Re: Powers that Be (was Year of Destiny?!)

gordon brown (gbrown@euclid.Colorado.EDU)
Sun, 19 Sep 1999 19:13:30 -0600 (MDT)

Vernon,

All Scripture is inspired by God. (II Tim. 3:16) Why should Genesis 1:1 be
any more remarkable than any other line in Scripture?

Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395

On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Vernon Jenkins wrote:

> (6) Such details (and there are many more!) constitute powerful evidence
> of intelligent design. Clearly, such an undertaking is not feasible if
> we look only to natural or human agency.
>
> Pim (and/or Susan B.), perhaps you can help us here. Who or what do you
> suggest might be the cause of such numerical wonders occurring in a
> meaningful sentence of Hebrew? And, incidentally, are you not now
> beginning to see that Genesis 1:1 is undoubtedly the most remarkable
> combination of words ever written?