Hi, Buzz.
Buzsaw writes:
God declared a curse on anyone who takes away or adds to his holy word. This is declared both in the OT and the NT. Do you and other theist-evolutionists believe that your alleged Biblical God is pleased when you professing Christians reduce the specifics of his claims in Genesis to the status of mythology?
This is pretty easy to explain. The two verses you refer to are Deuteronomy 4:2 and Revelation 22:18-19.
Deuteronomy 4:2 (NIV) says this:
quote:
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.
This statement refers explicitly to commandments, and, as far as I can tell, God doesn't command people to treat Genesis 1 like fact.
And, since He doesn’t command it explicitly, saying that He does command it would be adding to the commands He gives, which means
you are actually the one in violation of Deuteronomy 4:2.
Kind of funny, isn’t it?
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And, Revelation 22:18-19 (NIV) says this:
quote:
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
Note the phrase this book. It is very clearly referring to the Book of Revelation, not the whole Bible, for the following reasons:
- The phrase this book is only used in conjunction with things from the Book of Revelation, so there's no evidence that it refers to anything outside of Revelation.
- The Holy Bible didn’t exist when Revelation 22:18-19 was written anyway, so it’s pretty stupid to say the whole Bible is the book referred to.
And, since the Book of Revelation doesn’t contain the creation story, adding to or subtracting from the creation story is not in violation of this warning, either.
-Bluejay (a.k.a. Mantis, Thylacosmilus)
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