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You isolated and replied to Icedaisey's question in a manner that implied that you thought he/she was in the wrong.
lol ohhh I Implied ……I see well anyways I didn’t say what you or she said and replied to i was explaining to here my point that she then asked that about , and you then jumped in and said it was a face palm moment …. Which I do agree with that part it was a face palm moment
While I am not a Biblical literalist (though I do emphatically believe the authority of scripture), you cannot logically claim that
lol ohhh I Implied ……I see well anyways I didn’t say what you or she said and replied to i was explaining to here my point that she then asked that about , and you then jumped in and said it was a face palm moment …. Which I do agree with that part it was a face palm moment
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You should try to be coherent in your responses. The lack of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling in your responses make them quite difficult to understand.
Logic is indeed stubborn, but you need not throw subtle insults at me because of that reality. Your "simply impossible" is your opinion, not "truth". While I agree that the creation of the heavens and the earth precede the creation of light, God's own use of day, night, evening, and morning in succession strongly support the idea that this first period of time was not fundamentally different from subsequent periods. You have an interesting theory, but you're basing that theory on an argument from silence, not on actual evidence from the text.
That only relates to when Adam was created. The earth could have existed for millennia prior to Adam. This is known as the gap theory.
or Maybe you shouldn’t jump into a response to another person with an attitude possibly ?
Perhaps you have forgotten what you wrote earlier? Here it is...
So, again, what does Scripture say was here before God started creating, and which verse(s) tell(s) you this? You made a claim; I'm asking you to substantiate your claim. You keep saying you want to discuss Scripture, so let's discuss Scripture! Which part of Scripture tells us what you claim?
No, it is not at all my "opinion". We have a *period*, which predates the stated first day and therefore is outside of any relative or real measure or fathom of time, which again, is of itself, relevant. The "time frame" of Genesis 1 is simply not POSSIBLE to be taken literally. At all. There is not even a discussion to be had here.
And while we're at it, we'll allegorize those pesky words from Exodus 20:11, smack in the middle of the obviously-very-literal ten commandments?
I would expect that a conversation with someone who has a legitimate point to share would at minimum take the effort to present his or her point in an understandable way.
The Bible explains why the mind of sinners is unreliable. Their minds have been darkened. You have scientists who start with a premise such as there is no God. They claim to be wise but prove themselves to be fools. Read Romans 1 for the sorry story.
There are many reasons why the earth could not be nearly 5 billion years old. You also need to look at why it matters to godless scientists. They need extreme age to justify evolution, a flawed and deficient theory that denies the Creator.
When ever the theory of evolution is challenged, evolutionists get all defensive and start muttering about peer reviewed papers. For some reason a Mensa level genius is incapable of understanding evolution if he happens to disagree with it. Critics of those who oppose evolution often descend into personal attacks. So someone like Professor James Tour gets described as a "Creationist hack". One of the smartest, hard working and influential scientists on the planet, but he is belittled because he refuses to accept the myth of evolution. He does this because of his science knowledge. He deliberately does not quote the Bible. He exposes the flaws and lets people make up their minds. If that is being a hack, we need millions more like him.
well you must just be on a higher level than me you do seem pretty wise
I’ll continue mingling with the fools who believe that God made the earth and everything in it in six days and then rested on the seventh
I repeated what scripture says, do you want to scalp me for quoting scripture? It was void, and I do not know what God meant by that so take my scalp because I honestly do not know and I don't think repeating scripture is such an offense as you are making it. I made a claim about what scripture says, I made absolutely no claim that I was there to look at this void that scripture says was there. I wasn't there.
well you must just be on a higher level than me you do seem pretty wise
I'm simply speaking about your fundamental communication in written English. Previously, it was nearly impossible to understand.
Another point is that the word "was" (verse two) can be just as accurately translated "became". One theory (which I believe to be true) is that there was a creation prior to what is recorded in Genesis 1. From verse 3, we see the restoration of the earth that was destroyed by a flood. If this is correct, it answers a lot of questions about the geological record, fossils and how death could have come in before Adam sinned.
tthis was impossible to understand ?
“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”
Hebrews 11:3 KJV
Studying rocks rather than what God said could be the issue”
Or this ? Which was where you jumped in ?
“everything that exists was created by Gods word
science looks at what his word created in a moment without faith , so we say “ nature Would take a billion years to create this “
it’s because we’re not understanding the almighty and his power
science would also tell us this isn’t possible but he spoke it and it happened
“And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.”
John 11:43-44 KJV
was a simple point that science fools it’s own self into thinking too much of mans “ wisdom “”
that seems pretty coherent as well as this
“lol yea I never said it was you should tell that to who said it”
That all Seems pretty coherent still to
Me but like I said , I’m not very smart and prefer to converse with others who aren’t so wise and above me in thier understanding of the English language and what not , so I digress and wish you well