I am not a liberal.
I am not an atheist.
I am not a Deist.
I am not “selling” anything.
I am pointing out that while science cannot and will not ever contradict what Scripture actually says, it certainly can make mince meat out of the silly interpretations that creationist zealots make of it.
For example, Prov 104:5, obviously doesn’t mean that the Earth does not move in relation to other celestial bodies. I do not deny scripture by saying the Earth moves, I deny the interpretation that Prov 104:5 means more than what it actually says.
Prov 104:5 HE set the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be moved.
I am not a liberal.
I am not an atheist.
I am not a Deist.
I am not “selling” anything.
I am pointing out that while science cannot and will not ever contradict what Scripture actually says, it certainly can make mince meat out of the silly interpretations that creationist zealots make of it.
For example, Prov 104:5, obviously doesn’t mean that the Earth does not move in relation to other celestial bodies. I do not deny scripture by saying the Earth moves, I deny the interpretation that Prov 104:5 means more than what it actually says.
Prov 104:5 HE set the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be moved.
I think you’d be better served by interpreting what scripture means for yourself, and not worry so much about what other people are doing.
First of all, I think you’re talking about Psalms here, and not Proverbs. And there’s a huge difference.
Psalms are best understood if read as if poetry, not etched in stone fact.
Have you ever read the entire Psalm (104)?
In the 2nd verse it describes how God is wrapped in light as if clothing. Somehow I can’t imagine any “creation zealot” thinking of light as clothing.
I don’t know of any “creation zealot” that looks at the 10th verse as meaning the earth is fixed, particularly if they understand it’s indeed a psalm and not a proverb. If they do, you might recommend they try a Student Bible, as it helps explain in modern language what each book of the Bible is.
For instance, “foundations” could mean different things to different people for one thing...to say a young man has good foundations could mean anything from he’s got good up-bringing to big feet, depending on who’s interpreting “foundations”, his grandmother or his basketball coach.
In this case, I interpret the earth has been set the way it has, by God and can not be altered.
A foundation need not necessarily be stationery either.