I tend to share some of Glenn's misgivings about arguments of accommodation, but I also see the "scientific" passages as reflecting views of the day. I am more comfortable in labeling these as everyday or phenomenological language (cf. Calvin's comments on the astronomical deficiencies of ranking the moon ahead of the planets as a prominent light). Also, although the imagery of Genesis 1 and other passages certainly suggest a flat earth and a solid dome for a sky, if taken as scientific statements, they don't come out and say "the earth is flat". A flat earth and a solid dome for a sky both accurately describe their appearance to the ordinary observer and would certainly be part of the ordinary language of the day; they are still part of everyday language in our culture.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa
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