Keaton
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Post by Keaton on Sept 13, 2007 16:07:37 GMT -5
I don't know the verse, but "A day could be a million years to God, a million years could be a day." And then, "On the ___ day he ____." It's just something I thought about.
By this, can we really judge time in the Bible? Yes, in some, no in others. The Genesis account is one we can't really judge. I still believe that we did not evolve and Adam was created in God's image, just like the Bible says, nonetheless. Just something to think about. However, animals DID come before humans, be it days or years. Even if science says "Animals came BILLIONS of years before us", that doesn't disprove the Genesis account. "A day" is just saying that everything wasn't created at the same time.
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Post by Swoosh on Sept 13, 2007 16:25:20 GMT -5
Well, Keaton, I'm glad you're thinking reasonably and not taking the seven-day account as a literal seven days.
However, its also important to note that the first chapter of Gensis is written in an extremely poetic and exultant form, setting it apart from the rest of Genesis. This leads me to believe that it is not meant to be taken as literally as the rest of the book.
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Keaton
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Post by Keaton on Sept 13, 2007 17:08:44 GMT -5
Than what should it be taken as?
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Post by Swoosh on Sept 13, 2007 18:15:42 GMT -5
In the way it is written, it seems MUCH more similar (to me, anyway) to a Hebrew hymn. I believe it was written as a hymn praising God for his beautiful Creation, and not as a step-by-step guide as to how he did it.
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Post by tyler on Sept 13, 2007 21:49:44 GMT -5
^But ultimately, regardless of the details, He did in fact create it.
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Post by Swoosh on Sept 14, 2007 5:35:11 GMT -5
Of course, that much is assumed.
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