Mustard Seed" (Matthew 13:31-32), "The Parable of the Yeast", "The Parable of the Hidden Treasure", "The Parable of the Pearl", "The Parable of the Net", "The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard", "The Parable of the Talents", "The Friend at Midnight", "The Parable of the Persistent Widow", "The Parable of the Good Samaritan", Jesus at a Pharisee’s House uses this parable (Luke 14:7-11), "The Parable of the Rich Fool", "The Parable of the Great Banquet", "The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector", "The Parable of the Shrewd Manager", "The Parable of the Lost Sheep", "The Parable of the Lost Coin", "The Parable of the Lost Son", "The Forgiven Debts", "The Parable of the Ten Virgins" (Matt 25: 1-13), The Wise and Faithful Servants, The travelling Owner of the House (Mark 13:34-37),The Parable of the Two Sons (Matt 21-28-32), The Parable of the Tenants Matt 21:33-46),The Unproductive Fig Tree (Luke 16: 6-9),The Parable of the Wedding Banquet(Matt 22:1-14), The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant (Matt 18:23-35).


These parables are not accounts of something that actually happened...but they are not so far out there that they couldn't.  They do not contain any contradictory or "imaginary" truths, there's a HUGE difference between the Biblical parables and Aesop's Fables.
 

**I didn't put Scripture references to all of the parables due to major lack of time.  I f anyone needs help locating any of the parable's listed above in the Bible, just let me know and I will post those for you when I am not in such a rush.

 



 

 

[DanielKorycki]

Yes, Jesus spoke in parables in order to demonstrate particular moral lessons. They were also to help the people better understand heavenly and spiritual things by paralleling them with earthly circumstances that they were familiar with.

[Falconer02]

Yes, I think you should reeeaaallllllyyyy go into this a little more...NONE of that mentioned above is considered to be a parable in the Bible.

Ah. Only in the Bible? Don't you think that's kind of a narrow/self-deceptive stance? That would be like one saying- "NONE of that mentioned above is considered to be a fake in the teachings of scientology". You can't really learn much of anything if you're just looking at it one way.

Parable- a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
             a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like.

Considering one could use the story of Adam and Eve to illustrate why a child should not steal cookies from the cookie jar, they are nothing more than mythical parables. They may be imaginary, but they can convey a moral truth. But the bible, without a doubt, contradicts itself many many times and is quite inaccurate in various respects as I've already said a few.

Parables in the Bible (New Testament) are found in the Gospels and were used by Jesus to teach and include--

They were also to help the people better understand heavenly and spiritual things by paralleling them with earthly circumstances that they were familiar with.

Seeing how these illustrations have secretive mystical and mythical qualities to them, they are imaginary truths.

[SherylsShado]

falconer, when it comes to the Bible because it wasn't written to be read like a book from beginning to end (cover to cover)...and because it is so old and was re-translated, it is important to study and know the history of the book and it's authors.  The Bible states the parables as "parables" and so most of the examples you listed are expected to be accurate, historical happenings.  Ok, before you "rofl" consider this...

What if you and several other authors were told by God to write an accurate account of historical happenings just within the past 50 years.  Suppose this book then traveled backwards in time to Noah, his family and all the people before the massive drowning.  They would be reading about rockets being sent into outer space, man walking on the moon, airplanes (groups of people and some belongings actually flying through the air), people choosing to have dogs & cats instead of children (you KNEW I had to mention this...lol) and dressing them in frilly dresses--hosting birthday parties, weddings and baby showers for dogs and cats---creatures they knew nothing about back then)!   They'd read about how a person could shop for groceries on-line and then pay for them on-line and then have their food delivered right to their home without having to hunt, fish or scavange for it!  They'd read about microwaves that cooked food in minutes.  They'd see pictures of the fashions, shoes, make up and hairstyles...pages from the Victoria's Secret catalog they would find unbelievable.  They would have no proof of these things, just the Book and the author's listed sources and "their word" stating that it's an accurate account of the future.

     It would be accurate & REAL but it would sound absurd to them.  So then, wouldn't it make sense that their "accounts" of the REAL would probably sound absurd to us?

[alimitoducks]

I know someone who swears up n down they saw Bigfoot. Me, I think its possible scientists find new species all the time. I do believe in God but I believe in evolution as well. Everyone interprets the bible differently I think.

[angie828]

Yes I believe in both God and bigfoot.  I think bigfoot is out there somewhere.  And Just know that God is real.