You state that there was a "Big Bang", therefore calling God a liar, who says that the earth was created before the sun, moon, and stars, thus making YOU the liar.
The creation God left behind shows us there was a great flash of light, an origin. I don't believe the six days are actually intended as an ordered account of "this then that". Considering the numbers are cardinal rather than ordinal in the original Hebrew, its a reasonable assumption. Plus the verb translated "to create", may not actually mean that . . .
Unfortunately because you only look at the English text and are unaware of your own cultural bias you've rendered yourself incapable of sitting down to figure out what Genesis 1 is ACTUALLY saying.
Again, you prove you have no faith. Hebrews 11:3 is quite clear. Exodus 20:11 is believed by those in the faith. Those in the faith first believe God, not man.
There's nothing incongruous about the Big bang and Hebrews 11:3. I really don't understand why you think so. It's not like you could SEE any of the particles involved anyway. And obviously I think God has and continues to ordain and sustain ALL of creation.
As for Exodus, do you believe God laid down and RESTED on the seventh day, like a human would?
They do not attempt to recreate what the Bible says, to line up with science.
I do not do that. YOU do!
| And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. |
| In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. |
Do you believe there's a vault in the sky with windows? If not You're "making God into a liar" in your own scheme of things. If you try to explain these in light of science, then you are doing the same thing you accuse me of.
Those who do, make science their god, which is what you worship, and not God.
Guess you're in that category. I don't modify scripture to fit science. I take it for what it is, ancient descriptions that are not meant to teach science, but WERE meant to teach theology and order. Genesis 1 is a semi-poetic structure that specifically attacks pagan, polytheistic ideas in the Ancient Near East. When viewed in that light it becomes an even more amazing document, showing God's training and molding of His people to spread His message.
There is no "gap" and there is no "Big Bang".
How can you be sure there is no Gap between Genesis 2:2 and Genesis 2:4? They are two entirely separate accounts.
The foundation of the Gospel message rests on the truth presented in the creation account, and man's disobedience when death entered the world.
Man's fall does not require the earth to be 6000 years old.
There are no fossils older than around 6,000 years.
And this is the problem. You are the one putting science on a pedestal. Because you believe scientific knowledge is just as important (probably more important the way you are acting) than spiritual understanding, you think the Bible MUST teach science or it is "wrong". I don't think science is actually that important. You've bought into modern scientific empiricism more than I have, and that's what's really sad, because you don't even realize it.
Your worldview is not the Bible's worldview. The Bible tells us, by the way it speaks, that science isn't that important. Science will not be anyone's savior, it will not tell us how God wants us to live our lives or to treat others. Science deals with the workings of the physical world. The Bible isn't concerned with those things. And this is because we can figure them out for ourselves using the mind and tools that God gave us. We could never figure out the salvation story using science.
The crux of the Gospel is laid out in Romans 5. Unless it is a literal account of His-story, then the rest of the Bible is worthless.
Again . . .an old earth does not necessarily negate Adam's role in mankind. There are almost an innumerable variety of views That can accommodate an old earth and original sin. You are not God Sozo.
You, do not have power to condemn anyone. You may think you have a perfect understanding of scripture to back up your assertions. But nowhere in scripture is it said that one must believe in a literal 6000 year old earth to stay out of hell.
However there are plenty of verses against, judging others, slander, and hateful speech.
