Not reading God's Word right is just wrong. No talking snakes!

So let's examine your premise that one of the ways in which evangelicals misinterpret God's word concerns the extent and impact of the flood. This is Genesis 6:13: God continues in Genesis 6:17: God describes how many of the world's animals must be taken on the ark in Genesis 6:19: God describes again how much life he will destroy in Genesis 7:4: In Genesis 7:19 the extent of the decimation is described: Heck of a mistranslation if the flood wasn't global wiping out all life except that saved on the ark.--Percy

When you've convinced the evangelical movement behind creationism that Noah's flood was regional you come back and let us know, all right? For starters, why don't you go over to the Was there a worldwide flood? thread and convince Peg that the flood was regional.--Percy

Please use the reply button just below the message you're replying to.You're trying to claim that two different things are one and the same when they're plainly not. What the Genesis myth says is one thing. What may actually have happened could be any of a variety of things, including (if we want to be nice to the YEC's) what Genesis actually says.But there can be no doubt that Genesis recounts a global flood.--Percy

It's hard to follow the context because Greentwiga wasn't using the message reply button for a while, but if you go back to my Message 50 you'll see some of the context, and I posted a message somewhere before that about Adam and Eve. Greentwiga's argument is that the Bible actually says that it was a local flood (not that it can be reinterpreted as a myth that grew around a local flood), or that the Bible does not say that Adam and Eve were the first man and woman (not that it can be reinterpreted from a myth about a single man and woman). I was telling Greentwiga that he should convince other evangelicals of these things before trying to convince us, the point being that if he can't even convince his most receptive audience then he certainly isn't going to convince us.We all understand that some within the evangelical movement hold non-YEC views, but not only are they are a small minority, they do not agree with Greentwiga that the literal meaning of Genesis is what he says it is.--Percy

Did any of that communications training touch on the use of paragraphs at all?--Percy

My comment was rhetorical, I didn't expect a reply, but since you've answered, you missed the point, which was that your lack of communication skills belie your claims of any specialized training. Your reading comprehension skills appear to be in the same ballpark. Your revelations about your educational background are just the fallacy of appeal to authority, in this case your own, your motivation being to counteract the poor impression lent by your poor communication skills.But this is all off-topic. What's important is that you understand that the reputation you build here will depend upon the quality of your written arguments and not upon any degrees that you may or may not have and certainly do not deserve.--Percy