Hi Christopher,
Thanks for writing. In response to my
> > The Bible's last Book begins "This is a Revelation from Jesus Christ
> > ...". Its contents, therefore, need to be taken very seriously by
> > all who take to themselves the title 'Christian'. Let us observe a
> > number of interesting things about this Book which make it rather
> > special: ...
you said
> What on earth has all this to do with SN 1987A, or anything else like
> that?
Let me first say, you have given us little idea where you stand in
respect of religious affiliation. I think it would help if you were to
declare this. Now, regarding your question, I suggest that it is
reasonable for all who earnestly pursue truth to critically examine data
across the widest possible spectrum. As far as I am concerned, this
includes biblical data which, I believe, has been placed at our disposal
by the Creator himself. Since the deductions based upon the SN1987A
observations have implications which are destructive to a high view of
God's Word, I believe I was completely justified in writing as I did.
Further, in response to my
> > anyone, having read the narrative of Gen.6-8 and our Lord's
> > corroboration of the matter (Mt.24:36-39), can reasonably conclude -
> > and attempt to convince others - that this was a purely 'local'
> > matter - selectively destroying some men and some species of animals
> > - is surely breathtakingly arrogant.
you write
> Well in fact the Bible doesn't say the flood was global, it says it
> was worldwide, which meant at best the KNOWN world to the author(s) or
> the people Genesis was originally written for.
I don't know the translation from which you draw this conclusion. The AV
(Gen.6:7) reads "And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have
created from the face of the earth; both man and beast, and the creeping
thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made
them." I understand this to be a fair rendering of the Hebrew. As far as
I am concerned, therefore, when God himself says "...from the face of
the earth ..." - all men, apart from Noah and his family, having been
deemed "corrupt", and worthy of death - that must mean, and require, a
global flood.
You conclude with the words
> All YECs I've argued with on the light of SN 1987A, and other distant
> objects, have so far proposed no alternative explanations as to how
> you can see such objects in a 6000 year old "biblical" universe, other
> than waving their arms in the air and invoking changes in the speed of
> light, the appearance of age and other similar arguments for which no
> shred of evidence is provided.
You appear to have missed the points I was making - which, admittedly,
would only be likely to carry weight with a Christian believer. In a
nutshell, what I said was: those who are of the opinion that scientific
observation is necessarily immune to supernatural influence are living
in a world of make-believe. This claim I backed up with hard evidence
drawn from the Scriptures.
I am wondering why you remain silent re my numerical observations.
Sincerely,
Vernon
Vernon Jenkins MSc
[musician, mining engineer, and formerly Senior Lecturer in Maths and
Computing, the Polytechnic of Wales (now the University of Glamorgan)]
http://homepage.virgin.net/vernon.jenkins/index.htm
http://www.compulink.co.uk/~indexer/miracla1.htm
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