Isn’t it wonderful that though today the world searches in vain for the missing link to prove that human beings are the descendants, i.e. sons and daughters, of primates that somehow learned to walk upright, we Christians who believe in the Creation already know how we came about.
Think about it, we are light years ahead of science, because we already have the answer to the pertinent question “Where did we come from?”!
There’s a danger today that some Christians are falling into the trap of agreeing with both Creationism and Darwinism. Somehow some genius managed to combine the two theories… no, wait, one is truth (that God created us) while the other is still a hypothesis (an unproven theory), into one.
This theory supposes that while God did indeed create man and woman and the world and all that is in it, evolution comes into play later on and some species do evolve.
Why is it dangerous?
Simply because this combination denies that what God made was and is perfect. Does not God tell us that He made everything perfect, i.e. very good?
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Genesis 1:31
I have no idea why those who deny Creationism find it so difficult to accept that God created us. If I were to chance a guess, I’d say it’s because they do not find the idea of having a superior being who is Lord of our lives an appealing notion.
Because if it can be proven that we did indeed came to be by pure chance, and that we are what we are today because some primates managed to walk upright millions of years ago, then there is no moral standard to be observed.
In other words, we can just all be the animals that we think we are, or in the case of some, the animals that they want to be.
I was just mulling over why we Christians defend Creationism so vehemently, and while reading Genesis on the train to work this morning, God told me why.
It’s not about winning the debate, but just one simple reason — to deny that God created us is to deny God!
And if we deny God’s hand in creating us, so we also deny Christ Jesus.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:1-3
What is created belongs to the Creator, and so it is with us. We are created by God, made in His image and belong to Him. And when all this is made clear and we all finally understand, so it is that we can then see how little we are and it is by His mercy and grace that each day we awake and breathe.
God told us simply that He created everything in 6 days — a simple truth that many refuse to believe, but instead choose to think their intelligence superior and continue searching in vain for solid proof to claim mankind the descendents of primates when we are all, simply, wonderful creations of a loving and merciful God.
For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,â€
1 Corinthians 3:19
For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 1:20-22
Amen.
Footnote: This marks my 100th post on my blog, and I wish to thank God for making it possible.
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Tags: Creation, Creationism, Darwinism
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In God’s wisdom, God has given his creation an ability to adapt to the changes in environment in which they will encounter. Unfortunately, based on the fact that some creatures can differ slightly from one another due to these changes, some people made the insane extrapolation that creatures can adapt indefinitely to become an entirely different species. Somehow, I have never found any great attachment to the theory of evolution simply because why some creatures evolved into the banana and some into the Lion is beyond my comprehension. After all, just what evolutionary advantage is there to be a banana?
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What amazes me is that science is supposed to rely on empirical evidence in order to call a hypothesis proven, and yet we are teaching our children (in the public schools) that this “theory” has been proven. That the one missing link isn’t important. Now, how scientific is that, I ask??? I’ve always had issues with this, even when I wasn’t a believer. (How ironic is that?) I even asked a biology teacher in college about that- he wasn’t overly fond of my doing so- probably because I asked it in the middle of lecture, but he asked if anyone had questions…!
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I am a staunch defender of Creationism. However, I have grew very tired debating with pro-Evolutionists. It is like almost impossible to convince dogs that chases their own tail.
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it is late, so i’ll just quickly add my two cents.
I believe in God and, Creationism.
However, that said, I take exception to how you have phrased your argument. Using the Bible to prove that the idea of Creationism is a pure and simple truth is fallacious and tautological. For that pre-supposes that one must accept the Bible as absolute truth in order to believe that Creationism is the truth. However, the pre-requisite to believing that the Bible is absolute truth is that an individual must believe in God, and Creationism. Do you see the logical dilemma that must surely follow?
Science has failed to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that Darwin was right. However, there is also no way to put God into a test-tube and prove once and for all that the Creationists are right as well.
Then why do I believe what I believe?
Faith, pure and simple.
You simply can’t beat an Evolutionist over the head with the Bible, show him verses and tell him you are right, because he doesn’t regard the Bible as truth. I won’t even go into the arguments and counter-arguments that attempt to prove or disprove the Bible’s authenticity and accuracy, for it’s another never-ending story.
At the end of the day, everyone has to experience God’s hand in their lives, in whatever form it may come in.
P.S. Faith!
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@Jase
The thing is, according to the Bible it doesn’t require faith to believe in a Creator. The faith part comes in when we trust him to keep his promises.
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse…(Rom 1:20)
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” (Psalm 14:1)
Those who reject the notion of a Creator are doing so despite the obvious. We don’t need to use the Bible to determine that there is a God. It’s inherently obvious in the creation. A few years back some British psychologists studied 4-year olds in several different countries. Their objective was to show that the concept of God is learned. The results showed the opposite: 100% of the children they surveyed had a concept of a single God that created the universe, regardless of the religion or lack thereof of their parents.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/is-there-really-a-god
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Jase - I understand what you are saying, that you aren’t necessarily going to change an evolutionist’s mind by quoting scripture. And I believe you are wise not to argue, instead living your life as an example of what you believe. There is a lot to be said for just giving a concise statement of faith in such situations, particularly if you live your life in harmony with the offered statement of faith.
That said, Casey makes an excellent point. Creation speaks for itself, and there will be no acceptable excuses for choosing to ignore the truth of it - whether you have been smacked over the head with a Bible or not.
All in all Sicarii, you present yet another excellent reason for homeschool!
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It’d be stupid to beat people over the heads with the Bible and force them to accept Creationism for sure. I never advocated that, and my piece is aimed at Christians mostly about why it’s important for us to uphold Creationism.
Like other Christians, I find it futile to argue/debate with the Darwinists. As Shalene mentioned, they already took a hypothesis as truth.
In fact, I’d go as far to note that Evolution is the biggest lie of the centuries. Ever.
As for me, all I know is that when I awake and look at all that is wonderful in the world, and how the sky looks or how (when away in some remote location) the paintbrush of God paints such breathtaking pictures, that it is indeed God who made it all.
Michelle: I didn’t know I was supporting home school through this, but I guess I did as you mentioned, lol! There’s so much filth taught in public schools in the US if what I read is accurate that I think you made the right choice.
Shalene: that’s another interesting episode, lol! The lecturer asked for it, didn’t he? hahaha!
Casey: Great stuff! I am really floored by the results of that survey. I truly believe that we are born with an innate knowledge that there is a God. That’s why throughout the ages, religion and faith has been an integral part of people’s lives.
Shabbat Shalom, everyone.
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Isaiah,
Yeah, I forgot to state the implications. If children believe in God before they are taught anything about him, then that means that it is disbelief in God that is learned. People learn to reject the idea of a Creator. Some of the children in the survey were Japanese. That means that they were being raised in a Buddhist culture, so no one can say that these children got their ideas from television.
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Casey,
That’s an interesting point — that disbelief in God is learned, while the belief that there is a God is innate. So essentially people consciously condition themselves to reject God!
Perhaps it is therefore safe to assume that it is easier for one to believe in God than to reject Him?
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Wow…lot’s of debate going on here. All I have to say is that it was a very interesting blog and I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s comments as follow up. Thank the Lord for Christian bloggers and their faith. I’m glad I found your page to….
Blessed1 aka wornoutwoman
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Hmm. I’d say it is easier to believe in God than to reject him, but it is easier to reject him than to follow him. What do you think?
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hiya Blessed!
Welcome to my blog and thank you for your comment! No worries, I know it’s late in the States now.
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Casey,
I won’t say it’s easier to reject God than to follow Him.
Once one has heard the Gospel, it is very very difficult to let it go somehow. I’ve no qualms leaving the literature of several religions and faiths behind as I rejected them on my journey to discovering God, but not the Bible.
It wouldn’t let me go because something spoke to me inside.
I’d say it’s easier to forsake following God because it is hard to take up one’s own cross and bear it. Believing in God is the easy part.
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I agree. Leading a holy life is hard, and it’s easy to stumble. I’ve never had doubts about whether or not God exists. To me it’s blatantly obvious. What I sometimes doubt is how God could love someone like me.
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Amen to that, Casey.
I’ve actually realized that too recently, lol! That’s why I have changed my blog description to what it is today — “A Wretched Man’s Quest To Follow In Jesus Christ’s Footsteps”.
Oh, shameless me and self-promotion! *smacks myself*
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I was introduced to the ” Satan’s big bang theory” in school as a child, but well after I had been reading the Bible. Even at that tender age, I chalked that “theory” up as ludicris, because if that were true the question in my mind has been (from that day until this) WHY DIDN’T WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE INTO SOMETHING ELSE—WHY DID THE PROCESS STOP AT THE SPECIES—-MAN?
I said “Satan’s” because he always tries to protray GOD to us as a liar: Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die
John 8: 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.Enjoyed your post as ususal.
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hiya sister,
Thank you for sharing. It’s so true!
In fact, I just read an article some time ago that disproved the Big Bang theory using science itself, or more specifically physics.
I am bad with physics so I can’t remember all the details but it has something to do with how matter breaks down over time.
I’ll try to find the article again and link it here.
God bless, and thank you once again for the kind words.
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“I have no idea why those who deny Creationism find it so difficult to accept that God created us. If I were to chance a guess, I’d say it’s because they do not find the idea of having a superior being who is Lord of our lives an appealing notion.”
If I were to chance a guess, I would say they are not ignorant nutjobs like you are.
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Somebody said this which is a lie: “Science has failed to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that Darwin was right.”
Look it morons. The evidence for evolution is massive, powerful, and rapidly growing. You holy rollers are too bloody lazy and too brainwashed with god garbage to learn anything.
If you creationists want to prove you’re not willfully ignorant, then buy this book, read it, and understand it. I don’t think you’re capable of understanding anything, but there’s no harm in trying.
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution by Sean B. Carroll
Sorry if you don’t like being called morons, but anyone living today who still denies the fact we are an ape species, is really stupid.
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Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment, Bob.
I think it might be more productive if you didn’t go a name-calling if a healthy debate was what you were looking for.
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I’m not interested in debating anyone. There is no hope for creationists and it’s a waste of time to try to teach them anything. They are totally ignorant about how the world really works and they want to remain ignorant. Nobody here will read the book I recommended. They prefer their useless ancient Bible which is full of lies, violence, and nonsense. Creationists are a disgrace to the human race and they are only good for spreading lies about science and brainwashing their gullible children. They deserve nothing but ridicule.
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Lookie here Bobby Boy, just because girls don’t like you because you have neither money nor looks don’t mean you can take it out on my boy Sicarii. Now why don’t you take that wee little blinkie of yours and put it right back in your pants where it belongs, mmkay?
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@BobC
How many creationist books have you read? Surely you’re not willfully ignorant, right? If not, then you are obligated to read creationist material if you want to get on a high horse and insist that we read mindless evolutionist drivel like the book you have suggested. You seem to be forgetting that we are indoctrinated in evolution daily by both television programming and public school curricula.
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BobC:
I think you have a very twisted view of the world and you aren’t one open to debate simply because you believe everyone opposed to your views is some infidel or lacking brain cells.
Perhaps you might want to start off with substantiating how the Bible is full of lies and nonsense. Most people who claim that cannot even prove it, but shoot it off like its truth.
I admit there is violence, even illicit sex, but the Bible (especially the Old Testament) is very much a reflection of human life as we know it. And our existence is indeed full of those as well.
How much of creationism do you understand? As Casey remarked, we are bombarded with Evolution day in day out so much so that even if you have touched Biology as a subject in your life you would at least know what it is all about.
God bless!
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Sicarii, You like lincoln’s childish comments? That’s not encouraging.
These questions were asked.
How much of creationism do you understand?
How many creationist books have you read?
I can describe creationism in 3 words: GOD DID IT.
Did I miss something? Is creationism anything more than invoking God?
I prefer reality, also known as science. I’m not about to waste my time reading an anti-science God Did It book. After the author says God Did It, what else is there to say? Certainly there could be no evidence at all for this man-made supernatural magician.
I recommended The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution by Sean B. Carroll because it was written within the last 2 years and it has some of the latest scientific discoveries about the massive rapidly growing genetic evidence for evolution. The book was written for non-scientists, but it does require some actual thinking. I know creationists are terrified of thinking but you might want to study this book anyway. Or you could continue wasting your life invoking the magic man for everything. I could care less what you do.
“I think you have a very twisted view of the world”
That’s funny coming from a creationist. Creationists are the most ignorant backward worthless people in the world. They contribute absolutely nothing to human progress. All they do is pray to their invisible magic man.
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Bob:
His comment tickled my funny bone at that time, but if you go through my blog you’ll see I am open to discussing any opposing views.
Is reality really what it is all made up to be?
Science supposes that we came about by chance. Given the probability of zero, how did this come to be? And if you said science is reality, then how is it that to this date (minus perhaps the content in the book you recommended) that there’s no hard evidence to suggest that we evolved?
Certainly to my knowledge there are no half-formed birds or three-quarter-I-am-almost-a-bird fossils that have been found which support evolution.
As it is, if science is indeed reality, then the reality of evolution is that it is not a theory. Today I find we use the word ‘theory’ too loosely. Theory means a scientific hypothesis has been proven without a doubt. Yet there are still many doubts on the proof available to validate evolution as a theory.
So evolution is still a hypothesis, but everyone preaches it like it’s truth. Schools teach it as though that’s what really happened. Media gives us re-creations of how evolution happened like the evidence was already present when it is definitely not.
If you consider us ignorant, then that will make a good percentage of the world ignorant that they are being conned into believing something that isn’t even truth.
Please do not assume that everyone who believes in Creationism does so without thinking — that’s too simple a view to adopt. Have you ever considered the fact that perhaps those who now accept Creationism are also those who have given a good examination of evolution and found it to be impossible?
That something is accepted by a majority does not make it right. It just means that a good number of people in the majority do not dare take the opposing view, are ignorant of the opposing view, or have not been given a chance to hear the opposing view.
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The usual misconceptions I have seen countless times before:
“half-formed birds”
What do you want, a bird with one wing?
There’s plenty of fossils of animals that help explain the evolution of whales from land animals, fish to land animals, human from apes. Actually humans are an ape species and we share a common ancestor with the other apes, and we are most closely related to chimpanzees. The fossils are useful but not necessary at all. The proof is in our DNA. Perhaps you think you know more about DNA than every scientist in the world.
“Science supposes that we came about by chance.”
Mutations are random. Natural Selection selects the favorable mutations. This selection of favorable mutations is NOT random and NOT by chance.
“So evolution is still a hypothesis, but everyone preaches it like it’s truth”
That’s a lie. Any competent biologist will tell you evolution is a fact. Your problem is you get your information from liars.
“there’s no hard evidence to suggest that we evolved?”
That’s another lie. Ask any biologist. DNA does not lie. Genetic evidence is good enough to sentence a person to death, or release him from death row. It’s also powerful evidence for the evolution of all life. If you read the book I recommended, or countless other books and/or science websites, you would understand this.
You claim to be “open to discussing any opposing views.” That’s not good enough. You are wrong about everything and you have to educate yourself. Denying scientific facts because you think everything is supernatural magic is just plain stupid.
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I’m wondering, do the creationists here deny the earth is more than 4 Billion years old? Do you all deny the universe is more than 13 Billion years old? If you deny these facts, then there’s no hope for you. I might as well be talking to dogs.
Speaking of dogs, as even most creationists know, they all share a common ancestor - wolves. For several thousand years humans have been using artificial selection to select favorable mutations (or mutations they liked) to create countless different dogs. There’s quite a big difference between a wild wolf and a little chihuahua, but that’s what artificial selection can do.
Natural selection does the same thing as artificial selection. Favorable mutations make an animal more likely to live long enough to pass on its genes to the next generation. These favorable mutations, over time, will spread throughout the entire species and very gradually a species could become a new species, like for example human apes.
Most creationists actually accept evolution but they claim there is an invisible barrier that makes the creation of a new species impossible. They are wrong. Evolution has been going on for almost 4 Billion years, an incredibly long period of time, and it’s just nuts to claim natural selection can’t create new species in that huge amount of time.
The proof is in your DNA and the DNA of all other animals. All life is related. This is not a guess, not a hypothesis. It’s as much as a fact as the earth’s orbit around the sun. Despite what know-nothing liars have told you, the evidence for evolution is extremely massive and the genetic evidence is powerful. Ignoring this evidence and choosing to believe the God Did It liars, is a totally insane way to spend your life.
I know I’m wasting my time here. Creationists have been brainwashed all their lives, from the age of 2, to believe humans were magically created and were selected by an invisible magic man to be special and separate from the other animals. That’s totally nuts and only a brainwashed person could believe this creationism stupidity.
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I don’t know more about DNA than scientists for sure, and you claim that proof of evolution is in our DNA. At the same time, DNA is also proof for me that creationism is real, and that there is a God.
Nothing so complex and carrying as much information as DNA does can come by chance. If chance is all we have, then let me ask you this: where’s this chance today?
Oh, perhaps the conditions are not optimal for that. OK then, I am sure that scientists today are able to re-create that optimal condition, am I right? So how come I haven’t heard or read there isn’t a by-chance birth of something new?
How quickly evolutionists change the tune when fossils cannot be found! They latch onto DNA, a discovery only in the last century, and now say that fossils as solid proof of evolution is no longer necessary, and that DNA is already sufficient proof.
I am sorry but I believe I am not wrong per se. I am only wrong in your books. And I don’t think you have the authority to proclaim that you are absolutely right and I am therefore absolutely wrong.
Believing in Creationism does not make me stupid or uneducated, and that’s where I take offense if you continue with this train of thought. I believe in Creationism because I have read the options and decided for myself that nothing as wonderful as what this world is and all that is in it cannot come by chance; that there must be a Creator who made all this. My faith affirms my belief that this Creator is God.
Maybe I don’t read as much as you do, but if I am convinced already by what evidence I had to go by that evolution is not possible.
God bless.
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With regards to the age of the universe and the earth, I think you’ll find the dogs you mentioned more receptive to your theories.
I wasn’t brainwashed from 2, neither do I consider myself brainwashed. For a while I even struggled with trying to piece together evolution and creationism, but I know there’s no way the two can co-exist; it is one or the other.And so I made the my choice, which I deemed wise, that it is God who created us.
God bless.
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When will I ever learn it’s a waste of time to explain anything to a creationist. I bet you crazy people think dinosaurs lived with humans. What a bunch of losers.
“For a while I even struggled with trying to piece together evolution and creationism, but I know there’s no way the two can co-exist; it is one or the other.”
You got that right. It’s either science or magic. You chose magic. That’s what your magic man does, perform magical tricks, like “let there be people” and poof there are people.
This belief in magic or supernatural miracles or whatever you call your disgusing beliefs, is a mental illness.
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You’re absolutely right. We can’t be right in the mind because it certainly takes more gray matter in the brain and willpower to keep convincing yourself that a hoax is actually truth and reality, i.e. evolution.
While we believe in what you would call “magic”, you believe that pure chance can make something appear out of nothing.
That certainly takes a whole lot more imagination than just going with the simple truth that God created us.
God bless.
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I’m starting to think BobC might be a closet creationist trying to show how silly evolutionists are. So which is it, BobC? Is that really the best you can do to argue for evolution or are you just pretending to be an evolutionist?
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I read most of BobC’s comments and then began skimming. I did read one that caught my eye though, and I feel the need to address it.
They contribute absolutely nothing to human progress. All they do is pray to their invisible magic man.
I would have to say you’re wrong there, Mr Bob. Because we believe in God, or as you put it “magic man,” we also believe in living as Christ did, which means putting humanity first after Him that created us. That means that a large portion of philanthropic and charity organizations are run by those of us that believe in God. Are you saying still that we do no good??!! How very biased of you. Sounds like someone isn’t as well versed as they would like to think they are. And I’m not talking about myself or the other Creation believers. May the Peace of the Lord be Upon you. I shall be praying for your everlasting soul, Mr Bob.
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I was addressing the comment that Creationist’s do no good. I’m not well versed in HTML code, so got it wrong, but I’m ok with admitting when I am wrong.
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Thanks so much for fixing my blunder. You may be newer at blogging, but I think maybe you know a bit more about how to do the technical stuff. I think I’ll just stick to the easy stuff- writing. Ha Ha!
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BTW Isaiah, there is a cartoon character for some commercial, I don’t remember what it’s was for, but the character’s name is Mr Bob. I just realized that. Kinda funny.
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Haha, don’t feel too bad about it, Shalene. I did spend 5 years as a geek in the mid-90s when the Internet industry was flying off here in Singapore.
Have since stopped doing anything technical, except for small little fix-it jobs on my own PC and little pieces of code I still feel rather capable of handling now and then.
Hm… I do know a “Bob the Builder” or something…
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