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There are 333 miracles in the Bible, none of which conform to modern science.A figurative reading of the creation story along with Adam and Eve in particular from the rest of Genesis seems essential in light of both common experience and modern science.
Col 1:16 "For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him."Yes, I do know this. But how is this relevant? The fact that Jesus knew the scriptures is not evidence that He had comprehensive knowledge of the entire history of human development.
There is an important difference. I am quite confident (although I have not actually confirmed this) that it can be shown that, within Hebrew culture, the snake is seen as a symbol of evil quite apart from Biblical writings. That should tip us off to the possibility that the snake in Genesis is a symbol.
They all conform to modern science because a miracle restores things back to God's purpose and intention. The problem with a miracles is to show that there was ever a problem and to show that there was ever a need for the miracle. When people say I am cured, I am healed the problem is to show that they were ever sick in the first place. I have had healing that the doctor said was impossible. Then after I am healed they change their tune and say it is possible in some cases. Yet they still consider this to be spontaneous remission and they do not give God the honor and the glory for what He has done.There are 333 miracles in the Bible, none of which conform to modern science. Do you reject them all?
LOL! I said I accepted the Bible as the word of God. I want nothing to do with your limited interpretation of it.Great.
So you accept the six day creation, the creation of man on day six, the fall of man, the Garden of Eden, the Great Flood and the genealogies of the Bible?
Sure. One would think for such a proponent of evolution, at least you'd be familiar with its concepts. It's not that hard as the myth that the planets were spit out of stars, where life just happened to "poof", is all over the place. Here are a few 'non-reputable' sources for you, like Space.com and Harvard University.
The Big Bang: What Really Happened at Our Universe's Birth?
Over time, stars gravitated together to form galaxies, leading to more and more large-scale structure in the universe. Planets coalesced around some newly forming stars, including our own sun. And 3.8 billion years ago, life took root on Earth.
5(a). Evolution of the Universe
As the Universe expanded, matter began to coalesce into gas clouds, and then stars and planets. Our solar system formed about 5 billion years ago when the Universe was about 65% of its present size
5(b). Early History of the Earth
The Earth formed as cosmic dust lumped together to form larger and larger particles until 150 million years had passed. At about 4.4 billion years, the young Earth had a mass similar to the mass it has today. The continents probably began forming about 4.2 billion years ago as the Earth continued to cool. The cooling also resulted in the release of gases from the lithosphere, much of which formed the Earth's early atmosphere. Most of the Earth's early atmosphere was created in the first one million years after solidification (4.4 billion years ago). Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water vapor dominated this early atmosphere.
As the Earth continued to cool, the water vapor found in the atmosphere condensed to form the oceans and other fresh water bodies on the continents. Oxygen began accumulating in the atmosphere through photo-dissociation of O2 from water, and by way of photosynthesis (life). The emergence of living organisms was extremely important in the creation of atmospheric oxygen and ozone. Without ozone, life could not exist on land because of harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Astronomy 280: Evolution of the Universe
The course includes the origin of the simplest chemical elements shortly after the Big Bang, the condensation of matter in the early universe into large structures such as galaxies and clusters of galaxies, and scenarios that explain why we find different types of galaxies in the universe. The Milky Way is used as a specific example of a spiral galaxy to examine how matter is cycled from the interstellar medium into stars that evolve and eventually die, putting their matter back into the interstellar medium. This process creates more complex elements, including those necessary for life as we know it.
Here's a video for you: Watch the entire evolution of the universe in under 3 minutes
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/cosmic_evolution/docs/text/text_plan_2.html
Current consensus envisions the genesis of a planetary system as a natural, perhaps frequent, outgrowth of the birth of a star. The condensation model can generally account for each of the 7, earlier-noted properties characterizing our Solar System today. But exactly how those atoms of gas and grains of dust managed to coalesce into the present planets and moons remains one of the great riddles of modern science.
5.1 - Planetary Evolution
a large, slowly rotating cloud of interstellar gas and dust about a light-year in diameter begins to slowly shrink. As it draws itself together gravitationally over a period of perhaps ten million years,1945 it becomes denser...As the protostar collapses, its magnetic field lines of force are dragged closer together but are held firmly in place...The planets themselves form in the disk of matter surrounding the protostar.
Whether He did or not is beyond our ken. The point to remember is that His references to the OT were all literary references. When He spoke of creation He was careful to make clear that He was invoking the text of the stories, not the events themselves. Jesus' use of the OT stories does not guarantee any particular genre determination. The whole "You're calling Christ a liar" line of argument is merely vicious, not substantive.Yes, I do know this. But how is this relevant? The fact that Jesus knew the scriptures is not evidence that He had comprehensive knowledge of the entire history of human development.
They all conform to modern science because a miracle restores things back to God's purpose and intention. The problem with a miracles is to show that there was ever a problem and to show that there was ever a need for the miracle. When people say I am cured, I am healed the problem is to show that they were ever sick in the first place. I have had healing that the doctor said was impossible. Then after I am healed they change their tune and say it is possible in some cases. Yet they still consider this to be spontaneous remission and they do not give God the honor and the glory for what He has done.
Evolution has a generic meaning as well as the more specialized one meant in the "Theory of Evolution". The genesis, development, and evolution of the universe are all synonymous and quite distinct from the biological understanding of evolution.
You may be interested to know that it was an Episcopal priest (and astrophysicist) that showed Einstein and the scientific community the evidence supporting rejection of the "steady state hypothesis" and favoring acceptance of the "Big Bang theory".
There are 333 miracles in the Bible, none of which conform to modern science.
Do you reject them all?
If not, on what basis do you decide what to accept and what to reject?
It's not that distinct. They may be able to be compartmentalized for certain purposes, but one builds on the foundation of the other.
This text says nothing about Jesus knowing about Adam and Eve.I did earlier.
Genesis 3:8-24
I did earlier.
John 1:18
Here is the text of this verse: No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.I did earlier.
1 John 4:12
Here are a few 'non-reputable' sources for you, like Space.com and Harvard University
I'm not talking about the Good Samaritan. I don't even know why you brought that up.
One account. Genesis 2 is just a detailed look at a portion of Genesis 1.
Well, when He states that in the beginning, God created us male and female, but then grab ahold of an idea that actually at first there was an asexual life form, then it's saying he was wrong at best and an outright liar at worst.
I don't know which is worse. (1) That you don't understand that this is a bad argument; or (2) That you know it is a bad argument and are making it anyway.Your position is not based on science (I don't know how many times to repeat that even liberal Wikipedia cannot get itself to define evolution as science)
How is this evidence that the incarnated Jesus knows about whether Adam and Eve existed. We know that Jesus does not know all the things the Father knows - I just proved this:Col 1:16 "For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him."
I know what I know from reading the Bible.We know
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