If the Bible doesn't fit the yardstick of man's understanding, then the Bible must be re-interpreted and massaged until it does so. Hmmm... sorta like our Constitution and Bill of Rights in the hands of lib judges. Interesting parallel.
The gap theory is simply an attempt to make the Bible fit current scientific theory.
The problem I have with it is that it assumes the the science and understanding of man is the yardstick by which all things must be measured. If the Bible doesn't fit the yardstick of man's understanding, then the Bible must be re-interpreted and massaged until it does so.
Actually, the gap theory is a theory stating that God supposedly created the earth and the pre-adamites long before he restored the earth from the chaos that it was in when the Spirit of God hovered over the waters in Genesis 1:1-2.
This theory states that earth is billions of years old, but the present race of humans came around 10,000 years ago.
If the Bible doesn't fit the yardstick of man's understanding, then the Bible must be re-interpreted and massaged until it does so. Hmmm... sorta like our Constitution and Bill of Rights in the hands of lib judges. Interesting parallel.
Nothing in the Bible disagrees with a pre Adam anything. It's just silent about it.
Arguinig from silence is not an attractive activity for the thoughtful.
There are lots of strange things in the earth's history--including a civilization on the Western India coast having flying craft and probably nukes a VERY long time ago.
But there's a wide diversity of evidence of pre Adam critters and even civilizations.
Doesn't alter a single bit of truth in The Bible.
May rattle some ASSUMPTIONS of SOME Believers. But that's a very different matter.
The Messianic Sacrifice theory was simply an attempt to make the life of Jesus Christ fit into the Old Testament.
The fact that it is a good fit doesn't change the motivation.
All truth is G-d's truth. If scientific theory and the Bible appear to disagree, we are either mis-interpreting the data, the Bible, or both.
The Gap Theory postulates that we are mis-interpreting the Bible. I haven't formed a final judgement on its accuracy (and feel no need to at present), but there is nothing wrong with such an exercise.
Shalom.
Exactly. The Bible is not in the least bit ambiguous on these topics and these debates arise only as a result of trying to squeeze God into the mold cast by foolish men who think they're smarter.
MM