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1 | Adam and sin entering the world. | Rom 5:12 | BradK | 108691 | ||
kichmon (context or Chochma): Your higher criticism notwithstanding, non of the objections are without explanation nor do they in any remote sense invalidate Genesis. You dogmatically state that "Based on the Bible, the Genesis account is symbolic or false. Either we are to accept that the Bible is in error and contradictory or we must say that this Genesis account is symbolic and the two stories each give us truths." How about a third option: The Genesis account is historically factual and true! The Bible and it's books either stand as a whole they fall. I chose to believe Christ when He states in John 17:17 that "Sanctify them in truth,Thy Word is truth". The fact that He quotes from and refers to Many OT people and events gives validity to the entire canon of Scripture. However, it all hinges on His Diety and Resurrection. As the apostle Paul writes "But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised;and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. ( 1 Cor. 15:13-17) Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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2 | Adam and sin entering the world. | Rom 5:12 | clinzey | 108768 | ||
Brad, that verse from John 17:17 is a good one isn't it? But I don't think that Jesus is talking about written words being historically factual, which is what kichmon and were talking about. We're talking about stories that have significant value even if they might not be fact - the kind of thing you could video tape. The fact that Jesus quotes from the OT does not necessarily make it historically true (and let's not forget that Jesus did not quote from the Hebrew OT, but from the Greek Septuagint). It does mean that they have always been recognized as stories that bring us to a fuller knowledge of God. They accomplish this if they are factual or not - but they don't by necessity have to be true. It's like the story of Job. While it appears in our Old Testament, did you know that the story is actully much older? And it appears in other civinlations and religions before it was adapted to the Jewish faith. Nevertheless, it still helps us understand God and ourselves better. And it has been accepted into our canon. Because one part may be less than literal does not bring the whole faith tumbling down. Our God is not a house of cards. He is God. |
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