Dick,
I believe I have dealt with these matters in my recent responses to Gordon and
Mike.
However, if you feel there is something I have missed please write again.
Sincerely,
Vernon
Dick Fischer wrote:
> Vernon wrote:
>
> >While I am well aware that the Hebrew word "erets" is more often translated
> >"land" than "earth" (meaning "the planet"), I observe that it is the
> >latter that is clearly meant in Gen.1:1, and in many of the
> >subsequent references
> >in the Creation narrative.
>
> Not quite so "clear." God created the sky and the land. All the sky
> and everything
> in it, all the land as far as the eye can see and any other lands
> known about from
> travelers. The concept of "oceans" is problematical when "darkness
> was on the face
> of the deep." On the other hand, under inspiration of the Holy
> Spirit, the writer(s),
> just as the book of Daniel, can write beyond what they know, and the
> narrative can
> be expanded to include the entire globe without difficulty. At least here.
>
> > You write: "The facts of scripture and science combine to clearly show
> >that Noah's flood could not have been global,...". I suggest, on the other
> >hand, that a straight reading of the Flood narrative, the ensuing Noahic
> >covenant, and the relevant NT passages, demand that this must have been a
> >_global_ event.
>
> If the Genesis narrative "demands" a global event and there was no
> global event,
> then you have relegated Genesis to a collection of dubious tales and
> stories with
> value as interesting literature and little more. What you intend is
> not what you get.
> By such statements you impugn the integrity of Scripture. That is
> the malignant
> effect of the young-earth creationist movement of which you seem to
>be a part.
> The effect of YEC is to drive away potential believers by giving them
> a reason to
> disbelieve.
>
> Dick Fischer - The Origins Solution - www.orisol.com
> "The answer we should have known about 150 years ago"
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