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bpitter2007 - I'd like to see one example of the words you speak of
As for the creationist argument you pose, I have to agree that there is nothing in the book of Genesis that clearly states 24 hour days. The failing point of suggesting that the days may represent longer periods of time however is that it is clearly revisionist in nature. Since the book was written, it has been believed far and wide that the time periods did in fact represent standard earth days. If you want to argue that these time periods instead represent eras of earth history, then it immediately suggests that not only did the vast majority of humans who ever lived and believed they were days had it wrong, but that the so called word of God is so inaccessible to mankind that we can collectively interpret portions of it erroneously and believe those errors for a number of centuries. It also by virtue of the willingness to revise what people have in fact believed, casts doubts upon all other widely held beliefs. . . . nice try but I've heard this argument before.
Scientists do not concede your contention: ". . . that the cells that make up a human body is so complex that it had to take a superior force of some kind to create such a thing" This type of statement is nothing more than a creationist perspective imposed on science. If intelligent design has any validity at all, it can only tell us that the designer(s) were more scientifically advanced than we are currently as a species. Only the extreme bias of religious belief introduces an omnipotent creator being utilizing supernatural powers to create life, to the irrefutable complexity of design as found in living organisms. An individual without this preconceived bias could not possibly arrive at a conclusion that depicts just one designer and a definition of that designer.
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gomedome
on November 28, 2007 at 10:04 AM
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Religious History
I beg to differ with you. There were plenty of words written by the various writers of the Bible that reflected men who did not believe in God. Not everything in the Bible is one-sided in God's favor.
One other thing that you mentioned about the world being created in 7 days, 24 hours per day. The Bible never said 7 days had 24 hours to a day. From my Bible readings, it would indicate to me that one day could have been thousands of years. Since day and night was not calculated as 24 hours at that time, no one can acurately say that a day was as it is today. And even scientists can't disprove that aspect of Creation. And scientists also realize that the cells that make up a human body is so complex that it had to take a superior force of some kind to create such a thing. So, if nothing existed on earth in the beginning of time, how did man get here? That is a question that no one care answer with surety, except the religious believers.
babs
posted by
b2008
on November 28, 2007 at 9:36 AM
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History is written by the victors.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on November 26, 2007 at 5:24 AM
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gomedome
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richinstore
on November 26, 2007 at 1:59 AM
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No history is accurate enough...
posted by
Kayzzaman
on November 26, 2007 at 12:02 AM
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