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And even if there was a God and He in some manner wrote or otherwise exercised supervision over the composition of the Bible, there is no a priori reason to suppose that the Book of Genesis was meant to be an accurate factual account of our origins with which scientific discoveries need be reconciled.
The Bible exists also, just like the science book exists. The Bible has the answer for every question & the solution for every problem. Science can not make that promise. This is the difference between finite and infinite. God is infinite, He has no beginning and He has no end. He is the alpha and the omega he knows the end from the beginning. God does not change, He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The challenge is to use science to understand those "myths" and how they apply to us today. God does not change so his message does not change over time. I received more of a classic high school education so we got more training in understanding Greek mythology and how to apply it to our lives. People like Fraud and Jung use a lot of mythology to explain things in science today. So if you think ancient myths have no modern application then you are wrong and looking for excuses. Human nature is a lot more consistent then you seem to realize. Jonathan Cahn's best selling book: "Paradigm" is a very good book to learn how to apply ancient stores to modern applications and events.
All of science comes from the Bible even the first 32 verses in the Bible. The Bible is infinite there is no beginning and there is no end. We can spend our whole life to study and learn and in the end we would only be starting to understand. Science is finite and there is a limit to how much you can learn. Every book in the world would not be enough to teach, explain and understand the Bible. Or in some cases even just one word in the Hebrew Bible. The Bible is infinite so learning and understanding the Bible can go on forever.
Our interpretation of the Bible has to line up with science. We know that Noah's flood was what we would call a "local" flood because that is what we learn from science. IF we did not have science, if all we had was the Bible then our interpretation would be totality different from what it is using science as a guide in our understanding of the Bible.
The Bible has been proven to be true for every generation sense the time of Moses. There is nothing you can do to show that the Bible is not 100% accurate and true when properly understood the truth will away be true and this does not ever change.
Of course the Bible does not confirm science, science confirms and explains the Bible. Science is far to often man made so we do not expect man to confirm God.
Not at all. Although I am sure that YOUR understanding is a contradiction. You may even be able to write A book telling us what YOU understand about the Bible. We could write hundreds of thousands of books about the Bible and we would just be getting started. So an atheist has one drop of understanding, barely anything of any substance. But we could fill the ocean with our understanding.
Not at all, none, zip, zero. But I would be glad to have a conversation with you about the Skeptics Bible. Because every single objection he brings up in his book is a product of a reprobate mind that does not have a true understanding of the Bible. This is the thinking that people have that are dead in sin and not alive onto God in the spirit. This is why people talk about being born again and a new creation in Christ. Man apart from God has a body and a soul (personality) just like the animals. Adam and Eve had the breath of life and they were spiritually alive. Every atheist says they are going to die and every christian says they are going to live forever. Peter in the Bible agrees with this when he says: "like animals they too will perish". So their own testimony will be proven to be true. For me I want to live and devote my life to what is eternal and will live forever.
That understanding or interpretation of the Bible is wrong. That does not mean the Bible is wrong. We are told: Romans 3:4 "let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, "THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED." The day will come when you will be judged. Based on what you are saying things are not going to go very well for you on that day. You will be in for a rude awakening. I am just getting you ready for that day by pointing out the errors in your thinking and you lack of true UNDERSTANDING of the Bible, the Word of God.
