[Fwd: Natural Theology, Unguided Processes and Apologetics]
George Andrews (andrewsg@letu.edu)
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--------------C9183AB5A3081BBE0CD87F97Content-Type: message/rfc822Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitContent-Disposition: inlineMessage-ID: <341F0DC6.75FAAA6E@letu.edu>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 17:52:55 -0500From: George Andrews Organization: LeTourneau UniversityX-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0 [en] (Win95; I)MIME-Version: 1.0To: Pattle Pun Subject: Re: Natural Theology, Unguided Processes and ApologeticsX-Priority: 3 (Normal)References: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------D2699BE0B0B8FA2BD728C289"This is a multi-part message in MIME format.--------------D2699BE0B0B8FA2BD728C289Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-asciiContent-Type: text/plain; charset=us-asciiContent-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitContent-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitPattle Pun wrote:> Creation ex nihilo is based on the independent sentence, as agreed> upon by> most conservative Hebrew scholars of Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning> God> created heavens and earth", not from preexisting matters as Plato's> Timaeus.What do you think of Speiser's translation of Gen. 1:1 found in TheAnchor Bible where he translates the text: "When God set about to create heaven and earth - the world beingthen a formless waste, with darkness over the seas and only an awesomewind sweeping over the water - God said, 'Let there be light'?"Thus he claims Gen. 1:1 is a dependent clause with verse 2 being aparenthetic clause as is the structure of the Babylonian Creation Epic,or Enuma elish. He than states that "the present (his) interpretationprecludes the view that the creation accounts in Genesis say nothingabout coexistent matter." And finally, "...the biblical writers repeatthe Babylonian formulation, perhaps without full awareness of thetheological and philosophical implications."George--------------D2699BE0B0B8FA2BD728C289Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitContent-Description: Card for Andrews Jr., GeorgeContent-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf"begin: vcardfn: Andrews Jr., Georgen: Andrews Jr.;Georgeorg: LeTourneau Universityadr: Natural Sciences;;PO Box 7001;Longview;Texas;75607;USAemail;internet: andrewsg@letu.edutitle: Assistant Professor of Physicstel;work: 903 233 3281tel;fax: 903 233 3282x-mozilla-cpt: ;0x-mozilla-html: TRUEend: vcard--------------D2699BE0B0B8FA2BD728C289----------------C9183AB5A3081BBE0CD87F97Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bitContent-Description: Card for Andrews Jr., GeorgeContent-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf"begin: vcardfn: Andrews Jr., Georgen: Andrews Jr.;Georgeorg: LeTourneau Universityadr: Natural Sciences;;PO Box 7001;Longview;Texas;75607;USAemail;internet: andrewsg@letu.edutitle: Assistant Professor of Physicstel;work: 903 233 3281tel;fax: 903 233 3282x-mozilla-cpt: ;0x-mozilla-html: TRUEend: vcard--------------C9183AB5A3081BBE0CD87F97--