[ebb tide]

Ping

[chuckles]

If you can't believe Genesis 1, how can you believe Jesus rose from the dead or was conceived by the Holy Spirit? You don't get to choose what you take and what you reject. It's all written by the Holy Spirit. You are saved by faith. Faith in what? Whatever you want to believe? No, Faith in something not in the Bible is idol worship. You have carved out an idol as sure as carving a piece of wood. Denominations are "traditions of men". Most of the arguments on faith is what someone interprets what's in the Scriptures.

If we can't believe in Genesis 1, we will miss much of what the rest of the Bible says.

[imardmd1]

Too much. Post ib digestible segments next time.

[ealgeone]

Here's part of your problem....https://www.catholic.com/tract/creation-and-genesis

Catholics are at liberty to believe that creation took a few days or a much longer period, according to how they see the evidence, and subject to any future judgment of the Church (Pius XII’s 1950 encyclical Humani Generis 36–37).

Your OWN denomination's position is the problem.

[ealgeone]

It is interesting to note that the document does not provide a Biblical reference to justify this last statement, which appears to contradict the instructions Christ actually gave to His apostles, which was to preach “penance and the remission of sins” in His name unto all nations (Lu 24:47).

Another mis-translation of the Greek on Rome's part leading to more bad theology.

The Douay Rheims is the only major translation that renders the passage in this manner.

The key word in the Greek Rome mis-translates is μετάνοιαν:

Cognate: 3341 metánoia – literally, "a change of mind" ("after-thought"); repentance. See 3340 /metanoeō ("repent").https://biblehub.com/greek/3341.htm.

It is another example of Rome's poor handling of the Scriptures.