How long did it take God to say "let there be light?" David? You and I both know the answer to that question. Tell me again that "day" and "the evening and the morning" mark out literal 24 hour periods when the whole of creation, taken in literal biblical terms , only took seconds to speak into existence. You are defending an impossible notion and have too much pride to admit it. Sad.
jd
JD wrote:
> And virtually all of my argumentation was
> of a contextual in nature. There was no
> appeal to cultural or outside sources.
> How is it that you missed this?
There was no direct contextual evidence in your presentation that the
meaning should be taken figuratively. Let me put it another way. If the
Holy Spirit was trying to communicate to us a sequence of events that took
millions of years, then it seems to me that he is not a very good
communicator. The use of First Day, Second Day, etc. and Evening and
Morning are time references that are not normally indicative of millions of
years. Was he trying to be mysterious or ambiguous in your opinion?
David Miller
> And virtually all of my argumentation was
> of a contextual in nature. There was no
> appeal to cultural or outside sources.
> How is it that you missed this?
There was no direct contextual evidence in your presentation that the
meaning should be taken figuratively. Let me put it another way. If the
Holy Spirit was trying to communicate to us a sequence of events that took
millions of years, then it seems to me that he is not a very good
communicator. The use of First Day, Second Day, etc. and Evening and
Morning are time references that are not normally indicative of millions of
years. Was he trying to be mysterious or ambiguous in your opinion?
David Miller
