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1 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | dschaertel | 48572 | ||
Hank, let's think about this a minute. Suppose that you told me that you had hamburger for dinner one day. So, if I follow YOUR line of reasoning, am I to believe that you have hamburger every day? Don't be silly. If I did think the Garden story was a parable, that doesn't mean that I think all the stories are. How do you get to that reasoning? I also wasn't comparing the Garden story with Santa Claus and George Washington's cherry tree. I was tryng to make a point. One can teach, or convey truth using parables, metaphor, symbolism and a host of other literary tools. The use of these styles in no way validates or invalidates the truth of the message. The important part is the message. Now I think we are getting a little off topic here. The question still stands and I haven't seen any takers yet. Where in the Bible does it say anything about the Bible? How many books, which ones? how we are to determine that they are scripture? etc... Any takers? Oh, and Hank, take another look at the Garden story. There is some intersting things. Like for instance, God is walking and can't find them. What kind of God is that? He has leggs, and can't see through the trees. Also, what is the tree of knowledge of good and evil anyway? Tell me you think this is a literal tree and if we eat literal fruit from it we literally become like God. Oh, and the tree of life as well. If we eat from that tree we can live forever. Who needs Jesus, we can just eat form the tree. Or is Jesus the tree? Ooops. That was a clue. Second, the beasts and fowl were all created after Adam, where they were created before mankind in the first creation account. CONTRADICTION!!!!!!! Third, maybe you can take this as a homework assignment. What day was Adam created on? Wait.. it wasn't day six. The story tells us what day, and it definately wasn't day six. CONTRADICTION!!!! You see, the story doesn't hang together if it is literal. That is of course unless you just ignore what it really says. |
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2 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 48575 | ||
Greetings Dschartel! Allow me to touch upon your supposed 'contradictions' in the Genesis creation account my friend! 1) What day were the birds created on? Gen. 1:20-23 says that they were created on the fourth day. Now, Gen. 2:19 says, "Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name." This whole passage is written from the perspective of the present looking back at a past event. The Qal Imperfect of 'formed' can be read much as our past perfect. After creating the animals, God brought them to Adam to be named. The verse does not specify when they were created, or how much time elapsed before they were brought to Adam. How is this a contradiction? A contradiction would be Gen. 1:20-23 saying that birds were created on day four and Gen. 2:19 saying that birds were created on day six. But, this is not the case! 2) What day was Adam created on? This is the same type of mistake as above. Gen. 1:27-31 specifically states that Adam was created on day six. However, chapter one looks at creations as a whole, while chaper two zereos in on the creation of Man and his placement in the Garden (which is not even mentioned in Chapter one). No where does chapter two say that Adam was created on any day other than day six! These are the kinds of things people point to as contradictions in the Bible all the time, but the simply aren't contadictions at all - they are assumptions! :-) A contradiction is very percise: Something can not be A and not A at the same time. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | The Berean | 48586 | ||
Hello Tim I see your point about contradictions. God created the vegetation, sea creatures, land animals before man in that order. He also didn't bring all the animals..sea creatures were excluded. Also God told man he had given them every plant and tree for food which he created in days 3 and 5. Then in Chapter 2:18 God says that man is alone. Where, in the Garden or Earth? Well it has to be the Garden, see verse 15. So he puts Adam in the Garden, alone of course, just him and the plants. Now God created animals for the Garden in which Adam is to work. Now God didn't create fish for the Garden, cause there was no need. Now isn't it safe to say that Chapter one is the account of earth and its hosts, and Chapter 2 is about the Garden and Adams responsibility? Let me know what your input is, much appreciated. | ||||||
4 | Sola Scriptura supported by bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | Morant61 | 48614 | ||
Greetings Dschaertel! It's possible! I have read similar views! Personally though, I read Gen. 2:18 as Adam was alone in the sense that there was no one else like him. This seems to be the whole point of the naming episode, to demonstrate to Adam that nothing else in creation is like him. After Adam realizes this point, God creates a wife for him. I've got to run! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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