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I believe in the Resurrection
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Genesis 1 King James Version (KJV)
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth was (became) without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Hi. I am a Genesis 1 literal'ist - however I do not believe in Noah's flood in the later chapters of the bible. I believe that there was a world before Genesis and the Bible - nothing much is known about that world, but the fossils remain as evidence, of a deluge or series of tsunamis - covering flora and fauna in sediment (same as the YECs teach).
Why don't I believe in Noah's flood? - Because of the distribution of animals and birds - especially marsupials in Australia, and birds. Also, if Noah took on-board the Ark two foxes and two rabbits, then on disembarking the Ark, the foxes would eat the rabbits and then they would eat the gerbils and hamsters, and then would themselves starve - Noah's flood for me is impossible.
But - the YECs provide a compelling case, for the geology. There seem to be some experts on this forum on geology - I am not, but I have seen for myself giant ammonites, one meter across on the stony beach at Lym Regis (UK) and I have found ammonites there myself. This is the Jurassic coast, where plesiosaurs and icthiosaurs were discovered - these creatures were originally found by amateurs and seem to me to be genuine - whereas I have serious doubts as to the authenticity of dinosaurs in general (see Eric Dubay).
YECs such as Grady Mc Murtry teach that fossils are dated according to the evolutionary theory - the animal types date the rocks where the fossils are found - is that true? For what it's worth, I reject evolution. I am an old earth creationist - but how old? - For coal to form, imo. sediment covered vegetation suddenly.
Coal has been carbon dated by YECs and has been found to contain virtually no carbon 14 - so the date for the coal is at least 40,000 years old. (Unless there was less carbon 14 available in the past - if there was an early creation - it takes some 10,000 years for carbon 14 to accumulate in the atmosphere).
Eric Dubay and others suggest that many dinosaurs lack form-function - they would have toppled over, with a head and body being too heavy to be counter-balanced by the tail - in the raptor type dinosaurs. Also, dinosaurs were and are conveniently discovered by those who stand to gain the most from the discoveries, anyway.
What I am posting here, is the possibility to discuss the Gap Theory, as a solution to the fossil record, for those who are creationists - atheists will not be interested. The gap is between verses 1 and 2 of Genesis 1. There was darkness and water - suggesting that the earth had been submerged and whatever source of light there had been, was out - the sun, moon and stars of the biblical age had not as yet been created.
As nothing is known about the previous world, from the bible - then the ruins and fossils remain to suggest what was - imo. angels lived on a paradise world - along with the reptilian lifeforms, and with birds and bats, ammonites, trilobites - something killed off that life - presumably prolonged darkness.
There were no humans. Angels, being supernatural, would not fossilize, obviously. The angels fell from grace somehow, and the world was made ruin. The angels were exiled, somewhere else.
You don't believe in Noah's flood then how do you explain finding shellfish and whale fossils on the top of mountains: https://phys.org/news/2016-09-scientists-ocean-fossils-mountains-future.html
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