Neither does the scientific theory of evolution.
The Bible also says God made us in His image, no? That means that God made us special (with a soul, a sovereign [but not omnipotent] will, a God-sized void that was filled in Eden and is filled w/ the Holy Spirit). It's possible He could have taken an animal (which is made from generally the same elements as the elements in the ground / dirt) and molded it into the first true humans which were in His image. plus all the animals we see today? We didn't evolve from them! According to science, we evolved from a common ancestor.
Which is why I didn't say "Evolution," or Deistic/Atheistic-evolution. Crevolution means God did make all the animals, but in a different way. Just because "the pot is red" =/= "the pot is crimson," that doesn't mean they contradict, one is just a more descriptive version explaining in detail what the first one probably saw in the pot. 'Course, we didn't see creation, so we can't say it didn't happen via crevolution (and we can't 100% say it did, I'm just defending the viability of a general theistic evolutionist-Christian's beliefs... I guess I am beginning to think like one?) I do believe God is bigger than human reasoning. Jesus' situations stumps science (and rightfully so!) healing plenty of people without advil, tylenol, and benedryl, and then providing salvation for whosoever will. God aint a liar, and I trust Him.
I just can interpret it also in the TE's perspective.I believe that Christianity is different because it's not about what humans are to do to be able to commune with God, but rather it's about God-sized grace. It's all about what God has done, is doing, and will do to make Himself known to people so that they may know what He has done out of grace for them. I believe – a God powerful enough to humble Himself for a weaker being out of sheer compassion for them, despite how they live, and then die for their sake – is worthy of praise, not because He proved Himself, but because of who He is, and that He chose to reveal that to us.
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I'm trying to be faithful with what the Bible says. The Bible doesn't say that God devoted each of the the creation days to six 24-hour time periods. The word usage, and the literary style of Genesis chapter one (a poetic style) point toward an accurate account of six days, each of which is an indefinite period of time: it could be thousands, even millions of years for each day. There is nothing in the text that restricts the creation week to one six-day period that totals 144 hours. Such restrictions are placed on the text from a person's own prefered doctrine. It's an idea that isn't derived from the Bible. Rather, it's man's idea being imposed on Scripture.
I love that one, it's so true![/quote]Neither does the scientific theory of evolution.
The Bible also says God made us in His image, no? That means that God made us special (with a soul, a sovereign [but not omnipotent] will, a God-sized void that was filled in Eden and is filled w/ the Holy Spirit). It's possible He could have taken an animal (which is made from generally the same elements as the elements in the ground / dirt) and molded it into the first true humans which were in His image. plus all the animals we see today? We didn't evolve from them! According to science, we evolved from a common ancestor.
Which is why I didn't say "Evolution," or Deistic/Atheistic-evolution. Crevolution means God did make all the animals, but in a different way. Just because "the pot is red" =/= "the pot is crimson," that doesn't mean they contradict, one is just a more descriptive version explaining in detail what the first one probably saw in the pot. 'Course, we didn't see creation, so we can't say it didn't happen via crevolution (and we can't 100% say it did, I'm just defending the viability of a general theistic evolutionist-Christian's beliefs... I guess I am beginning to think like one?) I do believe God is bigger than human reasoning. Jesus' situations stumps science (and rightfully so!) healing plenty of people without advil, tylenol, and benedryl, and then providing salvation for whosoever will. God aint a liar, and I trust Him.
I believe that Christianity is different because it's not about what humans are to do to be able to commune with God, but rather it's about God-sized grace. It's all about what God has done, is doing, and will do to make Himself known to people so that they may know what He has done out of grace for them. I believe a God powerful enough to humble Himself for a weaker being out of sheer compassion for them, despite how they live, and then die for their sake is worthy of praise, not because He proved Himself, but because of who He is, and that He chose to reveal that to us.
Aren't you imposing an "interpretation" there that is unnecessary to understand the text, except in an effort to reconcile with a naturalistic world-view? And it might even work except for the modifier: the evening and the morning, which pretty much restricts it to a 24 hour period.
I'm trying to be faithful with what the Bible says. The Bible doesn't say that God devoted each of the the creation days to six 24-hour time periods. The word usage, and the literary style of Genesis chapter one (a poetic style) point toward an accurate account of six days, each of which is an indefinite period of time: it could be thousands, even millions of years for each day. There is nothing in the text that restricts the creation week to one six-day period that totals 144 hours. Such restrictions are placed on the text from a person's own prefered doctrine. It's an idea that isn't derived from the Bible. Rather, it's man's idea being imposed on Scripture.
Where does the Bible say that the days in Genesis one can only be interepeted to mean six 24-hour periods of time?
