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Another thought- not all Christians who interpret the Bible literally believe in a literal 6 days, or in a young earth. The Hebrew language allows for a literal interpretation of the text, and long periods of time.


39 posted on 09/17/2005 2:10:25 PM PDT by rightfielder
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not all Christians who interpret the Bible literally believe in a literal 6 days, or in a young earth.

Which, of course, reveals that the so-called Biblical literalists interpret the Bible idiosyncratically, not literally. Indeed, it is perfect nonsense to claim that there even is a literal interpretation of the Bible that can be uniformly discerned, much less claim that one adheres to such a chimera.

From what I have seen on these threads, the self-proclaimed Biblical literalists who argue an inherent incompatibility between Christianity and the theory of evolution are in fact arguing nothing less than an inherent incompatibility between Christianity and physical reality. They give every indication of being the most inept and disingenuous group of Bible readers extant today.

95 posted on 09/18/2005 9:46:36 AM PDT by atlaw
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