Re: Where has the church has had to change

dfsiemensjr@juno.com
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:16:53 -0700

On Fri, 10 Dec 1999 01:37:04 -0600 Ken Sewell <ksewell@airmail.net>
writes
in response to MccarrickAD@nswccd.navy.mil:

> The wording of "what the Bible requires" is the issue. The teaching
> of
> Heliocentric verses Geocentric is not and never was a Bible issue.
> It is a
> result of men teaching as religion what they think science taught.
> Just as
> bad a men teaching what they think religion says as science. We must
> be
> very careful when doing either to make sure we are not teaching
> assumptions
> as facts. Science keeps changing as we delve into its mysteries, and
> every
> time I read through the Bible, I find a new thought.
>
>
IMO Ken overlooks one simple fact, that every verse in scripture involves
interpretation. The standard early understanding of Psalm 93:1 and 96:10
involves geocentrism. That it concurred with Aristotle's view does not
warrant Ken's claim.

Dave