My problem isn’t with taking the entire bible literally. My problem is with taking so much literally, such as declaring war on science by insisting the world doesn’t seem to be billions of years old, but dismissing so much of Jesus’ actual words and the revelations made to his disciples as “merely symbolic.”
By the way, I don’t mean to say that God didn’t create the world in seven days. What’s a day mean before the Earth is even set in motion around the sun? Or maybe God made the Earth merely look 5 billion years old so we could learn science and also put our faith in him. I dunno. I do know that claims that the Earth is APPARENTLY only a few thousand years old are utter dreck.
You may find this interesting.
The Age of the Universe: One Reality Viewed from Two Different Perspectives
https://aish.com/the-age-of-the-universe-one-reality-viewed-from-two-different-perspectives/
Age of the Universe: 6 bil. yrs. = 6 Days?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/religion/844089/posts
Schroeder addresses the issue from the position that both are correct, it’s a matter of relativity and observer location. I understand he’s Jewish and knows Hebrew and he does a great job of going into detail about the Hebrew text and what can be gleaned from that.
Considering what we’ve become aware of recently concerning *science* and the fraud rife within the scientific community, and that science is only as good as the latest discovery, it’s best to not use it as the standard by which to measure anything, much less the veracity of Scripture.
I think it’s less about *religion* declaring war on science, than science declaring war on religion.
And insisting that J*sus was conceived seedlessly, born to a virgin, and passed through her side so as to avoid bursting her hymen isn't "declaring war on science?"
A dead man coming back to life isn't "declaring war on science?"
Water magically turning into wine isn't "declaring war on science?"
Insisting that bread magically turns into human flesh isn't "declaring war on science?"
Just how does only the "old" testament "declare war on science" when it is interpreted literally?
but dismissing so much of Jesus’ actual words and the revelations made to his disciples as “merely symbolic.”
The Five Books of Moses are G-d's actual words. Bet you didn't know that. Bet you still don't believe it.
By the way, I don’t mean to say that God didn’t create the world in seven days.
Sure you didn't. That's why you're b*tching about it.
Modern chrstianity's hatred of the Hebrew Bible is really something.