>For, if as you state Genesis 1 is a preface to creation in "formulating the
>plan" and not affecting the creation by the spoken Word of God, then this
>detracts from Genesis 1 50% of its inspiration value.
Good point. That God speaks things into existence and that He directs
nature by speaking seems to me to be a consistent and pervasive theme in
Scripture.
Bill Hamilton
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William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
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