Who says Jesus lied? I certainly did not. Neither did I say “there is no Truth in Genesis.” Rather, my point is that to narrowly focus on the superficial aspects of Scripture is to DENY the deeper truths contained therein ... and I think this type of debate (eg whether there is scientific explanation for these people to have lived 900 years, etc.) is such a narrow focus.
> . and I think this type of debate (eg whether there is
> scientific explanation for these people to have lived 900
> years, etc.) is such a narrow focus.
If you work in the engineering community, as I do, any logical inconsistency discredits the whole premise. Unless you have a clear grasp of the scientific aspects of the Genesis account, then you are helpless when trying to bring the witness of the Gospel to these types of people.
The scientists and researchers at ICR have encountered these challenges all their professional lives. ICR was established as a means to answer the negations of the Genesis Flood and of Special Creation by the prevailing atheistic, humanistic “science” that became dominant in the mid-20th Century.
ICR even contributes its own original research with papers on the human genome, Radiometric Decay and the Age of the Earth, Pollonium halos, and other genuine scientific inquiries and studies.
If you follow modern physics, the very nature of reality itself is coming into question. Atheistic physicists are stunned by what seems to be the underlying metaphysical nature of the Universe. I’ve heard one physicist say, “It’s as if we’re living in a vast holographic projection.” (Let there be light)
Niels Bohr said, “Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.”