GaroldSpire wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:04 pm
Hi, I’m Gari. Interests are primarily Biblical Geography. Would like to know if anyone else thinks Genesis was dictated to Moses by God so is written from his viewpoint wherein it really was 6 days of creation but since He was busy expanding the universe his point of view was 7 24 hour days although from our point of view it was 14 billion years due to a difference in velocity remembering Einstein showed us that time is relative to one’s velocity?
Hello, Gari - welcome to Godandscience.org!
I can't point you to many discussions on the forum over your question. I'm guessing you are aware of the beliefs of YEC vs. OEC?
In the first place, the Bible wasn't written to be a science book. And while I DO think God layered into Scripture understandings for the original audience that are also valid for today, I also think those layers include things the modern, scientific age can understand in additional ways that Moses and his readers couldn't have understood. What God was primarily doing with the Creation accounts was to correct the Israelites false beliefs and mythologies of the Ancient Mesopotamian creation myths and Egyptian gods they had absorbed during the long captivity in Egypt. So, two different things could well be going on in the Genesis creation passages, and some of it may not have been intended for Moses and his original audience to fully understand, while some of it was clearly written for all followers of God then, now and in the future. Clearly, God inspired Moses what to write down - but that doesn't mean he fully understood it from all angles (ancient and modern). He wrote from a viewpoint he understood, from a culture and time he was immersed in.
We have to be VERY careful about reading science into Scripture. Check this thread out:
viewtopic.php?p=235296#p235296
And this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=228129#p228129
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Again, welcome!
