Re: Incarnational theology, was RE: Accepting Genesis 1 as scientific

George Andrews (gandrews@as.wm.edu)
Fri, 04 Jun 1999 09:06:54 -0400

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Hi Vernon;

You wrote to Dan;

> To insist that Genesis 1 is a 'scientific statement', and to be treated
> as such, is, I believe, incorrect. I suggest that God intended all
> generations of men to accept it verbatim as an account of how things
> began by divine fiat.
>

But to take it verbatim destroys any rationality of its message from two stand
points: 1) internally, i.e. sun on 4th day when three days have past, etc., and
2) scientifically, i.e. doesn't line up with data as we presently have.

George

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