RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
March 16, 2018 at 1:19 pm
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2018 at 1:26 pm by He lives.)
(March 16, 2018 at 12:29 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(March 16, 2018 at 12:21 pm)He lives Wrote: The Bible is not a magic book.Well....I know that....but.........
Quote:You should be aware that the days you are referring to in the book of Genesis were not earth days and were mentioned before the sun and moon were put in place on the fourth period of time called a day:If you say so.
Quote:The days of creation were not earth days.How many Not Earth Day-Days, then?
There were 7 periods of creation time mentioned in the book of Genesis which were called days. We also read:
(New Testament | 2 Peter 3:8)
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
(March 16, 2018 at 12:53 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:(March 16, 2018 at 11:53 am)He lives Wrote: The Biblical account is the correct order for life existence:
(Old Testament | Genesis 1:20 - 22)
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
This was done over a very long period of time. Adam and Eve had a lot of children over their long lifetime on the earth. After the flood the lifespan of man was still much greater than today and families were large. The Bible does not have a timetable. Suffice it to say that it took the necessary time needed for the creation to take place.
There was no "Adam and Eve". There were no variants of humans, ardipithecus to homo sapien - that lived extraordinarily long lives. There was no flood, it is scientifically impossible. You really need to study something with real data instead of a silly book of bronze-age fairy tales.
What you are stating is an opinion and not fact.