From: Glenn Morton (glennmorton@entouch.net)
Date: Sat Oct 11 2003 - 21:24:48 EDT
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From: allenroy [mailto:allenroy@peoplepc.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 7:21 PM
To: Glenn Morton
Cc: asa
Subject: Re: extra stuff
Glenn Morton wrote:
GRM: Allen, that is an interesting reaction since the word immediately
doesn't appear in Genesis' creation account. If anyone is adding to what
the Bible says, it is those who hold that it all happened immediately,
lacking that word in the text. I don't argue that that was the historical
way of interpreting that passage, but quite simply the verbage doesn't
support it
A word need not actually be there for it to be implied. The speed of
creating something is implied by the mode of creating. "God said" -- "and
it was done" The completion of the creation correlates to the creative mode
of speech. Are we to suppose that it took God millions of years to say
"l..........e.............t..............................
t........h........e.........r........e......................................
b........e.............................
l........i........g.........h.........t."
Is God talking to himself? that is what your interp implies. The more
natural interp, God said: "Let there be light" and it was done, (whcih was
written by someone else, sounds more natural. Why would God tell himself it
was done. Couldn't he see it?
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