RE: Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution
July 21, 2013 at 6:31 pm
(This post was last modified: July 21, 2013 at 6:32 pm by fr0d0.)
I was quoting someone MFM.
The basis for all of that is very thoroughly substantiated in John H Walton's book: the lost world of Genesis one, which I have here.
Walton demonstrates with time cultural reference how the language matches other examples on the same subject, and how the cosmology is used as metaphor to set out the foundation for the subject of the bible, which is God. We see the constituent parts set out in order of meaning in that context, and finally God takes residence in his temple where he pilots his creation.
The book I'd say is written as much from an atheist perspective as it is a Christian one, in addressing it's subject.
Sure the cultural influences of the time continued to have effect, and the people moved between them, as evidenced by the idols and gods continually referenced, and worshipped by the Israelites.
The basis for all of that is very thoroughly substantiated in John H Walton's book: the lost world of Genesis one, which I have here.
Walton demonstrates with time cultural reference how the language matches other examples on the same subject, and how the cosmology is used as metaphor to set out the foundation for the subject of the bible, which is God. We see the constituent parts set out in order of meaning in that context, and finally God takes residence in his temple where he pilots his creation.
The book I'd say is written as much from an atheist perspective as it is a Christian one, in addressing it's subject.
Sure the cultural influences of the time continued to have effect, and the people moved between them, as evidenced by the idols and gods continually referenced, and worshipped by the Israelites.
