Religious Righters, including evangelicals, here in Texas and elsewhere,
teach that the Bible isinerrant, and must be interpreted literally.
Christian Fundamentalists like John Hagee, Pat Roberson, and departed
Jerry Farrell, have taught throughout their ministries that the world
was created by God in 6 days, and God rested on the 7th day. As part of
creation, God made Adam, who was the first man ever, and the Bible's
starting point for recorded history. Tracing Adam's creation to current
times, using the Bible as the history book, results in a world that is
only 5,000 to 6,000 years old.
Therefore, any Bible believing Religious Righter is compelled to believe
the age of the world to be 5,000 to 6,000 years old, or be found a
hypocrite. LOL
Below are some words of wisdom to consider when faced with such Biblical
quandaries:
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In discussing questions of this kind two rules are to be observed, as
Augustine teaches. The first is, to hold to the truth of Scripture
without wavering. The second is that since Holy Scripture can be
explained in a multiplicity of senses, one should adhere to a particular
explanation only in such measure as to be ready to abandon it if it be
proved with certainty to be false, lest Holy Scripture be exposed to the
ridicule of unbelievers, and obstacles be placed to their believing.
---- Saint Thomas Aquinas
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I haven't gotten into a current movement in many Christian circles
regarding creation by "intelligent design". Below is an excerpt covering
the Bible's version of creation:
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Genesis 1
New International Version (NIV)
The Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the
earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep,
and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw
that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And
there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 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.
9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place,
and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground
“land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it
was good.
11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants
and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to
their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation:
plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit
with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to
separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark
sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault
of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two
great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to
govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault
of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the
night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was
good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let
birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God
created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which
the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds,
and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was
good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number
and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the
earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to
their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground,
and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God
made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according
to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground
according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so
that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,
over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the
creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in
number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and
the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the
ground.”
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of
the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will
be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the
birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the
ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green
plant for food.” And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was
evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
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Regards,
LelandJ
On 03/20/2013 04:05 PM, Geoff Flight wrote:
The 5000 year story (actually 6000 years to be correct) is no more than one
man's rather fanciful work and the Bible itself says no such thing. I move
heavily in church circles and know no one that actually believes it. Maybe
in redneck wonderland it is common, but outside of there it is a theological
curiosity that no one takes seriously and frankly, never did.
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Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2013 2:37 AM
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Subject: Re: [OT] Michael Madigan's daughter in the news :-)
I should have said "21st" century, LOL, but getting back to our topic, it
does appear the extreme right is beginning to moderate, after the crushing
Republican defeats in the last two presidential elections. I'm no longer
hearing Religious Righters, hear in Texas, screaming that the Biblical
creation of the world only 5,000 year ago be taught in public school, along
side the more scientific, traditional version of the same.
Below is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the NY Times this
morning:
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Excerpt:
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, a Tea Party Republican, on Tuesday became the
latest to embrace a more welcoming approach, declaring to the nation’s 11
million illegal immigrants that if they want to work in America, “then we
will find a place for you.”
While he never uttered the word “citizenship” and said a secure border must
come first, Mr. Paul strongly implied that citizenship would eventually be
available to them.
Republican sentiment for a more liberal immigration policy has been building
in the aftermath of last year’s election. But Mr. Paul’s comments provided
strong new evidence that the rising generation of conservative leaders is
turning against the Republican argument that those who enter the country
illegally should be denied the chance to become permanent residents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/us/politics/gop-opposition-to-immigration-
law-is-falling-away.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130320&_r=0
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Regards,
LelandJ
On 03/20/2013 10:46 AM, Michael Madigan wrote:
The 2100 century is only 207,900 years away.
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From: lelandj <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] Michael Madigan's daughter in the news :-)
On 03/20/2013 06:46 AM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
El 19/03/13 12:48, Michael Madigan escribió:
She's my bastard child, her mother raised her to be a Liberal since
I didn't pay child support,
Nope! You won't get away that easy. It says here you are a Dem.
I always thought your stupid rants where just a devious way of driving
people AWAY from the extreme right. I was spot on, it seems.
The extreme right, including the religious righters, are the Neanderthal
of the 2100 century. Neanderthal Man's lack of evolution resulted in their
conquest and eventual assimilation by a more genetically fit man. Like the
Neanderthal, that became extent so long ago, the extreme right must
evolve/progress to face the realities of today's world, or be doomed to
extinction.
Regards,
LelandJ
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