RE: To Christians who aren't creationists
April 25, 2012 at 5:29 pm
(This post was last modified: April 25, 2012 at 5:35 pm by Drich.)
(April 25, 2012 at 1:29 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: What does this imply about the Apocolypse? Do you really expect a woman riding a seven headed dragon to rise up out of the sea? Are real stars from all across the galaxy going to shrink and rain down from the sky? Why should Genesis be any different?Because God dictated Genesis, and Revelations is John's personal description of what he saw.
John did his best to describe what he did not understand. God when He dictated Genesis did not have that problem.
Quote:Is creationism a prerequisite?No it is not. It is ok not to know what is beyond your scope of knowledge. Even with my best explanation, I am probably no closer to understanding what happened in the beginning than any one else is. I am only illuminating the gaps n the traditional understanding of Genesis and what the bible actually says.
Quote:Not at all. I didn't mean to suggest anything of the sort. What I meant was why stop short if you have the ability to explore the depth of the riches.Because not everyone is built the same way and not all have that ability.
Quote: As for myself, the significance buried in the Word are greater than my ability to understand.I do not think this is any less true for any man alive.
(April 25, 2012 at 4:34 pm)infamouscheater Wrote: For the record, the fossil record is not the atheist interpretation, it is THE interpretation. There is little evidence to refute how fossils are interpreted save the religious who assert a young earth, and God remains silent on the topic.
Perhaps you could answer me something else though, why put so much emphasis on a series of books written as hearsay? The bible itself covers several centuries, which could not have been written by one person, it would have to be a collection of people. Much of it reeks of after the fact writing, like the gospels which were written some 60+ years after the supposed death of Jesus. which means none of the writers actually experienced or saw any of what they wrote about. And since they are both human and writers, what makes us so certain that they did not embellish their stories. We are quite aware of kings and lords doing so in their own histories.
All of you questions have been already asked and answered here:http://atheistforums.org/thread-12410.html
