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To: Shanghai Dan; Claud
Taking it as a literal, 100% factual historical record leaves one with the huge conundrum of the creation story as recorded in Genesis 1 and 2. In Genesis chapter 1, we have animals created before man. In Genesis 2, we have man created before animals. If it is 100% a factual, science/history book, then something there is in conflict!

There's no conflict. If you read chapter 1 of Genesis, the order that God created is given chronologically. Chapter 2 is a recap narrative of chapter one - NOT a repeat of the order of creation.

116 posted on 06/10/2016 10:45:26 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums
There's no conflict. If you read chapter 1 of Genesis, the order that God created is given chronologically. Chapter 2 is a recap narrative of chapter one - NOT a repeat of the order of creation.

And that is another example of my point. The Bible gives two different stories of one event, and one of the stories is a recap (even though it gets some of the details out of order). So those who claim that because the Bible says Adam was 900 years old, then he must have been 900 years old, rather than just "really freaking old".

If we allow the Bible the flexibility to take some liberties with timelines (see the creation story), then we should also allow those same liberties for other things. Arguing about exact durations of lifespans and such is missing the point.

120 posted on 06/11/2016 9:19:02 AM PDT by Shanghai Dan
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