RE: Literal and Not Literal
September 10, 2019 at 10:30 am
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2019 at 10:36 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Seems like genetics narrowed it down to three, even in your example.
Genetics was a game changer. It turned what many had proposed as hypothesis into observable facts.....even with an absurd presentist requirement invoked. Mostly because it told them what they were looking for and where to find it.
That’s how we can know that two kids share a father, and how we know that the relationship between the three listed is necessarily constrained.
What we still don’t know, is the application of this objection to literalism or the proffered context you offered. We could always make another “biology is wrong and unscientific and I’ll tell you why” thread if we’re never going to get to that point.
Genetics was a game changer. It turned what many had proposed as hypothesis into observable facts.....even with an absurd presentist requirement invoked. Mostly because it told them what they were looking for and where to find it.
That’s how we can know that two kids share a father, and how we know that the relationship between the three listed is necessarily constrained.
What we still don’t know, is the application of this objection to literalism or the proffered context you offered. We could always make another “biology is wrong and unscientific and I’ll tell you why” thread if we’re never going to get to that point.
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