Subject: Sola Scriptura supported by bible? |
Bible Note: 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 |