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  • #16
    I love how Theology Online is a like one big self-abortion. It doesn't get any better than this, when you have Klaus54 dictating hospitality.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Omniskeptical View Post
      I love how Theology Online is a like one big self-abortion. It doesn't get any better than this, when you have Klaus54 dictating hospitality.
      Let's return to a serious discussion of Ge 1:3, please.

      Moderators?

      K54

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      • #18
        Originally posted by klaus54 View Post
        Let's return to a serious discussion of Ge 1:3, please.

        Moderators?

        K54
        OS has been reported. As this is no longer one of my areas, I don't have the power to do any more than that.

        ETA: You can report posts too. It's the little triangle shaped button with the "!" in it.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Cerebrum123 View Post
          OS has been reported. As this is no longer one of my areas, I don't have the power to do any more than that.

          ETA: You can report posts too. It's the little triangle shaped button with the "!" in it.
          Thanks, C123!

          I also figured out how to "ignore" him.

          K54

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          • #20
            YECs often use this phrase "just-so story," especially in attacking the theory of evolution. I have little objection if the story really does appear to trash Genesis. But perhaps one could find a story that explains Genesis in terms of present scientific knowledge though it might also use speculation. Would the YECs still call it a just-so story, though?
            The greater number of laws . . . , the more thieves . . . there will be. ---- Lao-Tzu

            [T]he truth I’m after and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance -— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Truthseeker View Post
              YECs often use this phrase "just-so story," especially in attacking the theory of evolution. I have no objection if the story really does appear to trash Genesis. But perhaps one could find a story that explains Genesis in terms of present scientific knowledge though it might also use speculation. Would the YECs still call it a just-so story, though?
              Your first two sentences appear to me to be conflicting, or you have the logic backwards. Cosmic and Biological evolution are scientific theories. They are what they are -- with no variation on the basics -- no problem with literalness. OTOH, since Genesis 1 apparently needs interpretation, there are some interpretations that "trash" science.

              So, using the YEC "just-so-story" jargon, what is THEIR "literal" reading of Genesis 1 (Ge 1:3 suffices for now) that makes cosmic and biological evolution a "just-so-story"?

              I mean we need to compare oranges and oranges. Literal physical evidence of deep time and history and evolution vis-a-vis a (the??) literal reading of Genesis that maps to physical reality.

              I think what TS is talking about is some form a "Concordism".

              Hugh Ross tried this with his OEC views and got trashed by YEC leaders as a "compromiser" for his efforts.

              K54

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              • #22
                Originally posted by klaus54 View Post
                Your first two sentences appear to me to be conflicting, or you have the logic backwards. Cosmic and Biological evolution are scientific theories. They are what they are -- with no variation on the basics -- no problem with literalness. OTOH, since Genesis 1 apparently needs interpretation, there are some interpretations that "trash" science.

                So, using the YEC "just-so-story" jargon, what is THEIR "literal" reading of Genesis 1 (Ge 1:3 suffices for now) that makes cosmic and biological evolution a "just-so-story"?

                I mean we need to compare oranges and oranges. Literal physical evidence of deep time and history and evolution vis-a-vis a (the??) literal reading of Genesis that maps to physical reality.

                I think what TS is talking about is some form a "Concordism".

                Hugh Ross tried this with his OEC views and got trashed by YEC leaders as a "compromiser" for his efforts.

                K54
                I made slight changes to my post, but unfortunately you replied before I saved them.

                Actually, YECs do accept the general idea of evolution. It's that they do disagree with some specifics, especially how rather novel species or new traits (e.g., the sense of smell, the subject of a current thread) originate. They call speculations about them, "just-so stories," you see. How did organisms "learn" to fly? YECs ridicule speculations about that, but offer nothing more than that God created the birds, flying insects, bats . . . Which may just have happened that way.
                The greater number of laws . . . , the more thieves . . . there will be. ---- Lao-Tzu

                [T]he truth I’m after and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance -— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Truthseeker View Post
                  I made slight changes to my post, but unfortunately you replied before I saved them.

                  Actually, YECs do accept the general idea of evolution. It's that they do disagree with some specifics, especially how rather novel species or new traits (e.g., the sense of smell, the subject of a current thread) originate. They call speculations about them, "just-so stories," you see. How did organisms "learn" to fly? YECs ridicule speculations about that, but offer nothing more than that God created the birds, flying insects, bats . . . Which may just have happened that way.
                  OK, fine. But you've gone completely down another road from the OP.

                  Back to Ge 1:3 -- what is a literal, physical reading of this verse.

                  K54

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by klaus54 View Post
                    Back to Ge 1:3 -- what is a literal, physical reading of this verse.
                    It seems as though you are asking for a reading that has no role at all for God to perform, but that contradicts the obvious reading that God had something to do with originating the light.

                    IIRC, in the first stage of the Big Bang, the universe was rather opaque. But as it expanded, its density dropped to the point when there was plenty of light. Unfortunately this explanation does not include any role for God.
                    The greater number of laws . . . , the more thieves . . . there will be. ---- Lao-Tzu

                    [T]he truth I’m after and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance -— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by klaus54 View Post
                      Back to Ge 1:3 -- what is a literal, physical reading of this verse.
                      It seems as though you in effect are asking for a naturalistic explanation, one that leaves no room for God as participant or agent. But clearly the verse at least asserts that God had something to do with originating the light.

                      IIRC, initially in the Big Bang, the universe was opaque. But its density eventually dropped to the point when it became relatively transparent. Unfortunately that explanation doesn't leave any room for God to do anything. But it could have set up the initial conditions for the Big Bang and then started it off.
                      The greater number of laws . . . , the more thieves . . . there will be. ---- Lao-Tzu

                      [T]he truth I’m after and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance -— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Truthseeker View Post
                        It seems as though you are asking for a reading that has no role at all for God to perform, but that contradicts the obvious reading that God had something to do with originating the light.

                        IIRC, in the first stage of the Big Bang, the universe was rather opaque. But as it expanded, its density dropped to the point when there was plenty of light. Unfortunately this explanation does not include any role for God.
                        Oy gevalt!

                        That's NOT what I'm asking for at all!!!!

                        I want a YEC Genesis literalist to tell me what it means to them. And hopefully this meaning will be as unambiguous as possible. After that we can proceed through the rest of the Genesis 1 story, grabbing the "literal" reading and then explore what the big beef is with modern science - "Science falsely so-called."

                        So, Truthseeker --- what does Ge 1:3 mean to you? Or don't you care?

                        You brought up the Big Bang -- It didn't. And by what authority on Earth or Heaven can you say that God didn't have a "hand" in it? The creation proceeds as per God's "spoken" word. It appears that the eretz and the mayyim and perhaps even the shamayim are commanded to do the creating.

                        Please don't try to read my mind. If you have opinions - exegetically or scientifically, express them as your own.

                        K54
                        Last edited by klaus54; 07-19-2014, 11:08 PM. Reason: missing negatives

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by klaus54 View Post
                          Could creationists please comment on Genesis 1:3?

                          I'm trying to get a feel for the concept of a literal Genesis, since that's the main point of contention in rejecting Deep Time and evolution.



                          In what sense are the following literal, i.e. clearly mapped to physical reality? An unambiguous mapping would be nice.

                          1) God (Elohim) said... Is this speech in the sense of audible sound? Is "speech" a metaphor for God's creative power? Something else?

                          2) What is meant by "light" here?
                          K54
                          In itself Gen. 1:3 needs no interpretation other than it's plain reading. It says what it says.To map it to physical reality it only needs to be read as such. Any anthromorphism applied to God is for the benefit of those whom Genesis was written for and isn't necessary for the literal interpretation of what God did.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Mr. Anderson View Post
                            In itself Gen. 1:3 needs no interpretation other than it's plain reading. It says what it says.To map it to physical reality it only needs to be read as such. Any anthromorphism applied to God is for the benefit of those whom Genesis was written for and isn't necessary for the literal interpretation of what God did.
                            If I were grading this as a student's essay exam answer, you'd get 0/10 points for simply restating the question.

                            What IS the "plain" reading of "Let there be light"?

                            And if I parse this correctly, you're asserting that "said" is anthropomorphic "for our benefit". So it's not really speech in the sense of sound waves but in fact a metaphor for Elohim's creative power?

                            Ok, so far 0/1 for the literal reading of "light".

                            K54
                            Last edited by klaus54; 07-20-2014, 12:30 PM. Reason: typos

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by klaus54 View Post
                              OK, fine. But you've gone completely down another road from the OP.

                              Back to Ge 1:3 -- what is a literal, physical reading of this verse.

                              K54
                              There is a range of literal readings available, not just one. It is a matter of determining the precise interpretation of the verse. "God said, let there be light, and there was light." - "there was light" in one interpretation could mean that light appeared immediately ... in another interpretation "there was light" could mean that light appeared in due course.
                              Taken in isolation, either interpretation is equally valid. Taking external evidence into consideration ....
                              nothing supports the idea of "light came into being at the moment the words were said."
                              1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
                              .
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                              Scripture before Tradition:
                              but that won't prevent others from
                              taking it upon themselves to deprive you
                              of the right to call yourself Christian.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by tabibito View Post
                                There is a range of literal readings available, not just one. It is a matter of determining the precise interpretation of the verse. "God said, let there be light, and there was light." - "there was light" in one interpretation could mean that light appeared immediately ... in another interpretation "there was light" could mean that light appeared in due course.
                                Taken in isolation, either interpretation is equally valid. Taking external evidence into consideration ....
                                nothing supports the idea of "light came into being at the moment the words were said."
                                Agreed. But YEC is supposed to be a contrast with modern origins science. We know that literal "light" is electromagnetic radiation which results from accelerated electric charge. Is that what "literal" light means in Ge 1:3?

                                Also, is WHEN "light" came into being ambiguous as well?

                                I mean to a Biblical Big-Bang-Rejecting Creationist?

                                Come on!

                                K54

                                P.S. My surmise is that this is written from the standpoint of ANE cosmology and philosophy. There was heaven (above) and earth (below), all was dark, then the heavens lit up. This light was then separated into day and night -- although the greater and lesser lights (sun and moon) don't appear til "Day" 4.

                                I want a YEC literalist to counter this with a literal physical interpretation of verse 3.

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