Re: Biblical Interpretation Reconsidered

On Tuesday, December 23, 2003, at 11:13 AM, Glenn Morton wrote:

> If you are going to seriously shake YEC, you have to change their view
> of
> death before the fall. This is one of the hardest nails in the wall to
> remove. And it must be dealt with at a theological level, not a
> scientific
> level.
This is frustrating, because that seems to me to be a fairly clear-cut
case. Romans 5:12
makes it clear that sin - which leads to death - is man's problem. And
it makes it pretty clear that
death came to man because of man's sin.

I'm sure the YEC's have a counterargument -- probably that all of
nature changed when Adam sinned, as implied
in Gen 3:17.

I suspect one reason the YEC position is so difficult to crack is that
for a layman to go against the teachings of people in authority --
Sunday School teachers, radio preachers, pastors, supposed authorities
such as ICR -- is very difficult.
>
> As others have pointed out we are losing the battle. If the ASA
> doesn't have
> an official position on YEC, they should.
As I said in an earlier post, I would be opposed to any move on ASA's
part that would shut down debate within ASA. I don't think taking
official positions is particularly meaningful except to those who
already have their minds made up -- and they are not the people you
want to reach.

Bill Hamilton Rochester, MI 248 652 4148
Received on Tue Dec 23 12:51:35 2003