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There are two ways of looking at the Bible...We either accept it at its face, or we make inferences of things that are not mentioned in the Bible. The case for the latter might be found in 2 Timothy 3:16 which says “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness...” On that basis, each Verse can stand out on its own, or can be grouped in context with other verses. To wit, is it necessary to post the entire Bible on the front lawn of the grounds of a government building in order to post the Ten Commandments so the message of those Commandments can come across? Or is it necessary to recite all Ten Commandments in order to emphasize one Commandment which says “Thou shalt not commit murder?” Perhaps the first two Commandments are necessary to be added, depending on whom you’re communicating with.
Regarding the support for making inferences, what does the Scriptures say? God in Isaiah 1:18 invites us to reason with Him. When we reason, we usually bring in things that are beyond what is in front of us, based on our knowledge of the world. Isaiah 55:8 says that our thoughts are not God’s thoughts. This may imply that not all God’s thoughts are reflected in the Scriptures. And the last Verse of the Book of John, though referring to Lord Jesus, which says that there are things that Jesus did which can fill many books beyond what is stated in the Bible, infers that there could be other happenings that aren’t mentioned in the Bible. And Hebrews 6:1-3 asks that we go beyond the “elementary doctrine of Christ.” Where in the Bible does it say we can throw off what God said? As a qualifier, Verse 3 says we can go beyond the “elementary doctrine of Christ” IF GOD PERMITS US TO, inviting that possibility even though it’s not stated in the Bible as to whether God would so permit us.
That leaves open the possibility that God may permit us to do other things, such as, perhaps, considering evolution in how Adam and Eve’s son Cain is able to produce the offspring mentioned in Genesis 4:17-19. If you read Genesis as it pertains to Cain’s offspring, you can see there is a gap between Genesis 4:1 in which Cain is born to Adam and Eve, and Genesis 4:17-19 in which Cain produces offspring who in turn produce THEIR offspring. I mean, how was Cain able to produce offspring without the help of a woman? Perhaps an orthodox creationist might say, well, God must’ve taken a rib out of Cain to produce a woman. But it seems that God would have to take ribs out of a lot of males before there’s enough women to produce the succeeding generations described in Genesis!
So at this point, all things considered, I bring in the possibility that in addition to God’s creation of Adam and Eve, which the Bible says were created in God’s image, there were other men and women on earth whom God did not create. Skeletons of prehistoric man were found, that don’t resemble those of modern man. It is presumed that modern man was created in God’s Image, so prehistoric man, with a different skeletal structure, was not. How did prehistoric man come about? Seems the only acceptable answer under God is that he evolved from the creatures that God created. There is evidence to indicate that Neanderthal Man, who was not created in God’s image, intermingled with modern man at some point, so it may be possible that a similar type of intermingling occurred between Cain and those whom God did not directly create.
Why bring this subject up? 2 verses in Genesis command us to do so. God in Genesis 1:28 commands Adam to be fruitful. Genesis 2:15 says that God put Adam in the Garden of Eden to work it. Between the two verses, in addition to our knowing that Adam ate from the Tree of Good and Evil, God is offering the world to Adam to prosper in. I tell you that that prosperity includes the pursuit of knowledge, to the extent, under God, that it would help us to prosper. And God’s Commandment in Genesis 1:27 to also multiply, implies that God wants succeeding generations of the man and woman He created, to exist. If the pursuit of certain knowledge helps us to make succeeding generations, then we should use such knowledge.
We don’t know for sure when knowledge is needed. A simple question as to why tomatoes are red when they’re ripe, can yield a volume of answers, some of which may come in handy in helping us to prosper. At some point, someone may have asked how birds fly, at a time when the idea of man flying like the birds never entered man’s thinking, but eventually the answer led to the invention of the airplane.
Schools across the U.S. are being told not to teach certain things. Perhaps within those things that schools are being told not to teach, are answers that can help mankind to continue to exist, but like with the question of how birds fly, isn’t readily apparent at the moment.
Regarding the support for making inferences, what does the Scriptures say? God in Isaiah 1:18 invites us to reason with Him. When we reason, we usually bring in things that are beyond what is in front of us, based on our knowledge of the world. Isaiah 55:8 says that our thoughts are not God’s thoughts. This may imply that not all God’s thoughts are reflected in the Scriptures. And the last Verse of the Book of John, though referring to Lord Jesus, which says that there are things that Jesus did which can fill many books beyond what is stated in the Bible, infers that there could be other happenings that aren’t mentioned in the Bible. And Hebrews 6:1-3 asks that we go beyond the “elementary doctrine of Christ.” Where in the Bible does it say we can throw off what God said? As a qualifier, Verse 3 says we can go beyond the “elementary doctrine of Christ” IF GOD PERMITS US TO, inviting that possibility even though it’s not stated in the Bible as to whether God would so permit us.
That leaves open the possibility that God may permit us to do other things, such as, perhaps, considering evolution in how Adam and Eve’s son Cain is able to produce the offspring mentioned in Genesis 4:17-19. If you read Genesis as it pertains to Cain’s offspring, you can see there is a gap between Genesis 4:1 in which Cain is born to Adam and Eve, and Genesis 4:17-19 in which Cain produces offspring who in turn produce THEIR offspring. I mean, how was Cain able to produce offspring without the help of a woman? Perhaps an orthodox creationist might say, well, God must’ve taken a rib out of Cain to produce a woman. But it seems that God would have to take ribs out of a lot of males before there’s enough women to produce the succeeding generations described in Genesis!
So at this point, all things considered, I bring in the possibility that in addition to God’s creation of Adam and Eve, which the Bible says were created in God’s image, there were other men and women on earth whom God did not create. Skeletons of prehistoric man were found, that don’t resemble those of modern man. It is presumed that modern man was created in God’s Image, so prehistoric man, with a different skeletal structure, was not. How did prehistoric man come about? Seems the only acceptable answer under God is that he evolved from the creatures that God created. There is evidence to indicate that Neanderthal Man, who was not created in God’s image, intermingled with modern man at some point, so it may be possible that a similar type of intermingling occurred between Cain and those whom God did not directly create.
Why bring this subject up? 2 verses in Genesis command us to do so. God in Genesis 1:28 commands Adam to be fruitful. Genesis 2:15 says that God put Adam in the Garden of Eden to work it. Between the two verses, in addition to our knowing that Adam ate from the Tree of Good and Evil, God is offering the world to Adam to prosper in. I tell you that that prosperity includes the pursuit of knowledge, to the extent, under God, that it would help us to prosper. And God’s Commandment in Genesis 1:27 to also multiply, implies that God wants succeeding generations of the man and woman He created, to exist. If the pursuit of certain knowledge helps us to make succeeding generations, then we should use such knowledge.
We don’t know for sure when knowledge is needed. A simple question as to why tomatoes are red when they’re ripe, can yield a volume of answers, some of which may come in handy in helping us to prosper. At some point, someone may have asked how birds fly, at a time when the idea of man flying like the birds never entered man’s thinking, but eventually the answer led to the invention of the airplane.
Schools across the U.S. are being told not to teach certain things. Perhaps within those things that schools are being told not to teach, are answers that can help mankind to continue to exist, but like with the question of how birds fly, isn’t readily apparent at the moment.
