Evolution Roll Call

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by ILG

So, you believe that some of the Bible is inaccurate then. (Not critisizing, just pointing out the obvious!)

How does an old Universe water down Scripture?

The problem is that many have latched onto a specific interpretation of creation (the young earth one) and are then forced to somehow fit every discovery and subsequent interpretation of scripture into that mold. Flat Earthers do the same thing. They start with the premise that the Earth is flat and then have to make everything else fit into that view -most often looking like a Chinese contortionist in the process.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by My Own Eyes

Sounds like me, but I don't remember saying it...check with Timmy or Brad Murphy.

Seriously though, that is a very good example on why I have many issues with the Bible, that seem almost impossible to reconcile. To be honest, of late I have just decided to "let it go" so to speak. If God wants me to understand the things that confuse me, and to know with confidence the things that I doubt, then he will show me in His own time. In the meantime, I am content to just abide...

It was written by Bart D. Ehrman in his book God's Problem; How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question-Why We Suffer.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

How does an old Universe water down Scripture?

The problem is that many have latched onto a specific interpretation of creation (the young earth one) and are then forced to somehow fit every discovery and subsequent interpretation of scripture into that mold. Flat Earthers do the same thing. They start with the premise that the Earth is flat and then have to make everything else fit into that view -most often looking like a Chinese contortionist in the process.

I was taught from the very beginning that God told Adam to REplenish the earth, meaning something was there beforehand.