More than once Jorge argued that millions or billions of years would imply much "pain, suffering, and death." God would not create the cosmos like that.
1) That is argument from personal outrage. Also ad hominem, in that it stirs up the listener's feelings. To be sure, perhaps Jorge didn't mean to, but it does tend to have that effect anyway.
2) Why might there be any pain, suffering and death before Adam and Eve bit into the apple, never mind how many years, anyway? After all, God didn't have to create the cosmos like it is now, but he did. Genesis 3:8 may actually contain a hint of suffering. "Then they heard YHWH walking in the garden during the cool of the day." That was indeed before they bit into the apple, but it does suggest the habit of walking in the garden when it was cool had became established before the apple bit.
1) That is argument from personal outrage. Also ad hominem, in that it stirs up the listener's feelings. To be sure, perhaps Jorge didn't mean to, but it does tend to have that effect anyway.
2) Why might there be any pain, suffering and death before Adam and Eve bit into the apple, never mind how many years, anyway? After all, God didn't have to create the cosmos like it is now, but he did. Genesis 3:8 may actually contain a hint of suffering. "Then they heard YHWH walking in the garden during the cool of the day." That was indeed before they bit into the apple, but it does suggest the habit of walking in the garden when it was cool had became established before the apple bit.
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