“I confess, even though I read the thread-article several times, I don’t really get the point of it, and so have only focused my remarks on the usual debate over science in general and evolution specifically.”
Spirited: The entire essay boils down to one overarching point: Did God speak?
If He did, then we know some specifics of how He created because He imparted this knowledge to Moses. Whoever believes He really did speak will submit their wills to His authority and not to the philosophy, theories and science of men whose intellects have been corrupted since the fall.
If on the other hand, God did not speak then the entire Bible, including Christ’s work on the cross, is reduced to the ruminations of ancient people and modern men are free to speak in place of God.
Between these two positions, I stand firmly upon the first while BroJoeK stands on the second since he obviously does not believe God spoke.
“What did God mean by this or that” is a different kind of question from “Did God say this or that at all?” The first is a high minded question. The second is a Satanically minded question. Don’t conflate the two.