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To: Sola Veritas

Gen 1 is close enough considering the non-scientific nature of the culture and the language. Day is an indefinite period of time confirmed by Gen 2:4.

The Adam story is an attempt to explain where we came from, adapted from a pagan story that was told many centuries before.

To take either Gen 1 or Gen 2 in a simplistic manner without injecting the milleu of the time of writing and the spiritual aspect is just plain silly.


75 posted on 01/10/2005 5:56:16 PM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
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To: shubi
To take either Gen 1 or Gen 2 in a simplistic manner without injecting the milleu of the time of writing and the spiritual aspect is just plain silly.

The same applies by definition to criticisms of Genesis...or of any Biblical material for that matter;
come to think of it, of any writing by any time or place not sharing the philosophical presuppositions of our culture. :-)

Full Disclosure: Those folks dressed up in Zoot Suits in--what was it-- the 1920's or so, sure thought they were the epitome of fashion. But they look like world-class dorks now! 80 years from now, people will be laughing at US.

By extension, it's a fair bet that the same type of thing will occur in philosophy.

Cheers!

337 posted on 02/01/2005 4:20:56 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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