Hi arachnophilia,
arachnophilia writes:
yeah but your definition of "literal" is rather funny.
My definition of "literal"=accepting what is written down free from exaggeration or embellishment.
I don't have to use any fuzzy math.
I get 7 full days between Genesis 1:2 and Genesis 2:3 instead of 6 1/2.
I don't have to appeal to a 1,000 year old text that is not in the original Hebrew and was compiled by Jews who did not believe in the deity of Jesus, to translate Genesis from instead of an available 2,300+ year old text that was translated from the original Hebrew text.
I only have to have one verse to explain how the universe as you see it today came into existence. Genesis 1:1.
I do think some copyist misplaced what is now Genesis 1:2 through Genesis 2:3 prior to the Septuagint translation. Because it did not say what he thought it should.
Since there was no chapters and verses at that time that would have been no problem.
Those who hold to a 6k to 10, year old earth have to use a lot of fuzzy happenings to squeeze everything into their time frame.
Those who hold to the traditional old earth view have to use some fuzzy math to get their long periods of time in.
Those who hold to the big bang theory have a couple of problems.
One the universe had a beginning.
Two that either requires a creator or creation from the absence of anything.
Those who hold to The oscillating universe model have a problem as after awhile the universe would not be able to reproduce itself. Thus it had to have a beginning somewhere.
Those who hold to the "quantum model of universe" which is another attempt to purge the Big Bang of its creationist implications had a few problems.
Enter Stephen Hawking with a brilliant idea of imaginary time to shore up this model.
I have none of those problems. The universe can be as old as it is,
which no one knows exactly how old it is. It can be as big as it is. I have no shortage of material to construct the universe out of.
As to age there are some pretty good ideas give or take a few years depending on who you are listening to at the time.
Have fun,
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