Creation: Six Days or not?

[Lynn73]

Yes, The scripture is extreemly clear on this issue!

WRONG!

1. You are putting human reasoning above God's word. "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool" Proverbs 28:26. Christians are commanded to "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." Proverbs 3:5.
2. Science has actually proven very well that the earth is no more than 6,000 years old. I don't what to spend the rest of the week typing out all the evidence, but download this video and watch it, it will give you plenty of evidence. (Right-Click The Link And Click "Save Target/Link As" To Download).

Sincerely, Zach Doty

PS. Our job as Christians is to be salt, salt irritates! So please don’t be surprised if this thread gets quickly filled up with posts slandering Kent Hovind (The person who produced that video), there are already over 5,000 anti-Hovind websites! (A lot to be proud of )

I recently got to listen to Kent Hovind in person and we also have his tape series. I happen to think he's right on. I think it's hilarious (not really) that Christians don't want to believe what God says about creation. It can't mean what is says, people say, or it just isn't possible or whatever dumb excuse there is. Your God is too small if He can't do what He says He did.

 

[Lynn73]

Exactly: "just what it says".

And what it says cannot support a "literal 24 hour period" interpretation.

Thanks, Lynn, that settled it.

Kepler

Uh Huh. Believe whatever you want.

 

[JimfromOhio]

I will repeat:

The Word of God says He created in 6 days, so my faith is to follow what He said.

Just as Jesus was resurrected on the third day, so my faith is to follow what the Word of God says.

God's time is different than our time, the main point is that God said He created in 6 days so we should believe what HE SAID and not debate about it.

While I believe in literal at the same time the Bible did mention that God's time is not the same as our time. All I do at this point is believe what He said whether it is literal or someone's interpration of God's time, God did it in 6 days now matter how you look at it. As God said:"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.' " Isaiah 55:8-9

 

[KEPLER]

Uh Huh. Believe whatever you want.

I believe the Bible.

K

 

[NarrowPathPilgrim]

I recently got to listen to Kent Hovind in person and we also have his tape series. I happen to think he's right on. I think it's hilarious (not really) that Christians don't want to believe what God says about creation. It can't mean what is says, people say, or it just isn't possible or whatever dumb excuse there is. Your God is too small if He can't do what He says He did.

Yes, I was able to listen to him in person about a month ago; I spent the entire day talking with him! He is great!
And yes, it is hilarious (or rather insane) that Christians think they can pick and choose which scriptures are correct and which aren't.

Sincerely, Zach Doty

 

[KEPLER]

I will repeat:

The Word of God says He created in 6 days, so my faith is to follow what He said.

Just as Jesus was resurrected on the third day, so my faith is to follow what the Word of God says.

God's time is different than our time, the main point is that God said He created in 6 days so we should believe what HE SAID and not debate about it.

While I believe in literal at the same time the Bible did mention that God's time is not the same as our time. All I do at this point is believe what He said whether it is literal or someone's interpration of God's time, God did it in 6 days now matter how you look at it. As God said:"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.' " Isaiah 55:8-9

Jim.

IMHO, this is another one of "those" issues...

Personally, I am perfectly content to let anyone who wants to believe in a "6 literal 24 hour period" interpretation of Genesis 1 & 2 do so. They are entitled to their opinion.

However....when the aformementioned opinion becomes phrased like this: "I believe it because that's what the Bible says, and anyone who doesn't believe it the way I believe it does therefore not really believe the Bible...."

Well, to use a highly technical term, my reaction to the above is:

Pshaaaw!!!

Cheers,

Kepler

 

[KEPLER]

Yes, I was able to listen to him in person about a month ago; I spent the entire day talking with him! He is great!
And yes, it is hilarious (or rather insane) that Christians think they can pick and choose which scriptures are correct and which aren't.

Sincerely, Zach Doty

Jim...

This is a case in point. Here te implication is that someone who doesn't agree with Kent Hovind is therefore a "picker and chooser" of Scripture.

Kepler

 

[Lynn73]

Yes, I was able to listen to him in person about a month ago; I spent the entire day talking with him! He is great!
And yes, it is hilarious (or rather insane) that Christians think they can pick and choose which scriptures are correct and which aren't.

Sincerely, Zach Doty

Yes, he is great. I watched a debate tape this morning. He was at Berkley and actually no one would debate him there so he spoke and then took questions and boy were the college students hostile. Couldn't stand their precious evolution theory being challenged.

I wonder what it's a sign of when Christians no longer believe what God says but instead attack it and tear it apart and make is say something else. Or, as you say, pick and choose what to believe. Last days deception perhaps? After all, humans are much wiser than God now. Or so some of them think.

 

[JimfromOhio]

Pshaaaw!!!

Sorry, I am ignorant when it comes to sounds since I am legally deaf... so what the heck is Pshaaaw means? LOL

 

[GraceInHim]

I will repeat:

The Word of God says He created in 6 days, so my faith is to follow what He said.

Just as Jesus was resurrected on the third day, so my faith is to follow what the Word of God says.

God's time is different than our time, the main point is that God said He created in 6 days so we should believe what HE SAID and not debate about it.

While I believe in literal at the same time the Bible did mention that God's time is not the same as our time. All I do at this point is believe what He said whether it is literal or someone's interpration of God's time, God did it in 6 days now matter how you look at it. As God said:"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.' " Isaiah 55:8-9

----> hear you loud and clear brother

 

[Lynn73]

Jim...

This is a case in point. Here te implication is that someone who doesn't agree with Kent Hovind is therefore a "picker and chooser" of Scripture.

Kepler

No it isn't a case in point. His second statement doesn't have to have anything to do with the first. Leaving Kent Hovind out of the equation, I still think some people are pickers and choosers. Oh God can do this but He can't do that. Evening and morning means evening and morning which means literal days. Now if you want to believe it means something else, no one is stopping you.

 

[Asinner]

Sorry, I am ignorant when it comes to sounds since I am legally deaf... so what the heck is Pshaaaw means? LOL

My mother, who is Swedish, used to tell me this when I said something that she disagreed with. You say it as "Pushawww". More clear?

God Bless

 

[JimfromOhio]

----> hear you loud and clear brother

LOL I like your sense of humor !!

 

[JimfromOhio]

My mother, who is Swedish, used to tell me this when I said something that she disagreed with. You say it as "Pushawww". More clear?

God Bless

Thanks for the Clarification !!! LOL

 

[GraceInHim]

My mother, who is Swedish, used to tell me this when I said something that she disagreed with. You say it as "Pushawww". More clear?

God Bless

no try a bull-horn.....

 

[Bobber]

I believe in the 6 Day earth teaching of scipture....Seeing types of tree trunks that go through many layers of ground which each layer is supposed to be millons of years old....couldn't be....still think others are saved if they believe the gap theory etc....but well....just don't buy the reasoning...

 

[jckstraw72]

And what it says cannot support a "literal 24 hour period" interpretation.

could you explain your reasoning. I know there was no sun until the 3rd day and time is measured involving the sun etc etc, but just bc the method of measurement wasnt there doesnt mean the time wasnt there.

But then, as i was looking in Genesis to formulate my response, I noticed in 1:14 it says that God created the "lights" to divide the day from the night, and to be signs for seasons, days, and years. But then again, there can be a day without a sign of a day. Taking away a sign for an off-ramp doesnt remove the off-ramp.

I should say, although I dont understand WHY God would use periods, it wouldnt be that big a deal. The only thing Id have to figure out is when it says God created in 6 adn rested on teh 7th in order to make holy the Sabbath. What really irks me is when hte idea that the days are not literal somehow means evolution is true. that, i think, is absurd.

 

[Lynn73]

Nothing can make evolution true.

 

[JimfromOhio]

no try a bull-horn.....

Yep... I will need that !! LOL

 

[GraceInHim]

Nothing can make evolution true.

unless you think your great-gr-gr-gr-gr-gr-grandmother was an ape....