God said He created the rainbow to remind Him not to destroy earth.does He foget?
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God. (cheating) This explanation is what everyone eventually resorts to when the other answers fail. Now, before I go any further, I should make clear that I'm not talking about any of the gods defined in various religions. Throughout all of human history, we've been trying to explain existence. But nobody has ever succeeded. And it's likely that nobody ever will. So we create the concept of God, whose only necessary property is being "that which explains existence." \n\nThis doesn't tell us much about god, though. It doesn't mean that any particular religion is correct. It merely defines god as something which answers The Question, because we have not been able to.
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the bible says no man will no wen or how the end of the earth will come so dont even waste ur time guessin we no it wont be by flood he has done that once and said he wouldnt destroy the earth the same way twice\nso i think fire will be ti\nbut its probly not the answer
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the short answer is, he's freakin' god.  he can do whatever he wants.\ndon't try to explain it scientifically; it won't work.  either accept it or don't.\noh and "the light was from the stars" doesn't work, because the stars were part of the firmament, which i believe came after the light.\nreligion and science are not always mutually exclusive, but they don't jive for the first 7 days, at least.
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The arc of a rainbow has nothing to do with the curvature of the earth.\n\nA rainbow is formed because light from the sun is double refracted back toward you. When you see a rainbow the sun will be behind you, and the centre of the rainbow will be opposite the position of the sun.\n\nOf course, the light is scattered back equally in every direction you look, so a rainbow is actually a full circle with its centre opposite the sun.\n\nHowever, unless you are in a plane looking down (when you do see a full circle - i've seen it) the point opposite the sun will be below the horizon, so part of the circle will be cut off by the horizon and you will see an arc.
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We were given the work of caretaker of the earth.\nThe Earth Will Be Saved. In spite of the environmental gloom hanging over the earth, we would like to think that it will survive. After all, it is our home—and hopefully the home of our children and their children.  The truth is that while most people are concerned about the environment, many think nothing of throwing trash on the ground, dumping garbage in a river, or leaving lights turned on when they are not being used.  Such acts may seem like small things, but if each of the billions of individuals on earth were careful about how he treated the earth, it could make a difference.  Such things as being conservative in the use of energy, cooperating with recycling programs, and disposing of trash properly make a contribution toward preserving the environment.  By our habits we can demonstrate our care for the earth now.\n\nA comment by Thilo Bode of the Greenpeace organization, as quoted in Time magazine, touches on the core of the environmental problem:  “Our principal aim has been that corporations should consider how their products are disposed of.  They must think in terms of a trilogy: production, use and disposal.”  Sadly, we are able to make goods, we know how to use them, but we do not dispose of them properly. In some cases humans simply do not know how to do so safely.\n\nHowever, there is a greater solution.  Humans are limited, but earth’s Creator is not. He has already demonstrated his excelling wisdom in the creations we see on the earth. He knows how to make, to use, and to dispose of things properly.  Many of the systems he has made are automatic.  A seed germinates, and a plant grows and produces fruit.  It then dies—with all of its elements breaking down in nonpolluting fashion, ready to be reused.  This is recycling at its best!  There is no toxic pollution!\n\nThe Creator does not intend to let the earth deteriorate into an uninhabitable trash dump. In the Bible, at Isaiah 45:18, we read:  “This is what Jehovah has said, . . . He the true God, the Former of the earth and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be inhabited.”  The Bible explains that man was originally put in a paradise. In fact, God purposed that this Paradise reach the ends of the earth and be filled with people. (Genesis 1:28.)  However, rebellion broke out.  The first man and woman did not want to continue subject to God’s rule.  \n\nNevertheless, God has not turned a blind eye to earth’s ruination. He will act before it is too late, before the earth becomes an uninhabitable wasteland. How do we know that?  Revelation 11:18 explains: “The nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and the appointed time . . . to bring to ruin those ruining the earth.”  \n\nGod’s original purpose for the earth, that it be a paradise, will still be fulfilled.  God issued statements showing this.  For example, he said:  “My word that goes forth from my mouth . . . will not return to me without results, but it will certainly do that in which I have delighted.”  (Isaiah 55:11)  You may enjoy reading Isaiah chapter 35, where God describes the transformation of ruined lands into gardenlike parks and fruitful fields.\n\nEven now, when pollution is stopped, the earth has shown a remarkable capacity to renew itself.  God created it to do so. If the overloading of the earth with pollutants is discontinued, a wide variety of microorganisms in water and soil can heal much of the damage.  Additionally, there is reason to believe that when God steps in and directs things, this rejuvenation process will be even more effective. He can provide the training and perfect direction that humans now lack.\n\nHence, the earth’s future is not hopeless.  Plants and animals will be saved.  Endangered species lists will be gone.  Our air and water will be fresh again.  Obedient humans will be there to enjoy it
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In the past, God did do that. He performed miracles for the Israelites such as the plagues, he got them through the Red Sea, he provided manna for them in the wilderness so that they could survive but even with all that - they still did not do the one thing he asked of them which was to obey him and no other.  So, do you really think that if he provided proof of his existence through a miracle or something that people would believe in him??? The Israelites didn't. But do you know that he does provide proof of his existence today? How you say? Well, look around you - the earth and it's many beautiful and wonderful creations - to start with, there is us as humans. Only a higher power could of created such an intrensic, complex being. There is animals, all of their different kinds, plants, flowers... all of this is a testament to God who created it! He also has provided the bible - which is like a letter from a Father to his children. This provides everything we need to know about how this earth was created, where we have been and where we are going. \nI don't think that by God just appearing or providing a miracle to prove he exists would really do much in making people believe in him - just remember the Israelites.
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God is Love, he doesn't send any soul to "Hell", we are a part of him. He does not make mistakes and abandon his "original" plan and this earth WILL be paradise one day.
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There is no sign for reminding Himself never to smite the firstborn sons of egypt.  HE did that because of Pharoah's hardened heart and refusal to allow the Israelites to properly Worship THE God of the Bible.\n\nWith the Rainbow, That is a sgn of God's Mercy on Mankind.  When the flood came it was to wipe out ALL of Mankind, and HE created the rainbow as a reminder that HE will NEVER destroy Man with a Flood again.\n\nWell, I believe that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is approaching quickly, BUT NO ONE knows the day or Hour of HIS emminent return.  The 7 years before this moment in earth's future History will be a "Smiting" that mankind has NEVER seen before or will ever see again.
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in Genesis 1:1, in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. it is God's nature not mother nature. isn't he wonderful!!
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The part you are talking about is a conversation where God was asking Job where were you when I created the earth?\n\nDoes Job 28:5 refer to the apparent molten state of earth’s interior when it says: “As for the earth, out of it food goes forth; but underneath it, it has been upturned as if by fire”?\n\nNo. The context reveals that this pertains to man’s efforts to find earth’s treasures. (Job 28:1-4) Aboveground the farmer peacefully prepares the soil, sows seed and cares for the growing grain. Thus the earth produces food. Underneath earth’s surface, however, man carries on a turbulent ‘upturning’ activity, with effects comparable to that of a ravaging fire. Miners gouge and wrest from earth’s bosom precious stones and metals.\n\nIt may be noted that a number of translations render Job 28:5 somewhat differently. For example, the Authorized Version reads: “As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.” Based on this rendering, some commentators suggest that the fire refers to the glow of precious stones and metals that are uncovered by man.  Understanding the “fire” to allude to man’s mining operations fits the context better and agrees with the renderings of many modern translations.
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God had specifically told Noah and his family to spread out and fill the earth. In rebellion, probably under the lead of Nimrod( first human dictator) The people began to cluster into cities, instead of spreading out. The tower was built to make a celebrated name for the Builders and to keep them from spreading out. Actually God did not destroy the building. His confusing the languages effectively stopped the work, and caused the builders to spread earth wide. Genesis 9:1 and  11:1-10
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What makes the bow?\nA question like this calls for a proper physical answer. We will discuss the formation of a rainbow by raindrops. It is a problem in optics that was first clearly discussed by Rene Descartes in 1637. An interesting historical account of this is to be found in Carl Boyer's book, The Rainbow From Myth to Mathematics. Descartes simplified the study of the rainbow by reducing it to a study of one water droplet and how it interacts with light falling upon it. \nHe writes:"Considering that this bow appears not only in the sky, but also in the air near us, whenever there are drops of water illuminated by the sun, as we can see in certain fountains, I readily decided that it arose only from the way in which the rays of light act on these drops and pass from them to our eyes. Further, knowing that the drops are round, as has been formerly proved, and seeing that whether they are larger or smaller, the appearance of the bow is not changed in any way, I had the idea of making a very large one, so that I could examine it better. \n\nDescarte describes how he held up a large sphere in the sunlight and looked at the sunlight reflected in it. He wrote "I found that if the sunlight came, for example, from the part of the sky which is marked AFZ  \n\nand my eye was at the point E, when I put the globe in position BCD, its part D appeared all red, and much more brilliant than the rest of it; and that whether I approached it or receded from it, or put it on my right or my left, or even turned it round about my head, provided that the line DE always made an angle of about forty-two degrees with the line EM, which we are to think of as drawn from the center of the sun to the eye, the part D appeared always similarly red; but that as soon as I made this angle DEM even a little larger, the red color disappeared; and if I made the angle a little smaller, the color did not disappear all at once, but divided itself first as if into two parts, less brilliant, and in which I could see yellow, blue, and other colors ... When I examined more particularly, in the globe BCD, what it was which made the part D appear red, I found that it was the rays of the sun which, coming from A to B, bend on entering the water at the point B, and to pass to C, where they are reflected to D, and bending there again as they pass out of the water, proceed to the point ". \n\nThis quotation illustrates how the shape of the rainbow is explained. To simplify the analysis, consider the path of a ray of monochromatic light through a single spherical raindrop. Imagine how light is refracted as it enters the raindrop, then how it is reflected by the internal, curved, mirror-like surface of the raindrop, and finally how it is refracted as it emerges from the drop. If we then apply the results for a single raindrop to a whole collection of raindrops in the sky, we can visualize the shape of the bow. \n\nThe traditional diagram to illustrate this is shown here as adapted from Humphreys, Physics of the Air.  It represents the path of one light ray incident on a water droplet from the direction SA. As the light beam enters the surface of the drop at A, it is bent (refracted) a little and strikes the inside wall of the drop at B, where it is reflected back to C. As it emerges from the drop it is refracted (bent) again into the direction CE. The angle D represents a measure of the deviation of the emergent ray from its original direction. Descartes calculated this deviation for a ray of red light to be about 180 - 42 or 138 degrees. \n\nThe ray drawn here is significant because it represents the ray that has the smallest angle of deviation of all the rays incident upon the raindrop. It is called the Descarte or rainbow ray and much of the sunlight as it is refracted and reflected through the raindrop is focused along this ray. Thus the reflected light is diffuse and weaker except near the direction of this rainbow ray. It is this concentration of ray
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It's science, not God.  If you want to say God did it, say God invented science and everything, thus the sky is blue.\n\nHe didn't paint it blue, that's retarded.
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I believe that, no, God did not "plan" it this way.  But, I think that God knew that humans were going to be weak.  Yes, I know that that sounds like a contradiction, but, honestly that is the best that I could come up with.  I cannot speak for God, but I know that He knows best.
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No.  Because this contradicts God being almighty.  God could create nothing that He couldn't do with as He pleases.
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A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a nearly continuous spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere.
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do u really think that god will let the people see him and he created all these things why do u think he cant hide and god said in my religion that there is demons that go up to the high sky and try to listen to what god is saying and they die or in another one the prophet said the distance from here to the 1st sky is 500000 years walking and there is 7 floors of different Sky's until you reach the floor where god is and he defiantly wont let u or me get near the 1st  that's why god gave us a limited thinking brain and BTW try and think why god is here if we were not created where will i be and u will end up with headache