Message Forum: Re: six days

Re: six days

Posted By: Don the Monkeyman, on host 24.70.0.3
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2001, at 11:35:23
In Reply To: six days posted by kerploppus on Thursday, October 25, 2001, at 10:44:05:

> For those of you that believe that God created the world:
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> Do you think He created the earth and everything on it in the space of six literal days or that God had some other method for creation and the six days as stated in the Bible is purely figurative? I have done a fair amount of research on this and while it is not a critical part of Christianity as it is difficult to prove absolutely, I'm interested in some reasons why people believe what they do.
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> I'll give my opinion after some other people respond because if you haven't really thought about it I'd prefer to keep your opinion impartial.
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> -- kerploppus
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> p.s. -- If you don't believe God created the world at all then please start another post because I don't really want to start that debate here. Thanks!

My quick disclaimer on the subject: I don't claim to have any special insight, and I do not stand firm on my beliefs on this subject. I am typically content to accept that God created the earth, and to allow the means and the time in which He did it to be a mystery that I can wait to hear the answer to.

Disclaimers aside, I favor a non-literal interpretation of the six days. Unfortunately, I do not have a good study Bible, and my memory of specific scriptures is poor, but there is one that comes to mind where it is said that a day to God is like a thousand years. This says, to me, that What God would refer to as a "day" may not be the same thing that we would refer to as a day. The supporting argument that I have heard for this states that although the Bible is divinely inspired, it still had to be transcribed by men and written in human language, and our limited communicative abilities force God to simplify some things for us, which would be why the day would have been used as the span of time.

I realize that the idea is not very well-supported, but as I said, I don't hold to it as a matter of great importance. There is another argument that I heard once which supports the idea of an old earth as well, but I only have vague memories of it, and would rather not try to discuss it without the supporting evidence.

Don "Short, simple, not very well thought out--I seem to have found my niche." Monkey

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Message:	> > For those of you that believe that God created the world: > > > > Do you think He created the earth and everything on it in the space of six literal days or that God had some other method for creation and the six days as stated in the Bible is purely figurative? I have done a fair amount of research on this and while it is not a critical part of Christianity as it is difficult to prove absolutely, I'm interested in some reasons why people believe what they do. > > > > I'll give my opinion after some other people respond because if you haven't really thought about it I'd prefer to keep your opinion impartial. > > > > -- kerploppus > > > > p.s. -- If you don't believe God created the world at all then please start another post because I don't really want to start that debate here. Thanks! > > My quick disclaimer on the subject: I don't claim to have any special insight, and I do not stand firm on my beliefs on this subject. I am typically content to accept that God created the earth, and to allow the means and the time in which He did it to be a mystery that I can wait to hear the answer to. > > Disclaimers aside, I favor a non-literal interpretation of the six days. Unfortunately, I do not have a good study Bible, and my memory of specific scriptures is poor, but there is one that comes to mind where it is said that a day to God is like a thousand years. This says, to me, that What God would refer to as a "day" may not be the same thing that we would refer to as a day. The supporting argument that I have heard for this states that although the Bible is divinely inspired, it still had to be transcribed by men and written in human language, and our limited communicative abilities force God to simplify some things for us, which would be why the day would have been used as the span of time. > > I realize that the idea is not very well-supported, but as I said, I don't hold to it as a matter of great importance. There is another argument that I heard once which supports the idea of an old earth as well, but I only have vague memories of it, and would rather not try to discuss it without the supporting evidence. > > Don "Short, simple, not very well thought out--I seem to have found my niche." Monkey
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