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GDR
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Message 5 of 75 (791158)
09-12-2016 11:32 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Coyote
08-27-2016 8:54 PM


Reading Genesis literally but not scientifically
Here is an interesting study of the Genesis accounts by a number of Biblical scholars that I found interesting. The point is that the creation accounts should be understood in the context of the culture of the time. By reading them scientifically we completely distort the point that the authors had in mind.
Science and Genesis

He has told you, O man, what is good ; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8

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GDR
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Message 12 of 75 (791190)
09-12-2016 1:46 PM
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09-12-2016 12:27 PM


Re: Reading Genesis literally but not scientifically
Faith writes:
It's either God's communication to us or it isn't. If it is then whatever it says is truth and if that truth happens to be about the nature of the physical world then it's no less true whether you call it "scientific" or not. God's revelation is simply true, period. His revelation was naturally couched in the cultural and personal styles of His chosen spokesmen but it is no less His revelation of truth no matter what style was used. And by the way I don't know of any good theologian or Bible teacher who doesn't take the cultural context into account, but it is always understood to be vehicle and never to contradict God's message.
Just because it is written to ancient people by ancient authors does not mean that God can't speak through those scriptures to us today.

He has told you, O man, what is good ; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8

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GDR
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Message 13 of 75 (791192)
09-12-2016 2:01 PM
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09-12-2016 12:45 PM


Re: Reading Genesis literally but not scientifically
{qs=TangleWhat they mean is that when read by people with actual knowledge of our world, they make no sense at all. So in order to still be able to believe in this stuff, we have to abandon any hope of using reason and do something else instead. What this is supposed to be except some kind of aesthetic enjoyment of its art, is quite beyond me.[/qs]
The message is philosophical not scientific.

He has told you, O man, what is good ; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8

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