Imo, creationist persistence wouldn't be such a problem if the mainline proponents of it would let the Biblical record make more sense which it does when applied to the wholistic context as to the nature of God and as per basic scientific laws
So in other words you are asking science to accept nonscience as science?
we might as well accept the earth was created by the FSM too
why should your myth get a free ride when the truth of it is no more evident than any other myth?
which are compatible with a correct rendering of the Genesis account.
let me fix this for you: which are compatible with a rendering i accept of the Genesis account.
there we go, you can't expect people to all agree that yours is right can you?
1. The Biblical god Jehovah is an eternal god and since the record says he exists in the heaven's in a specific place where there is a throne room, trees golden streets and pearly gates et al, Biblical creationists should understand that of necessity the universe has eternally existed.
where does it say this?
2. Creationists are told in the Biblical record that all things exist in and come forth from God. This includes all energy, clearly implying that no energy was ever created, having eternally existed in/trough and by God, as per 1LoT.
not all creationists
3. Genesis 1:1 simply says whenever the heavens and the earth were created, God did it. Work on the earth's surface did not begin until the spirit of God began to move (work) on the surface of the earth.
oh come on man, why are you arguing about how they setup the text? anyway it says: 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
1:2 starts what he did, which is a detailed story, 1:1 would be like saying i created a work of art, 1:2 would be how i did it
Imo, mainline evangelical ID creos need to rethink their science and their scripture before they will ever begin to have a credible argument. My BH (Buzsaw Hypothesis) may be offbeat to the tune of creos but imo it is more compatible to both the Biblical record and science than the majority onbeat hypothesis.
thats the problem you see, no matter what, no creationist hypotheosis will work, because the bible is not a detailed scientific book, how god did it is neither important or meaningful to anything
to me if you have to scientificly explain everything in in the bible, you have already lost the battle
the bible is full of different voices and meanings and are from different times
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