“In a manner suitable for a primitive people to understand, God took credit for having created everything.”
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard... well, this morning anyway (don’t feel bad; I haven’t heard much yet).
I’m not sure if you meant to frame it this way, but “God took credit” suggests that He was misleading or lying about His role in creation just to make it easy on the cavemen. Lying or misleading goes completely against the nature of God.
Your personal feelings on whether a person can “form hard opinions” “concerning creation” are irrelevant. I don’t thing anyone is arguing here (at least not me) whether the Bible is a science book. This is an argument brought up time and again by the DU’ers here on FR to try and prove the Bible is not valid. Not the first time I’ve heard it.
I don’t believe you or I are smart enough to determine the motives of God in a particular scriptural statement. “In the beginning GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.” Adam would not have argued with this statement, and I think this brings up the question, “Who’s the primitive one here?”
By the way... that’s one fancy leaf-blower you got there.
Ok. Let me rephrase it. God told a primitive people in a manner which they could understand that he created the heavens, earth and all things in it.
Your personal feelings on whether a person can “form hard opinions” “concerning creation” are irrelevant.
How so? The article was about intelligent design and I merely pointed out that scripture is insufficiently detailed to say that is the manner by which God chose to carry out his creation.
I don’t believe you or I are smart enough to determine the motives of God in a particular scriptural statement.
We can certainly agree on that.
“In the beginning GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.” Adam would not have argued with this statement
Where's the argument? God doesn't say how he did it, just that he did it. Your quote is consistent with the big bang theory as the heavens and earth emerged before life.