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> This isn't true either. Ross points out that Augustine(as well as other Church
> fathers) in the 4th century AD, well before the rise of "modern science" believed
> the days of Genesis 1 were non-literal:
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Just thought I throw in my thoughts in this area.
Moses wasn't present at the point of creation. So most likely was God
(or one of his heavenly messengers)the one who dictated the account in
Genesis.
So one day from the point of view of the Creator has a different
perspective than one day from our point of view. Just like one day in
Jupiter isn't the same amount of time (earthly clock) as one day on
Earth.
A thousand years to us maybe well appear as one second to God, for He
isn't contrained by our limits of space/time. If one reads closely the
reason why the moon, stars and the sun were created, the text says to
'mark the seasons'. And this didn't happen until after the initial
creation.
So we see that God 'created the heavens' but it wasn't until much later
than the sun began to shine over the earth. We see God letting nature
(or the universe) alone to follow its' natural course without
intervention at times.
The Bible doesn't say that evloution happened or not. Men are the ones
saying that.
What we have are scientists lacking Biblical understanding (it doesn't
come by a quick read of the material but rather by a deep study of it)
and theologians lacking scientific understanding (it doesn't come by a
quick browsing of monthly journals but by long periods of indepth study
of data) trying to issue statements and opinions about things that they
don't know.
They need to come together and learn from each other before going on the
attack. Maybe some day we may learn from each other enough to really
understand how it all came to be.
Best Regards,
Dario Giraldo