RE: For those who believe the god of abraham was behind the big bang or evolution
October 19, 2018 at 12:14 pm
(October 19, 2018 at 8:56 am)android17ak47 Wrote:(October 18, 2018 at 12:18 pm)Aliza Wrote: I think you're reading this from the perspective of how you were taught as IFB... and by the way, I'm really sorry you had to grow up in that culture. That is an absolutely terrible sect of Christianity and I wouldn't begrudge you for being pissed off at religion in general if that's how you feel.
Anyway, IFB takes a literalist approach and they whitewash inconsistencies. They both believe that the bible should be read literally in the manner they happen to interpret while also ignoring the inconsistencies that pop up as a result of their interpretation. Rather than just step back and read the words that are on the page, they dictate to the deity they love so much what he must have meant.
The definition of a 24 hour day as we know it isn't supplied until day 4. The bible describes a day as being a period of time going from darkness to lightness. While the common definition of "day" as we know it today is a 24 hour period, that is not the definition that is given in the bible.
Not true, you need to reread genesis 1. The writer kept saying "and the evening and the morning were the next(says day 2-7) day. There is no reasonable open interpretation for this. This is describing the day ending having turned into evening, and the morning being the next day. These creation claims between each reference to the day ending and the next day beginning are litteral descriptions of 24hour earthly periods, this creation having being the earth.
This is amusing. You are actually arguing for a literal interpretation so you can dismiss it as scientifically inaccurate. So basically:
1. A literal reading of Gen 1-3 is correct
2. It can't be literal
3. Therefore the other 1200 chapters in the Bible are wrong.
Setting aside that the conclusion (more fully outlined in your OP) does not follow at all from the premises, tell me, who wrote the first three chapters of Genesis and when did they write it? If you are so sure (which you seem to be) of (1) you would of course know this.
