David writes
>>I "disagree" in that the OT is steeped in history. What would happen if
people started claiming >>the Exodus was "a nice story?"
>I did not say it was not steeped in history but rather that it is more
important to recognize His story. I would assert that Genesis 1 is history
in that God did, at some point in the past, create everything (a little
complicated in that time was among the things created).
David, I very much like the part about His story :-). What's that verse
about "In Him all things hold together." If this was simply a theology
forum,
I'd end the discussion there.
>I am not convinced that the text here was originally intended to convey
chronology
>or sequence, but that does not keep it from being historical.
OK, it's history whether it's sequential or not. We all know that I
think it's sequential :-).
Jim
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