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To: Persevero

Then you don’t need any evidence for a young earth. I am still wondering what Broun’s evidence is for a young earth. The simulation could have started 10 days ago for all we know. If you elect to start the simulation with Adam and Eve 9,000 years ago, then God froze the entire fossil record including the multitude of examples of predation in place (animals eating one another) for what reason? He also decided to freeze in place numerous examples of primates and early hominids. To test our faith?

You are aware that both the Old and New Testament went through a culling process in which many contemporary writings were not included. In addition in the Bible we have today actually has different sacred books if you are a Protestant, Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, or Mormon. Also many passages in both the Old and New Testament refer to other books which are now lost, but should be thought of as canonical (why else refer to them unless they were the inspired word of God). Many leading theologians have had heartburn with the scriptures that remained after the culling process (James’ Epistle of straw as Martin Luther said).
Remember the church has gotten science horribly before (geocentric versus heliocentric solar system for example).


109 posted on 10/10/2012 2:56:02 PM PDT by exhaustguy
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To: exhaustguy

I do not defend the inspiration of the church. Churches are fallible; God is not. I do defend the inspiration of Scripture.

The arguments you make are questioning the inspiration of Scripture. These arguments have been made since the beginning of time. Indeed, the fall in the Garden of Eden, which I also believe happened, began with questioning God’s word - the Serpent said to Eve, “Yea, hath God said?” And of course Eve decided to question God’s word, and the rest is history.

If you want to cite nebulous culling errors, exclusion of contemporary writings, extra stuff from Hindus, Mormons, the apogrypha, continued prophecy for today, whatever, you are in large company. Most of the world denies that the Bible is God’s final and authoritative and only written word. I am however a Bible believing Christian, and that is what makes me different from the majority of the world.


112 posted on 10/10/2012 3:37:34 PM PDT by Persevero (Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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