Yeah, and its a good point(s). A couple of things though,
“Otherwise, OECs just have the earth sitting in empty space for assumed vast periods of time for no apparent reason.”
A reason I can see is the earth might’ve had to cool from a molten state and adsorb a number of meteor hits like the moon has before the earth reached the condition of Gen.!:2.
How long was that? Unknown if 1:1 is a statement of the origins of heaven and earth before the preparation of the earth for habitation by man.
I skipped ahead to this comment because I want to take this up with you at a later time.
“The third assumption OECs must make is that the reference to creating the sun, moon and stars on the 4th Day does not represent an actual act of creation, but merely an act of revealing.”
Before I come back to you I would ask a favor, an easy one:
Would you look up the meaning of at least three words? (1) create Gen.1:1,
(2)made Gen. 1:7, 16 and (3) set Gen. 1:17.
It has a bearing on the subject and it’s easier for you to look them up than for me to copy and paste.
Here’s where to look:
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Dictionary - HTML BibleKing James Bible Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Dictionary Index. Send To Printer. Hebrew Dictionary, Greek Dictionary. 1 (’ab) to 100 (’agmown) ...
www.sacrednamebible.com/kjvstrongs/STRINDEX.htm - 14k
Just find “Main Bible Index” and go from there.
I use this site as it’s easy to navigate.
If you’ll do that then we can take our discussion a bit further. Agreed?
Excellent post and excellent idea. The problem is that Young-Earth Creationists do not like it when you point out that they're wrongly interpreting the Bible to fit their Dark Ages belief. Show them real research and you'll be called a boot-licker of the Temple of the Cult of Darwin in no time at all.
But then you are assuming the naturalist's POV that the earth was formed in a molten state. Add another assumption to your model.
"If you’ll do that then we can take our discussion a bit further. Agreed?"
Looks like you are in line with what I said in my initial post, so go ahead and get to your point.