BradB
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Since you disagree, you must have in mind important doctrines which would be "drastically changed" by the two-text assumption. What are they?
For starters the second position puts the Bible in opposition with itself. In the second position chapter 2 is considered to also be an order of creation however it obviously is not in the same order as the first chapter. This would render the book of Genesis a waste of paper. That of course would render the entire gospel meaningless because Jesus said the key to believing in Him is first believing in the writings of Moses. The second position is often used by some to claim that God created over long eras of time rather than 6 literal 24 hour days which of course also conflicts with not only chapter one, but the Book of Exodus which tells us God created in six literal days. It also renders God evil because no one would look at death and call it good. But the Bible says after God was done creating He called His creation good. It also nullifies the very purpose for God's promised Holy One who was to come and crush the head of the serpent and bruise His heal in the process. Sin and death entered the world because of Adams transgression, not before his transgression according to other texts in the Bible. Position 2 also conflicts with Jesus who seemed to agree with position 1 and told us in the "beginning" God made the man and the woman.
None of these problems exist with position one because that position is the only one that makes the best sense and harmonizes with the rest of the entire scripture.
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