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Hey everybody, I published the full post on why the creation account in Genesis is a polemic. Find it here: http://practical-christianity.com/creationevolution-part-4-a-new-interpretation-of-genesis/ Stephen

Did you all check out post #40 that I posted here on the forums (page 2)? I think it makes it pretty clear that Genesis 1 & 2 aren't merely poems. They are a polemic. Please, go check it out. Stephen

FYI - Just posted Part 2. Creation/Evolution: (Part 2) Is There A Right Answer?

I started another topic on this forum called "A New Interpretation of Genesis." In it, I talk about the "polemic" interpretation of Genesis and how it gets rid of having to try to reconcile questions like the above. Genesis is all about who God is, not about a scientific description of how we...

Everybody, Here is an excerpt from Part 4 of my series which, I think, makes it very clear that the creation account in Genesis was meant as a polemic (the bracketed text is footnotes in the blog): 3 Ancient Creation Accounts 1. The Babylonians had several creation accounts, the main account is...

Hey everybody, I really appreciate your all’s thoughts! I’ve put everyone’s replies that I’m responding to below. Seeing as your foundation is atheism, of course this doesn’t make sense to you. If I didn’t believe in blenders and you started talking about what all blenders can do, I would...

Thanks! This has been a more welcoming environment than I figured it would be (especially on this topic). -Stephen

Nothing is wrong with the hundreds of years we already have. I think God spoke to our forefathers using the knowledge they had at the time. We are really doing the same thing our forefathers did. We are taking the knowledge we have now - both scientific and archaeological - and interpreting...

Perhaps a more direct point may be helpful here; I'm not quire sure I see the connection. -Stephen

I don't quite follow your logic here. Care to explain further? -Stephen

Thanks, Jimmy!

No, I haven't but I googled him and looks like I definitely agree with his views. "The author of Genesis simply wasn’t doing what Newton, Darwin, Einstein, and Hawking were doing; he wasn’t attempting to explain the origins of things in the characteristically modern manner, which is to say, on...

It looks like this author's basis for his interpretation of Genesis is what the Church Fathers believed. The problem is that our Church Fathers didn't know about Enuma Elish and other ancient creation accounts because they hadn't been discovered yet. These accounts threw Genesis into an...

Update: If you go to post #40 below (page 2), I inserted an excerpt from Part 4 of my series which does a pretty good job at showing how Genesis is a polemic. There are so many responses on this thread that I'm afraid it got lost in the mix. I struggled with reconciling the science of...