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To: blue-duncan; HarleyD; Forest Keeper; D-fendr; Kolokotronis; Alamo-Girl; Dr. Eckleburg
That’s not quite true. Job 38:7 (”When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy”) places angels singing God’s praises before the creation of man

Did I say the angels were created after man was created? I simply said they did not exist before time existed, i.e. "zillions of years" in Harley's parlance. However, angels did not exist before Creation. As to how soon after wards did God create man is a different story.

Your verse also says nothing as to the actual timing of the angels singing praises...except that it was after the formation of the earth. So, I take it HD believes in evolutionary time scale when he says "zillions of years."

10,294 posted on 11/02/2007 4:57:19 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; blue-duncan; Forest Keeper; D-fendr; Kolokotronis; Alamo-Girl; Dr. Eckleburg
So, I take it HD believes in evolutionary time scale when he says "zillions of years."

I believe history has been made. This is the first time I know of that you actually seem to indicate that you agree with the OT and the literal creation of 6, 24-hour days. When you have thought just about everything else in the OT was a myth, you are supporting the literal 6-day creation??? Fascinating.

As for me, I have never subscribed that creation was 6, 24 hour periods. I think the scriptures are inconclusive on this so rarely will you find me arguing about this. I think it's pointless without clear scriptural evidence.

I will add that I do not believe in the evolution of man although plant and animal life around them could have evolved. Adam and Eve could have been on this planet in the garden for millions of years before the fall. We have no way of knowing. People like to calculate the age of the earth by estimating biblical generations of 120 years but this reminds me of when I tried to estimate the depth of a pond based upon the slope of the ground. I estimated the pond to be 5,000 feet deep.

But man, unlike animals, is unique and depraved; and it all stems from Adam.

10,296 posted on 11/02/2007 5:31:25 AM PDT by HarleyD (Such things you are saying have not been done, but you are inventing them in your own mind. Neh 6:8)
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To: kosta50

“Did I say the angels were created after man was created?”

The job cite was an answer to this statement:
“Angels were created as His hosts and obligate servants (the biblical word used is closer to a “slave”), as God’s messangers (aggelos), not His “fans.”. They were praising God before they were ministering agents to man.


10,300 posted on 11/02/2007 6:19:14 AM PDT by blue-duncan
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