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This isn't disrespect for your beliefs; this isn't a snide attack on your typo; this is just an uncontrollable affection for puns.Not to mention that Jesus told us in the New Testament to believe the words of Mosses
Do you think those are the only possible alternatives to a literal Genesis?. Hebrew poetry and parable had a pattern to it that Genesis does not have.
If that is so why is a literal Genesis so critical? Especially as the doctrine of Original Sin is supported just as well by a non-literal Genesis.Most of the verses about sin and the effects of sin are not from Genesis but other books of the Bible.
The first day does not occur until God made a light shine upon the turning earth. Before this it was formless and void. If there is a gap or not between those verses can be argued but it's a possibility. The text of Genesis is not abstract. Hebrew poetry and parable had a pattern to it that Genesis does not have. Most of the verses about sin and the effects of sin are not from Genesis but other books of the Bible.
The fact God created in 6 days is from Exodus and that Adam brought in sin is from the New Testament. Not to mention that Jesus told us in the New Testament to believe the words of Mosses. If creation and sin were only found in the first chapter of Genesis that argument would have more to stand on but it isn't, its woven throughout scripture.
And did Jesus say this meant a literal interpretation re: 6 days of creation?
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I don't even need to quote Genesis to talk about creation or 6 days or the men from the time of Genesis. Mosses, Jesus, Paul and Peter did that.
How do you tell what is "sound doctrine"? If anything that appears to be the sin of creationists. They refuse to learn the basics of science so that they can deny the reality that they do not like. Talk about what their itching ears want to hear.
Yet it doesn't necessitate that Genesis be interpreted literally re: 6 days of creation.
Explain it then, without context to Genesis.
This isn't disrespect for your beliefs; this isn't a snide attack on your typo; this is just an uncontrollable affection for puns.
Is it only mosses, or are the other bryophytes, such as liverworts and hornworts, also trustworthy?
Already told you, you don't even need to read Genesis to find 6 days, you can do so in Exodus just as well.
I don't believe it is possible to explain Original Sin without reference to Genesis.
I edited my post to clarify. My original question to you was where in the Bible did Jesus necessitate that one believes in a literal Genesis re: 6 days of creation.
And I'll save you the time of looking, because we both know it's not in there.
And bore the pants off all the non-Christians here with pages of discourse which they would only find tedious? If you really want to know, join a Traditional Christian church. See, I don't care if you believe in a literal Genesis or not. If you think you need to in order to hold on to your faith then that's what you should do. What I object to are the vicious lies so often directed by creationists at those Christians who don't need it. That they have "denied the Bible" and are not really Christians, that they reject Original Sin (that was yours), monstrosities of that sort. You don't own the Christian religion or the Bible and are no position to dictate to other Christians what they must believe about it. According to the rules of this forum, a Christian is one who assents to the tenets of the Nicene Creed, and that should be an end to the matter.Okay then how do you explain it with a non literal Genesis? Curious minds what to know, even though I am sure to disagree with you.
According to the rules of this forum, a Christian is one who assents to the tenets of the Nicene Creed, and that should be an end to the matter.
That is mere handwaving and gets you nowhere. When that is done there are still countless different interpretations of the Bible. Logically since Christians believe that the Earth is Gods' creation then what the Earth tells us should be heeded as well. The Earth tells us that life as we see it today was the product of evolution and certain events in the Bible, such as the Flood of Noah, never happened.Sound Doctrine means to test the spirits. The Bible says to do that many times. The teacher must confess Christ is God and came in the flesh and what they teach must align with scripture. Scripture must interpret scripture.
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Mark 10
“But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female."
Do you agree that Jesus never necessitated a belief in literal 6 days of creation then?
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