Re: concordance & genesis (edited)

Hi Sheila.

I am posting at the top because my system does not allow me to interject
in the middle of some posts. It has to be at the very beginning or the
very end.

Perhaps you did not see all of Jim Eisele's posts in the past. He is an
excellent example of what Glenn Morton points out. The transition from
YEC to atheist is one that happens a lot. Since the YEC focus is on
certain interpretations of the old testament, many of them never really
knew what Christianity was all about (i.e. the relationship with Jesus
Christ). Jim strikes me as such a person. His faith had to be based
upon some distorted view of the OT in order for that faith to survive.

At present, Jim is just an atheist. As such, he sees only the shadow
world of mind and body and has zero understanding of the spiritual
nature of men and women. There is no chance that he can understand many
of the wise observations that you make (IMO).

Though there are such atheists in the world, I often recall my mother's
wisdom:. "nobody is completely worthless. A person can always be a bad
example." ;)

From YEC to atheist is not unusual and often is the path that God
chooses to replace a "house of cards" religion with that of a better
relationship with God ---- per C, S. Lewis in "A Grief Observed."

Walt

Sheila Wilson wrote:

> Harshly punished? They rejected Almighty God and His perfect plan for
> their lives. They knew not to eat of the tree and yet they did. They
> chose their own way over God's way. The tree didn't kill them, their
> shame and guilt did! When they chose to eat of the tree, they sinned
> against God. Rather than even ask forgiveness, they began blaming
> each other and the serpent. They covered themselves with makeshift
> clothing rather than turn to God, the Provider, for clothing.
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> We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. We all have
> "fruit juice" on our hands. We have all chosen our own way rather
> than God's perfect plan for our lives. We are not harshly punished -
> we are suffering the consequences of bad choices. The wonderful and
> awesome love of God is that He has forgiven us, chosen a better way
> for us, and sacrificed Himself for us that we might have life and life
> more abundantly! God is awesome and merciful, full of grace and
> glory, holy and soveriegn. Does this require "deconversion" or
> humility before the Creator of the universe?
>
> Do you know know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the Everlasting
> God, the Creator of the ends of the earth! Isaiah 40:28
>
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> Jim Eisele <jeisele@starpower.net> wrote:
>
> There is one obvious way to dispel Genesis as myth. Adam &
> Eve wereharshly punished for their actions when they had no
> knowledge of good orevil. You can rationalize all you
> want. But it's high time to accept Genesisas myth, no
> matter the consequences. If you value truth, that is.
> Sincethis is a public forum, I'll assume that this has
> something to do with thetruth. There are plenty of
> resources on the web to aid deconversion.Jim
>
> Sheila McGinty Wilson
> sheila-wilson@sbcglobal.net

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