Re: In defense of Paul Seely

YOu have correctly concluded that the YECs are wrong because what they teach doesn't
concord with reality. In fact, it is just plain contra-evidential. But, when it comes
to the Bible, we then conversely claim that it teaches true theology, and in spite of
the bad data, it isn't REAAALLLLLYYYY wrong, just misunderstood.

This illogic always amazes me.

On Tue Jun 6 14:05 , "Robert Schneider" sent:

>Ted writes:
>> Just as I am not impressed with the gymnastics that YEC's
>> typically display when they say that that the Bible DOES teach the earth's
>> sphericity but does NOT teach that the earth is at rest. There is just no
>> coherence on that line of argument.
>
>Every YEC argument I have read that claims that the Bible teaches the
>earth's sphericity explains away the "plain sense" and clear meaning of the
>Hebrew word "chugh." This word never means "spericity," and every ancient
>and modern translation since the mid-sixteenth century I have consulted
>(save one) translates it with the world "circle," which is its meaning ("a
>circle drawn with a compass"--see Wm. Blake's drawing of God drawing the
>circle of the earth with a great compass). A circle is no more a sphere in
>Scripture than it is in geometry. See my article, which I've referred to
>before on this list, in PSCF, "Does the Bible Teach a Spherical Earth?" in
>which I offer a comprehensive linguistic analysis and survey of
>translations, and in so doing show that some specific YEC claims are not
>only groundless, they also violate the semantic domain of the word itself--a
>sin against Scripture that, I have to say, I believe they commit frequently:
>www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2001/PSCF9-01Schneider.html .
>
>In insisting that the Bible contains modern scientific knowledge (e.g.,
>spherical earth) or theories (e.g., expanding universe), the YECs wrench
>passages out of their context and impose upon them meanings they clearly do
>not have, and this in my view does a great disservice to the Bible.
>
>Bob Schneider
>
>
Received on Wed Jun 7 07:12:38 2006