RE: So lets say God appeared right in front of you.
March 20, 2011 at 1:23 pm
(March 20, 2011 at 1:04 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Whilst I believe material creation to have been caused by God, Genesis never addresses it.
Creation, as translated accurately from the biblical word 'bara', means to 'bring into order', and never to 'bring into existence from nothing' which is the assumed meaning from people trying to shoe horn a modern materialist view onto it.
LMFAO..WUT?!?!
(March 20, 2011 at 1:04 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Now 'creating' day and night seems illogical if you consider God had already created light... but the actual meaning is that God setup time.
This is all in line with ancient thinking we have record of... that the ontology was functional rather than material in nature.
Wait..did he create time or did he "set up" time? You cant have matter without time (E=MC2). I'm not sure if I am following you, nor can I figure out why you would stand behind the bible, yet water down its words like this?
(March 20, 2011 at 1:04 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: God didn't produce man out of dirt... he formed him from the dirt. He formed Eve from a rib ...this isn't meant to be literal.. it's showing God ordering everything. Separating and making sense out of chaos.
Wait..WUT?!? LOL...no ...really...WUT?!?
(March 20, 2011 at 1:04 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Read Genesis like that and it makes perfect sense. Read it like it's supposed to explain making something from nothing and it makes no sense, because that is never what is being said.
I cant even make sense of how I am supposed to read the bible like you want me to. Does this mean you want me to read it as if it is nothing more than fiction? If so, then yes, I already do that.
