Moses, raised as an Egyptian, is trying to rationalize the stories from the oral tradition. The time of creation from scriptures comes from an inaccurate, arbitrary countback to zero. It was not measured from zero upwards. Adam and Eve had no calendar to record their passage through time. Who says I don't believe God could communicate with Moses? What I say is Moses is not infallible so neither are his scriptures. Simple logic, surely?
The Jewish calendar existing only in GS head comment was relating to the fact that there were generations before it was brought into being. Generations of poorly understood and poorly counted passages of time.
I don't want to repeat myself but... insisting God must have acted in a way contrary to basic observation is not "faith", it is ludicrous. Accepting that God created all we observe is rational and realistic, not limiting. I don't say God couldn't have made the universe in 6 days, I say he didn't because all observation and measurement is to the contrary. Whoever said either the Bible is the word of God or it isn't is missing the point. The Bible is the Word of God, interpreted and transcribed by men; fallible (and sometimes political) men.
When I was coming back to Christianity after a long time as a self-declared atheist, I spoke to a Priest about my doubts. His response was "Good. I'm glad you have doubts. Blind faith is no faith at all. Hopefully we can find some answers."
The Catholic church also does not teach that all other churches are wrong. Why, Herr Pope has even made a special allowance for Anglicans to join, if they aren't happy about reforms by the General Synod.
God is who God is. I think we have a fundamental disagreement insofar as I say the scripture is there to help is find him, you say the scriptures define him and thus you have found him. Knowing how fallible man can be (you should see how many times I've had to sort out my tax-code, no thanks to the man at the Inland Revenue), I think your opinion is dangerously close to putting your fingers in your ears, shouting loudly and ignoring the potential truth. There truly is nothing more dangerous than a man who knows they are right...
The Jewish calendar existing only in GS head comment was relating to the fact that there were generations before it was brought into being. Generations of poorly understood and poorly counted passages of time.
I don't want to repeat myself but... insisting God must have acted in a way contrary to basic observation is not "faith", it is ludicrous. Accepting that God created all we observe is rational and realistic, not limiting. I don't say God couldn't have made the universe in 6 days, I say he didn't because all observation and measurement is to the contrary. Whoever said either the Bible is the word of God or it isn't is missing the point. The Bible is the Word of God, interpreted and transcribed by men; fallible (and sometimes political) men.
When I was coming back to Christianity after a long time as a self-declared atheist, I spoke to a Priest about my doubts. His response was "Good. I'm glad you have doubts. Blind faith is no faith at all. Hopefully we can find some answers."
The Catholic church also does not teach that all other churches are wrong. Why, Herr Pope has even made a special allowance for Anglicans to join, if they aren't happy about reforms by the General Synod.
God is who God is. I think we have a fundamental disagreement insofar as I say the scripture is there to help is find him, you say the scriptures define him and thus you have found him. Knowing how fallible man can be (you should see how many times I've had to sort out my tax-code, no thanks to the man at the Inland Revenue), I think your opinion is dangerously close to putting your fingers in your ears, shouting loudly and ignoring the potential truth. There truly is nothing more dangerous than a man who knows they are right...
Love 'n' hugz,
Lord Chad
4th Earl of Catsuit
There is nothing more dangerous than a man who knows he is right.
Lord Chad
4th Earl of Catsuit
There is nothing more dangerous than a man who knows he is right.
