(January 26, 2015 at 11:21 am)Drich Wrote:So, do you imagine the seven days happening in seven days, or do you imagine the seven days happening over billions of years in phases that are overlapping and ordered differently from Genesis 1?(January 26, 2015 at 11:16 am)watchamadoodle Wrote: The problem is that science has a timeline for the items in the 7 days of creation too. For example, the sun and the moon didn't evolve on the same day. I think you can't take those days literally - they need to be "heavenly days" or something. Even using "heavenly days", the sequence is wrong.All of the bible is written from two perspectives. God's and Man's. I am suggesting that the genesis account is from Man's perspective and not God's as it lack the technical detail God could include.
Think of John of Patmos and how he was given a seat at the end of the world to watch and record all that he saw. To me Genesis is written from this same type of perspective. As if God took Moses or whomever and sat him in one spot and let creation unfold around him. That is why everything is written from only one perspective, while God could have given several different/more complete explaination.
(January 26, 2015 at 11:21 am)Drich Wrote:Of course cats are native to the desert and could hunt lizards. Also humans would not survive on a diet of ordinary bread for 40 years. Manna must have been very nutritious and could have been made into cat kibble in addition to human bread IMO.(January 26, 2015 at 11:16 am)watchamadoodle Wrote: Don't forget, the Bible says there was quail in the evening. Also cats evolved in the Sahara, so they would have no problem surviving on a desert journey.The Quail did not come along till after the Jews complained about the manna. (for months/years) The manna was pounded into bread. I don't know about your cats but mine did not eat bread.