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Science and the Bible do not contradict each other at all. The only real contradictions are the traditions of man and Jesus warns us about this. Many times I have had people try to show a contradiction and they ultimately always fail to accomplish their objective.
The Hasidic say that the Oral tradition goes back to Abraham and even Adam. Often the Bible was oral for a very long time. For example the Psalm that Moses wrote was not actually written down until the time of David when the Psalms were written.
The hasidic may say that, but the historical evidence indicates the "oral torah" originated about 200 BC and developed until being codified in th 5th century.
The evil one, the devil, is the author of lies, stealing, killing, hollywood, and all deception.
You're right! Historical evidence suggests that the Oral Torah, as we understand it today, began to take shape around 200 BC and continued to develop until it was codified in the 5th century CE1. This period saw the compilation of key texts like the Mishnah and the Talmud, which are central to Rabbinic Judaism.
Correct, we may not agree on how Adam and Eve got to the prime of life. But we agree that they were not to age. It is pretty obvious when we see that before Noah they were living to be 1,000 years old. No one seems to know what happened only God said He would limit human life to 120 years.
Thanks for explaining. "Vet" where I live in the UK means something different. It's an abbreviation for "veterinary surgeon," an animal doctor! Sorry about the lateness of this acknowledgment, but I missed your post, and have only just seen it.
I was answering Warden of the Storm who had mentioned something about 6000 years. He said that the bible doesn't mention 6000 years. I agreed, but said that that doesn't mean that the universe must be billions of years old. Some of the features of Creation show that God created a functioning universe. The sun, moon and stars had the God-given purpose of giving light on the earth, so that implies that the light was already reaching the earth at creation, not, as is sometimes claimed, taking millions of years or more for light from the farthest stars to reach earth.
My son, a computer engineer, often reminds me of the precision and exactness of mathematics, akin to the way God describes His Justice as exact and precise. While working on quality control for nano resistors at Wolfspeed, a $15 billion factory, he witnessed firsthand the meticulous nature of science at a microscopic scale. Although things can become complicated and beyond our understanding, it doesn't diminish the precision of the universe. Consider a Tesla, with its 20,000 individual parts, all working together in harmony most of the time. This collaboration exemplifies the precision found in both science and the natural order.
I am a Vietnam era "Vet" also, but I usually do not talk about it. Things were different back in the 70's than they are now. I have a lot of friends with a lot of stories to tell though.
Stephen Jay Gould, along with Niles Eldredge, proposed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in1971. This theory suggests that evolution is characterized by long periods of stability interrupted by short, rapid changes, rather than a slow, continuous process. While this theory doesn't directly challenge catastrophism, it does offer an alternative view to the gradualism that was previously dominant in evolutionary biology. (Wiki)
