Subject: when did it rain for the first time? |
Bible Note: Well, it sounds like you have the sin and judgment part down, but we were discussing rain. It is not mentioned, except for its absence, in Gen. 2. Since there is no evidence in Gen. 2 to believe that there is rain present, the "assumption" that there is rain is "read into" the text. This is because there is a presupposition that rain has always existed. This presupposition comes from our supposedly scientific knowledge of what the world must have been like. I know you did not mention science. That is why I called it your presupposition. I believe that if a person were not presupposing "scienctific" answers for this sort of thing, they would not also say with certainty that Gen. 2 says there was rain -- arguing from silence -- when it says no such thing at all. |