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NASB | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Subject: Bible and evolution both? |
Bible Note: Steve: When the Bible was penned, the only cure for leprosy WAS divine intervention. In addition, there is no passage that states that "never will there be a cure for leprosy apart from God's supernatural intervention." That is far different from saying that we were evolved in God's image, rather than specially created in God's image. Like it or not, define a "parable" in any out-of-context way that you want, if humanity indeed came about via descent with modification, then the Bible is lying. No one heard a parable of Christ and says "Wow, I wish I could meet that Good Samaritan. I wonder where he lives" or "Just where can I find that good soil in which the seed fell? I want a good harvest this year." That's because Jesus explicitly stated, "The kingdom of God is LIKE this..." or something to that effect. Drawing a direct, clear comparison is precisely what a parable is. If you think that the Gensis 2 account of man's creation is not literally true, then you are calling the account an ALLEGORY, which is a complete work of fiction representing a concrete reality. The creation account in Genesis simply does NOT fit the literary genre of parable. --Joe! |