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1 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | stjones | 32133 | ||
Greetings, Tim the other Indy; Reasoning backwards from what the Bible as a whole says, one has little choice but to accept that Adam and Eve were historical persons with the special roles and characteristics the Bible describes. The most obvious instance, of course, was Jesus' reference to them in Matthew 19:4-5. As I said, I see the Bible as God's record of his interactions with humanity. From Adam and Eve forward, historicity matters because God chose to reveal himself in the lives of real people. But if Adam had thrown on a three-piece suit instead of fig leaves, it wouldn't matter. The creation of the universe, however, took place before there was any history for God to intervene in and before there were any human lives to touch. Like the difference between a suit and a fig-leaf, the difference between 144 hours and 14 billion years is irrelevant to understanding the attributes of God or the work of Jesus. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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2 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | Hank | 32171 | ||
Steve, my pastor said in a sermon not long ago that he had rather believe in the literal account of the Genesis creation story, including the six calendar days, and then when he got to heaven have God tell him whether everything was literal or whether some was figurative. I like that. And would P.S. it thus: But I have an idea that when we get to heaven, the joy of being there will be so sublime that it won't matter much to us how God went about creating the world anyway! --Hank | ||||||
3 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | stjones | 32179 | ||
Hi, Hank; Thanks for your words of wisdom. I agree. I suspect we'll all be like Job who, upon encountering God in person, suddenly lost interest in whatever it was he was talking about. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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