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A Yec?
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Young Earth Creationist. someone who believes that the earth was made in 6 days, in the order of 6-10,000 years ago, and also generally believes in a global flood....
a biblical literalist in other words, well ,literal except for flat earth and geocentrism.
a biblical literalist in other words, well ,literal except for flat earth and geocentrism.
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well. lets say I believe the 6-10,000 years part, along with the global flood. I dont know if that makes sense to you
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Not really, since from a scientific standpoint there is nothing that supports it, but lots of things that falsify it.
From a philosophical stand point, it still doesn't make sense, but at least its a more honest stand point for YEC than science.
From a philosophical stand point, it still doesn't make sense, but at least its a more honest stand point for YEC than science.
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JohnR7
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Arikay said:Not really, since from a scientific standpoint there is nothing that supports it, but lots of things that falsify it.
Science does not really falsify that there is a young earth. They do not falsify that Adam and Eve and all the plants and animals in the Garden of Eden were all created in the last 6000 years.
Science does tend to have quite a bit of evidence that there was an old earth here also, before God created Eden and all that was in Eden. A lot of people have seen all the evidence for a young earth, so they believe in a young earth. They have not seen the evidence yet for a old earth, so they as yet to not believe in an old earth.
The only surprise then is the people who have studied the evidence for an old earth, and still do not accept that there was a old earth. Or worse yet, they take the evidence for an old earth, and try to fit that into their young earth theory.
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true statements should not have false consequences.
you've seen that before right john?
you've seen that before right john?
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JohnR7
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Jet Black said:
Genesis 1:2
The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
If you study the Hebrew words used in verse two of Genesis chapter one, you will see that there was a world here before, but it had been destroyed and it was desolate. God then began all over again.
The young world is very much like the old world was. But in someways, the young world is very different from the old world.
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sounds kind of like the Matrix.
what are the hebrew words then?
If you don't know, I will ask my friends mum tonight, she studies hebrew.
what are the hebrew words then?
If you don't know, I will ask my friends mum tonight, she studies hebrew.
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JohnR7 said:
But that's not what YEC proponents think. They believe the Earth AND universe were created ex nihilo ~6000-12000 years ago.
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I notice that preposition becomes open to negotiation whenever there's a problem with it.Pete Harcoff said:
And John, why did God bother to shove fossils in the earth when he was creating it?
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JohnR7
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Jet Black said:
Matrix, is that the new Toyota? My wife is a big Toyota fan, she wants me to buy her a Martix.
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was 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.
formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
formlessness (of primeval earth)
nothingness, empty space
that which is empty or unreal (of idols)
wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)
place of chaos vanity
emptiness, void, waste an undistinguishable ruin :- emptiness, void.
darkness; figurative misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness :- dark (-ness), night, obscurity.
When God creates something, He always says that it was good. The condition the earth was in: without "form, void and darkness" is anything but good, and this was not the condition that God created the earth in.
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it seems a bit srange for him to destroy everything once and not tell us about it.
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