"That argument is so pathetic I'm astounded that you bother to put it up.
If Matthew were referring to more than one angel he wouldn't say "the angel", he'd say "one of the angels"."
Again, logic isn't your strong suit. When someone states there are TWO angels OBVIOULSY there is atleast ONE. How somoen expresses that doesn't have to be in your choice of words. I realize you think highly of yourself but I allow the author to express themself in their choice of words. Good grief!
"Don't blame us for poor english translations if you are going to claim that the original Hebrew says something different."
I don't "blame" you for anything except bad comprehension skills. You don't even need the Hebrew to read plain English! This is an OBVIOUS problem on your part - reading and comprehension as well as the usual - LOGIC.
"No wonder we can't just read the text. We have to sit down with an expert who can explain to us why it isn't contradictory, really."
Perhaps YOU do. Others don't. They can simply read it for what it says. If you weren't so arrogant and blinded by your emotion you too might be able to read a simple sentence.
The Gospels demonstrate that it is necessary to take the exact meaning of the words in the Bible with a grain of salt. Genesis, interpreted in this light, allows plenty of room for God to have created Evolution. No problem.
When I made this point in an earlier post, a reply was, "so you don't mind teaching ID in schools". No, that's not the point at all.
You could say that God "designed" life, but if He did, then His mechanisim for doing so was Evolution. That doesn't mean that you get up in front of a class and say that "God made life". That's what you do in church.
In the same manner that God could have created life via Evolution, then God made it rain, and God introduced you to your wife, or litterally any little thing you can imagine. But you don't teach in school that "God made it rain". You teach about water evaporating and condensing and falling out of the sky.
What I really don't get is why it is so important that public schools teach that "God did it" with regard to species? Why can't it be left to schools to teach about Evolution, and churches to say that "God created life through Evolution". What's the problem with that?