Re: HYER'S ARTICLE IN THE JASA, 1984

Total agreement with Ted and thanks for the Silliman ref.

The way I see people coping with Genesis, especailly if they have escaped
from YEC is that they will adopt all sorts of interpretative schemes, some
good, some bad. I am reluctant to knock any very hard here if someone, say,
adopts the classic Schofield Gap Theory after escaping from YEC, sharp
attacks could destroy them. They need time to work through the issues. As
far as I am concerned if a Christian accepts the earth to be over a million
years old and that Genesis One is not about 6 24 hours days , then they are
like the US forces on Omaha beach or rather on the cliffs above on 7 June
1944. The rest are mopping up operations, including the battle of the Bulge,
a longer version of which to continue my WWII analogy began in 1961 with
TGF.

We dont need internecine battles over the exact nature of Genesis 1 to 11 as
we have enough battles with YEC and atheistic evolutionists.

Michael
Received on Fri Feb 20 15:47:28 2004