Re: YEC literature [was Re: RATE Vol. II]

Thanks, Bill.

I think one complication is that we Christians interpret the nature of
"inspiration" in different ways. Henry Morris, Sr., took the Bible as "the
Word of God" = "the words of God," and God's words are plain enough for him
to understand that God is teaching us a six-day creation of a young earth.
One has to observe the way he consistently reads into the text notions that
plainly are not stated there, or even hinted at, and show his fanciful
eisegeses for what they are. It's going to be a tough task to put this part
of the critique into a couple of pages.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hamilton" <williamehamiltonjr@yahoo.com>
To: "Robert Schneider" <rjschn39@bellsouth.net>; "Randy Isaac"
<randyisaac@adelphia.net>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: YEC literature [was Re: RATE Vol. II]

>
>
> --- Robert Schneider <rjschn39@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
>> To all of you, a request: what are the most salient points do you think
>> one
>> should make in writing an essay that presents and then critiques the YEC
>> message? Such feedback would be most helpful
>>
> I suggest early on making the point that as Christians we believe the
> Bible to
> be the inspired word of God. The issue is not whether the Bible is the
> inspired
> word of God, but how we are to understand what it teaches.
>
> Bill Hamilton
> William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
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> "...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31
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Received on Thu May 25 23:02:29 2006