Hey, where I have heard this before? Oh yeah, Rich Deem's article.Enigma7457 wrote: Agreed. Adam named every living animal on the sixth "day". Common sense would dictate that either the "day" was longer than 24 hours, or Adam can talk really fast
We are not discussing doctrinal issues which mostly derive from implicit, not explicit declarations of scripture.z/g wrote: As we have always scrutinized scripture, carefully, prayerfully, and continually....
Good grief, we can't even agree to doctrinal positions !
The words of Genesis are explicitly declared but many are choosing not to believe them as written. So some say, the current translations are incorrect. This is not true and it is a device to justify a different worldview.
This is the fact. God says 'I did such and such" but some in their wisdom or intelligence are saying "I know that's physically impossible, so you must really mean you did this and that" The people who do this are reading or hearing the words with a fixed world-view and applying their wisdom to the words. It s a filtering of the truth. Its impossible for God to do this in 24 hours so obviously some other interpretation is meant. And yet who is limiting God in this case? The biblical scholars who translated the words according to best principles of biblical interpretation and have not colored them with the wisdom of man? Or the modern, knowledgeable man who says, it is impossible in the natural, forgeting that God is God. He transcends all time and space and is not bound by the constraints of hours, minutes or days. Who is limiting God?
One looks at the words of God and says "Wow God, I have no idea how you did that but if you said you did, I believe it." The others says "Wow God, that's hard to believe unless you really meant this." We need to look at God with eyes of faith, not natural eyes. Faith is the confident assurance of things not seen. And without faith it is impossible to please God.
Find a version of Brahms 4th symphony played by a good, strong, contemporary orchestra. Put on the headphones and crank it to 11. If you don't hear the rock and roll, the heavy theme, the beat, the rolling base-line; I will eat my hood!Enigma wrote: Not a big symphony person, prefer rock n roll.