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To: truthfinder9
You are the one saying the years are vague, that the Lord made the earth in 6 days means the Lord made the earh in some much longer, unknown time period. That's a crazy interpretation. All the examples you try to compare it to are specific and exact.

Regarding Leviticus and the Sabbath year, you do not read, "...for the Lord created the earth in six years and on the seventh year He rested."

You are willfully misinterpreting it to fit your theory.

You didn't answer my questions. How long do you figure it will take God to make a new heaven and a new earth, as foretold in Scripture that He will do? What about all the other miracles of the Bible? How long did those take?

24 posted on 11/19/2005 1:48:29 PM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past ("The President and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Boy, are you dense. I didn't say the years are vague. What don't you get about symbolism and patterns? The bible uses the 7 day pattern as a symbol, not a literal construct. Leviticus 25:1-4 uses the pattern but uses years. It's such a simple example of the use of patterns and symbols in the bible, but you don't get it because someone convinced you young-earthism was true.

As for you other questions, they're irrelevant. Nice try with the red herrings though.


30 posted on 11/21/2005 1:19:32 PM PST by truthfinder9
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

[You didn't answer my questions.]

Actually, when I thought about it again, it seems you don't understand the nature of time or God.

From God's perspective, he doesn't take any time at all. Many young-earthers ask "Why would god 'take' millions of years?" By the same token we could then ask, "Why would he 'take' 6 days?"

An old universe and evolution are two different things. The age of the universe actually figures into powerful evidences for design. In any case, a being outside of time wouldn't 'take' any time, it's only from our time-bound perspective that time passes.


32 posted on 11/21/2005 2:02:29 PM PST by truthfinder9
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