<<Jim, you have forgotten what we were discussing. We were discussing what
the Bible says, not what type of offspring you and I have spawned. Please get
back to the issue.>>
But YOU were the one who wrote:
>If the preacher at your wedding had been
>crass enough to have said, "Let Jim
>and ___(enter your wife's name)___ multiply in the earth" Would you have
>thought that this meant that you and your wife were to turn out little clones
>of yourselves? Of course not. Why do we think that it means birds must turn
>out clones of themselves?
Glenn, you simply can't raise something, then say it's "off the issue." You
raised an odd notion that having offspring is somehow the same as exact
cloning. You ignored the rest of the post, which is simply this: all species
we observe give birth to their own kind. That WAS the issue!
So when God said let the fowl multiply, he was NOT saying let the lizards
multiply, or the fish, or the humans. He said FOWL. If that is not an
implication of fixity, nothing is.
It is certainly NOT an implication for evolution or change. You will not find
any text that implies this. This is a major scriptural problem for evolution,
which must come in the back door, so to speak.
Here I need to point out, as I have not done enough in the past, that Glenn's
imagination, tenacity and plain hard work on these issues is a good example
for everyone. He has definitely made me work harder at my apologetics, made me
think, made me go to the library, made me buy books (for this, he owes me some
money). I needle him, and he needles me, but he's a smart fellow (except for
his choice of state to live in). For you efforts, Glenn, you are to be
commended.
Jim