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Why is bible literalism so important to YEC?

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Joe Meert
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Message 11 of 20 (9734)
05-16-2002 12:33 AM 		Reply to: Message 10 by Percy
05-16-2002 12:17 AM

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Originally posted by Percipient:
Please, let's not turn every thread into a geological discussion.
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--Percy
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Why Not?
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Joe Meert
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05-16-2002 1:00 AM 		Reply to: Message 12 by Philip
05-16-2002 12:49 AM

However, the notion of biblical literalism is absurd. The bible is interpreted differently by creationists and yet they completely miss this fact. There is no single, correct version of the bible. I am reminded of Kent Hovind holding forth the KJV as the one true bible (decided by consensus of men). How odd?
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Joe Meert
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05-16-2002 1:19 AM 		Reply to: Message 14 by Tranquility Base
05-16-2002 1:15 AM

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Originally posted by Tranquility Base:
^I don't think we're going to drop the Bible becasue of a few undotted is and uncrossed ts Joe. There are very few issues in which I find Biblical ambiguities to cause insurmountable problems.
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JM: Of course you don't! Yet you are willing to interpret verses willy-nilly to fit your views. The bible is not, never was, nor should it be a guidebook or textbook of science. Yet, this is exactly what you and other ye-creationists have decided it should be. You should learn from your conservative christian forefathers who realized the bible was about salvation and not science.
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Joe Meert
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05-16-2002 2:22 AM 		Reply to: Message 16 by Tranquility Base
05-16-2002 2:16 AM

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Originally posted by Tranquility Base:
But I don't Joe. I know of no point of Christian doctrine or creation/flood issue which hinges crucially on a single ambiguous verse of scripture. Yes we may propose what some things might be indicating but in that case it is a minor point.
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JM: There is no such thing as an unambiguous verse of scripture! Preachers would have long run out of sermons were that the case!
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