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To: topcat54; Dr. Eckleburg; xzins; blue-duncan; LiteKeeper; Iscool; dartuser; kevinw; JohnnyM; ...
I’m a six-day creationist ala the Westminster Confession position that you quoted.

So does that mean that you hold to a literal creation in the span of six days. (Six spins of the earth in temporal time)?

I fail to see your point in offering Grover Gunn’s comment.

The comment was directed to Dr. Eck. If DeMar can defend the six day creation, young earth and global flood using non-dispensationist hermenutics, then by golly he should write a book about it. Instead he gloms onto the Skeptic's argument as a means of trashing dispensationism rather than refuting the Skeptic's arguments about the young earth and global flood using his own non-dispensationist hermenutics.

DeMar rags on his fellow Christian for appearing to be inconsistent while at the same time offering no arguments of his own that would stand his own test of consistency. In other words the global flood and young earth subject is merely a platform for his denunciation of dispensationism. What a surprise coming from DeMar (/sarc).

If DeMar is a young earth creationist and a global flood believer, one certainly can't tell it from this essay.

47 posted on 08/07/2007 8:17:32 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: P-Marlowe; Dr. Eckleburg
So does that mean that you hold to a literal creation in the span of six days. (Six spins of the earth in temporal time)?

That's what that means.

… then by golly he should write a book about it. Why, just to satisfy your views on what constitutes appropriate commentary? For the record, you can search the American Vision web site and see the creationist activities of DeMar and his colleagues, including the Worldview Super Conferences they offer which often have speakers/topics on creationism.

All this info is easy enough to find out if one were interested.

DeMar rags on his fellow Christian for appearing to be inconsistent while at the same time offering no arguments …

Methinks you have not read enough DeMar to make that determination.

But just in case you really missed his point, let’s try it again.

The hermeneutical method that Morris allegedly employs to support a six-day creation/young earth view fails him miserably when it comes to future things. The method that arrives at “this” means “that” and “this is that” means “this is like that” is so transparently false that even skeptics can see the error.

It doesn’t require a book length treatment to show the error of such a method. Besides, a book would only make you task that much more difficult, since you have yet to actually come to Morris’ defense and help solve his hermeneutical dilemma.

Maybe your friends that you pinged to the party can help you out.

48 posted on 08/07/2007 9:38:25 AM PDT by topcat54 ("... knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." (James 1:3))
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