Fw: Ge.1(first, second, third, fourth day, etc)

Brian Dean bridean@worldnet.att.net
Sat, 14 Mar 1998 02:27:48 -0500 (00889882068, 19980314071928.AAA290@briandea) 


>RON

>As I believe I suggested it makes no difference to me whether God

>created the universe in 24 hour increments or not. God is the Master

>of time. He controls it and exists also outside of it. He could have

>speeded it up if He wished. It is irrelevant to the fact that He did it. 

>Frankly, the creation is totally beyond our present conception and

>understanding. The book of Genesis is simply an attempt to communicate

>eternal truths in human finite language and terms of a particular point 

>in history. You simply cannot rule out the human element and

>authorship of Scripture which coexists with the revelation of God. He

>did not employ automatons to write the Scriptures. He spoke through

>people who had a particular paradigm of reality. We cannot ignore this facet 

>when interpreting Scripture.

>

>SJW

>So Ron, you are saying that it doesn't matter what may be the truth in

>the "creation" of the universe the fact is that the bible was written

>by people in a certain place at a certain time under certain

>circumstances and we should take everything written in the book with a

>grain of salt?  Why should we think that the account of Jesus'

>resurrection is any different than the account of the creation?  You

>can't say that some parts of the bible are to be interpreted literally

>and other parts should not.


RON
  What I am saying is that the Genesis account of the Creation is an 
attempt to describe an event that is beyond our understanding, in human 
terms. This doesn't mean that the event did not literally happen. Just 
that the events were described in the limited vocabulary of that time 
could not encompass the event. The resurrection accounts, on the other 
hand, describe historical events that we can fully understand.