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How does this bring anyone closer to Christ? I don't really care how we got here. God seems to use nature to do things and it's pretty clear that nature chose evolution. The more interesting question is "why".
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Step 2. Look at all scripture for what its real purpose is: Bringing us to Christ, not as literal history/science/etc/etc/etc. Scripture is *so* much more interesting and inspiring when you look at it this way.
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Wait a minute. Yesterday you were arguing that problems reconciling Genesis with science were merely a result of "translation error".
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Yes! A very important angle to frequently try.
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I did not attempt to extend "translation error" to cover any of the other creation particulars. |
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Let me see if I have this straight: The part about the six days or "creation periods" is literal except except for a slight discrepency due to a translation error. But the rest is just allegory. Gotcha.
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I put forth the example of the "6 days" as something that was clearly figurative. Some have tried to interpret the "6 days" as the literal timeframe in which God created the earth and the heavens. I pointed out that was clearly false and that an obvious translation error was the source of the misunderstanding. I did not attempt to extend this 'translation error approach' to anything else dealing with the creation story and its literalism/symbolism. I really have a hard time figuring out why or where you're taking issue with this. |
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