From: Jan de Koning (jan@dekoning.ca)
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 14:14:01 EDT
That is not a proper way of talking. Since God's Word is inspired both are
not lying, so the solution must be sought in another way. I pointed out
before, that even now "day" is used by some in a non-literal sense. But
that is not the main objection. Language-use is changing continually. I
am 78 now, but some words have now a different meaning than 70 years
ago. "Day" may mean period, but even then the meaning of Gen.1-11 may not
be "literally" true, as we see in the use of our own daily language. The
way I think about Gen. 1-11 is that it is an introduction to God's care for
his people, an introduction partially written in poetic form, especially
Gen.1.
Several different ways of "preaching", "talking" etc. are used in the
bible. The parables of Jesus are called parables, not lies. This issue is
more an issue of literature-use, than of veracity.
Jan de Koning
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