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To: DungeonMaster
DungeonMaster quoting Jeremiah 2:27: 'Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth..."

To be clear, Jeremiah is here rebuking Israel's worship of wooden and stone idols, not some theory of natural science.

Indeed, the Bible arguably confirms evolution theory when it says: Genesis 2:7 "Then the Lord God formed a man[c] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."

Of course the Bible does not tell us to worship (!!) the "dust of the ground", but neither does it forbid us from studying natural processes which could make that happen.

39 posted on 09/06/2016 2:14:19 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK
DungeonMaster quoting Jeremiah 2:27: 'Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth..." To be clear, Jeremiah is here rebuking Israel's worship of wooden and stone idols, not some theory of natural science.

Some translations use the word stock and others say tree. Stock can mean tree or animal. It is interesting that you limit this to only mean a physical item carved from wood or stone. The next verse is:

For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’ 28 But where are your gods that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, If they can save you in the time of your trouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah.

Idolatry is not about the object it is about the worship. Ascribing anything to any object or false god or false doctrine that should be ascribed to God is idolatry. So carving a piece of nature and thinking we came from nature or just thinking that we came from matter and time and lower life forms are the same exact thing.

Indeed, the Bible arguably confirms evolution theory when it says: Genesis 2:7 "Then the Lord God formed a man[c] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."

It is very disappointing that you read the bible and think the word dust translates to a whole 15 billion year theory of evolution which is in a completely different order from the 6 days of creation.

40 posted on 09/06/2016 5:35:01 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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