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1 | quick response on creation vs evolution | 2 Pet 2:1 | hvnscry | 122106 | ||
My friends, consider: in response to [1], this has been debated before, and no argument that I have been presented with has persuaded anyone one way or the other - this continues to other areas of the Bible as well (Primarily, I am considering Song of Solomon, and the Psalms, but there are many others). As for [2], nothing is lost (in my opinion, after studying the argument, and it's opposition) by claiming a guided evolution as far as original sin goes. Who of us is to say that God could not have created a spot where man was finally "in his image" enough that he could choose between good and evil? Further, I understand your position about Darwin's theory being simply a theory, and I embrace it. To extend that, Darwin never meant for the "Origin" to be an attack on Christianity at all - it was only after extreme prejudice and persecution that he turned from his faith. On Bible geneologies, I agree - I did not say that they mean nothing. My point was this: we are not in a position to base any kind of accurate measurement of a historical timeline based on ages and numbers - especially not to "discover" when the creation occured. Too many numbers meant too many different things to a culture completely foreign to ours. That was my point, not that anything in the Bible was meaningless. Finally, my brothers and sisters, I think my position has been misevaluated. If you remember, I never told you of my position (of which I have quite firm beliefs, and very rational support for those beliefs), and I will not now, for that would defeat the position I am presenting to you. The point is this: it is irrational and divisive to be so opinionated and stubborn that you are unwilling to listen to and consider the position of other, very intelligent, very loving, well-trained believers in the same God whom we all follow. I ask simply that you be willing to listen to your brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, and not think less of them because they disagree with you, not to argue with them simply because you feel that your position has been violated. I ask that you embrace them, and their beliefs - it is only if they are sinning which you have the right to confront them. The belief in a "guided evolution" where God is the original creator of the heavens and the earth, is not a heresy, and can be biblically supported. I pray that our "...love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that [we] may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ..." In the name of our Lord and Savior. |
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2 | quick response on creation vs evolution | 2 Pet 2:1 | hvnscry | 121976 | ||
Yet you do not take into the account of a "Guided Evolution"? "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" does not say anything about HOW he did it. And as far as the geneologies argument, it means nothing - a geneology to the Israelites does not mean what a geneology means to you or me. For that matter, neither do many of the uses of numbers you can find in the Old Testament. It was a completely different culture. Anyways, all I was pointing out is that I think you are making a mistake by not allowing for the possibility of God's omnipotence actually being completely omnipotent by making the young earth claim and discounting all others. | ||||||