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To: GourmetDan
You are just afraid of the ridicule you will receive from men if you subscribe to a 6,000 year-old creation as taught by the Bible.

I'm not one bit concerned with the opinions of men or you about me. Nor have I said I know how old the earth is. You said you know, you claimed creation was 7 24 hour days. Do you think if G D choose to, HE could have created the universe and all in it in the twinkling of an eye, I have no doubt that HE could. Besides James Ussher (1581-1656) came up with the 6000 year old earth, not the Bible. I will continue to believe that the days of creation are of undetermined length, an evening and a morning of unknown to me hours and you do as you please.
217 posted on 06/28/2007 12:50:49 PM PDT by smug (Free Ramos and Compean:)
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To: smug
"I'm not one bit concerned with the opinions of men or you about me. Nor have I said I know how old the earth is."

Sure you are. You're afraid to say how old the earth is because, having thrown out the literal interpretation, nothing that you say can be supported; so you say nothing to avoid being ridiculed.

"You said you know, you claimed creation was 7 24 hour days. Do you think if G D choose to, HE could have created the universe and all in it in the twinkling of an eye, I have no doubt that HE could."

Looks like our roles are reversed, because I think he did it just like it says in Genesis. In 6 24-hour days. You think God must have done it any way *except* the way he says he did in Genesis. And you claim the you 'believe the Bible as written'? Funny.

"Besides James Ussher (1581-1656) came up with the 6000 year old earth, not the Bible."

He didn't 'come up with' a 6,000 year old earth out of thin air. He merely added up the timelines recorded *in the Bible*. It is men who laugh and ridicule Ussher's work because *men* say the earth is any age *except* that recorded in the Bible. God could do anything *except* what is in Genesis.

"I will continue to believe that the days of creation are of undetermined length, an evening and a morning of unknown to me hours and you do as you please."

Again, it looks like our roles are reversed. You are the one 'doing as you please' simply because *men* say that the earth is any age *except* that recorded in the Bible. I am the one who 'believes the Bible as written'. 'Evening and morning' make it pretty clear that 24-hour days are intended. Unless you think the earth took millions of years to complete one rotation in the past, but that becomes pretty foolish pretty quickly.

Hopefully you won't try to confuse people anymore by saying you 'believe the Bible as written' and then denying that creation was recorded as taking 6 24-hour days.

218 posted on 06/28/2007 2:16:44 PM PDT by GourmetDan
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