A Theological Defense of "Gap Theory"

And for a YEC, YECism is. For a theistic evolutionist, an allegorical interpretation is. So what does that tell you? it tells you that you shouldn't listen to humans as they come up with different answers, and obviously don't know what they're talking about.It strikes me that this "gap" can be filled with any nonsense the believer desires. So when another theory comes along, we get; "oh well that's what happened in the gap period then".Since no one could know how to be the one true bible interpreter, it's pretty much irrelevant IMHO. Let God do the talking. He did. Christ didn't give a hoot or he would have said so.Since the bible is a canon of books, who cares about the bible as an inerrant scripture in the first place. It's a made up problem. You forget that your argument assumes there is a "proper understanding" when it comes to a collection of books you immediately assume are to have some cohesive theology.Example;I believe I have a proper understanding of how to conquer the Himalayas.This assumes that there is a correct way, and that the Himalayas, as we call them, were put there to climb.Infact in reality, "Himalayas" is just a name tag we give a collection of mountains, and we have to assume they're there to climb anyway.I have no reason to heed that assumption. Nor anybody else.It's like saying, " hang on a minute, let's collect every science book on earth, and find out the correct order we should read them in ".Kind of silly when there was no order in the first place. Read message oneIt strikes me that protecting the bible as some religious absolute, is a waste of energy Christ never commanded us to spend. The Torah was orally handed down throughout generations. Who cares what it says. It won't come close to any accuracy of what really happened, IMHO. That's why God gave us brains, to figure out the details if we are interested. One thing is clear; the bible shows God is only interested in getting us to concentrate on God. Not gap theories, or any other such poppycock pseudo-theory.This message has been edited by mike the wiz, 12-20-2005 06:43 PM