HOW DO YOU SPLIT THIS ATOM?
Point taken, and no offense meant. It was capitalized for emphasis, not shouting, but I see your point an offer any apology needed.
To the point at hand, however, Jeff - please answer the pertinent question that is hanging over this thread like a plague:
How do you split this atom? Once an institution or individual goes down the dangerous path of issuing proclamations about whether or not scripture is true or not, there is no back tracking.
Let's say you and I were debating the majesty and eternal nature of God Himself. I cite Genesis 1: 1-7.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. 6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day."
A Christian who acknowledges that the Bible is 100% true, and that scripture in inerrant, will make deductions and analysis based on those wonderful passages. Here a just a few: there was a time frame for creation involved, and scripture gives a time frame in days, evenings, and mornings. How do we define these? Literal days? The Spirit of God was above the waters.....is this the Holy Spirit of the Trinity? Does the Trinity exist? Did God bring about creation just by speaking?
All great questions, and all marvelous words in scripture that Zionist Conspirator pointed out (as part of the Torah) was dictated by God, probably to Moses.
As I, and Christians, believe the Bible is true, we start our journey there and begin to see the wonder meant and possibilities scripture gives us.
Let us further say our debate involves the work of the brilliant Jewish scientist and MIT physicist, Dr. Gerald Schroeder and his observations and theories about Genesis vis a vis physics:
Dr.Gerald Schroeder Genesis & The Big Bang Theory (1 of 5)
What will a Catholic say in this debate? They cannot cite Genesis as literally true. Hasn't the Catholic church made proclamations and statements that undermine Genesis? Hasn't the Pope himself said as much?
In fact, as a Cardinal, the Pope wrote this:
I'll skip to the end......the bible really doesn't say what it says it does.
So, we have a huge, huge problem here. The Law of Non-contradiction tells us two different viewpoints cannot both be true. The truth as stake here is none other than the character and essence of God Himself.
This is the problem! It is significant beyond measure.