what questions does the gap theory not answer?
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I thought it didn't take the Bible's Genesis day lengths as they are. Like trying to fit something into the Bible rather than seeing the Bible as is.
I'm not super familiar with the GAP theory, other than it's a older earth creation theory.
I don't agree that and believe in a young earth.
The dinosaurs were known by people and called dragons. They are drawn in ancient ica stones. Some of the "dinosaurs" we know are actual dinosaurs or reptile like creatures. But some are giant birds... Hence having a beak and being more of a carnivore. Many were plant eaters...flat teeth like us. But all were adaptations after the fall as we were all originally plant eaters. Beaks change to diet.
Civilization started fairly quickly after the Fall bc people were always around. So its not years of dinosaurs followed by cave man etc. People were incredibly intelligent (much more than today) but now we have numbers and technology as our advantage. DNA has gotten weaker over time (opposite of evolution) and so you will see more disease and lower IQs. 80 to 100 being the average, which is very low. Even during the civil war kids were writing better than many adults could today and education was the highest in the world in the usa. During ancient times people were incredibly intelligent, hence architecture still being around today like all of the pyramids. Compared to China who builds a bridge and it collapses the next day. Also people today not even knowing how they built the pyramids back then. Party because there were giants (nephilim) back then and partly from being very smart.
Evolution is not real in any sense, but God does include adaptation for a high survival rate. We are losing animals....1000s to 10,000 every year. We're not gaining them. Even animals have more health problems and don't live as long.
I don't agree that and believe in a young earth.
The dinosaurs were known by people and called dragons. They are drawn in ancient ica stones. Some of the "dinosaurs" we know are actual dinosaurs or reptile like creatures. But some are giant birds... Hence having a beak and being more of a carnivore. Many were plant eaters...flat teeth like us. But all were adaptations after the fall as we were all originally plant eaters. Beaks change to diet.
Civilization started fairly quickly after the Fall bc people were always around. So its not years of dinosaurs followed by cave man etc. People were incredibly intelligent (much more than today) but now we have numbers and technology as our advantage. DNA has gotten weaker over time (opposite of evolution) and so you will see more disease and lower IQs. 80 to 100 being the average, which is very low. Even during the civil war kids were writing better than many adults could today and education was the highest in the world in the usa. During ancient times people were incredibly intelligent, hence architecture still being around today like all of the pyramids. Compared to China who builds a bridge and it collapses the next day. Also people today not even knowing how they built the pyramids back then. Party because there were giants (nephilim) back then and partly from being very smart.
Evolution is not real in any sense, but God does include adaptation for a high survival rate. We are losing animals....1000s to 10,000 every year. We're not gaining them. Even animals have more health problems and don't live as long.
To attempt to elaborate a little, I would assume that the "Gap Theory" in this question is about the theorized gap in time between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. This is an attempt to reconcile the two best known "creation" stories, the third story about creation is not as widely recognized, but the existence of the third story also reveals the mythic nature of the first two. But likely the most important thing to realize is that the account in Genesis 2 does not deal with humanity as a whole but rather the origins of the line of Abraham and his descendants as revealed in the genealogies that have parallels in other ancient middle eastern literature, as well as the genealogies in the two, largely ignored, versions of Genesis (actually the entire Torah) that were also known at the time of Jesus.
The “gap theory” does not adequately address Exodus 20:12.
“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”
Exodus 20:11 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/exo.20.11.KJV
“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”
Exodus 20:11 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/exo.20.11.KJV
The Masoretic, officially adopted by the Jews in the early 90's CE is the version most Christian churches adopted, the Catholics and Orthodox added the apocrypha, the Syrian church includes more psalms, mostly from the "Syrian version" best represented in the Dead Sea Scrolls and which also supplies most of the OT quotes in the gospels and the third is the Septuagint (LXX) which supplies most of the OT quotes in Paul's writings and Revelation.
As for the genealogies, I would have to check as to when they became standardized in the Masoretic version, but the most ancient manuscripts show minor differences, but those are just shifting a decade or two between generations. Major changes in generations (both name/parent-child changes as well as life spans) only occur between the three main text groups.
Please don't push too hard, I am far better on the NT than on the OT.
The word “create” is not in exodus 20:11. I can make a table but I am not creating the table out of nothing. I am simply forming what is already created into a table.
True, but given that the Exodus verse is exhaustive in scope and the time frame is the main point, the precise verb is of tertiary importance. God did what He did in six days, just as we are told in Genesis.
It doesn’t negate gap theory though since gap theory agrees that God reformed the earth in 6 days. The theory sets apart “the beginning” and “day 1”. The gap would come before day one with God starting His reformation on day 1.
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Diseases aren’t necessarily more rampant but we just have more names for them all now and can detect more due to technology. I agree there are more self caused health issues due to our diets and chemical
Bridges today collapse because of hiring the lowest bidder, cutting corners, and using inferior materials, not because their iq levels are lower. It’s the idolization of money. To say that a Chinese architect knows less today that someone living a couple thousand years ago is just crazy. There would simply be a difference in skills(hunting and farming vs technological and driving etc). You can see the same difference in city folks vs country folks. Now if you want to make an argument that ai and computers are making people dumber then yes I would definitely agree.
I do agree with you on evolution not being real though. I’ve always wondered where the in between fossils were and how humans all evolved at the exact same rate no matter their location or environment on earth. I would think there would be some half man half apes walking around
The ica stones were hoaxes created in the 60’s which is why the dinosaurs look exactly like the recreations of archaeological finds that we see in movies and museums.
Diseases aren’t necessarily more rampant but we just have more names for them all now and can detect more due to technology. I agree there are more self caused health issues due to our diets and chemical
Bridges today collapse because of hiring the lowest bidder, cutting corners, and using inferior materials, not because their iq levels are lower. It’s the idolization of money. To say that a Chinese architect knows less today that someone living a couple thousand years ago is just crazy. There would simply be a difference in skills(hunting and farming vs technological and driving etc). You can see the same difference in city folks vs country folks. Now if you want to make an argument that ai and computers are making people dumber then yes I would definitely agree.
I do agree with you on evolution not being real though. I’ve always wondered where the in between fossils were and how humans all evolved at the exact same rate no matter their location or environment on earth. I would think there would be some half man half apes walking around
Look carefully at the words:
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Genesis 1:1 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.1.1.KJV
“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.”
Exodus 20:11 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/exo.20.11.KJV
Both say, “heaven and earth” leaving no “gap”.
One says He created and the other says He made.
Look at Genesis 2:3 (KJV) And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Why would the author use both words in this verse if they had the same meaning?
I didn’t say they had the same meaning. Focus on what was made/created; you will see that the verb is tertiary, and there is no room for a gap.
The verb has everything to do with it. The two different verbs shows that there were two different processes, one occurring in the beginning and the other occurring in the six days. The “gap” would be between the two processes.
Gap theory states that there was a creation prior to that described in Genesis. The "gap" is between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. Some (me) believe that the word translated "was" can be translated "became". There are a number of passages that I believe confirm this. Larry Ollison goes into this in depth. Gap theory does not deny the six 24 hour days of creation.
I first came across this concept about 40 years ago. It was a book by Watchman Nee, "The Mystery of Creation." I found it compelling and it answered a lot of questions for me.
"For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other."" Isaiah 45:18
If the traditional interpretation is correct, Isaiah got it wrong. The earth was not habitable. It was covered in water.