Origin of Translation

JarI understand your point, and I've already alluded to this point before. Yes, we are imperfect on this earth. But why is that? Because we screwed up! When Adam sinned all of creation is cursed. And as time goes by and sin compounds this curse will have a greater and greater effect. And secondly, lets look at the big picture here. The time we spend on this earth is so minute to the time we'll spend in eternity. In heaven, we'll be made completely perfect! This time on earth is to prepare us for heaven. Part of that preperation is dealing with our imperfections.I'm thankful for the curse. I'm thankful that I'm not perfect. When Adam sinned, he and all of mankind was seperated from God. It is because of this curse that eventually Christ could atone for our sin. It is because of the curse that Christ is able to die for my sins and be resurrected. It is because of the curse that we can have communion with God again.I'm assuming you believe in evolution. And as a Christian I'm assuming you believe in the Bible. Don't you think that if evolution was how God created us, he might allude to it. Specifically in Genesis. If he's going to give us an account for creation, why tell half the story, well actually more like 1% of the story if this is the case. No, God told us all we needed to know. He spoke and it happened. As a Christian you must believe in God's omnipotence. If he's all powerful, then he certainly has the capability of speaking and it happening. So why go through the arduous process of "evolution"? He has no need for it. If we are His purpose for this earth, why would he wait the millions of years needed for evolution to take place to eventually form humans? There's no need for it.This message has been edited by jjburklo, 12-12-2004 04:45 PM

quote:

---

Probably more than many Christians, certainly enough to know that the Genesis creation myths, the Flood myth, the story of Adam and (St}Eve, the Exodus stories and many other parts of the Bible were never meant to be taken literally.

---

What I don't understand about this way of thinking is, if all these are just stories, not to be taken literally, then why do you believe in the life of Jesus Christ as it is written in the New Testament. Why do you believe in his death, burial, and resurrection as payment for your sins, which would make you a Christian. So you're now going to pick and choose which parts are allegorical, metaphorical, or whatever u want to call them, and which are fact? How are we to know which is which? You have to take the Bible as all truth or no truth at all, there's no in between. You give credence to atheists to deny the Bible. By saying part of its not true, they have no reason to believe any of it is true.