Re: [asa] Keller on Evolution

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Rich Blinne wrote:
>
> The difficulty comes in the few places in the Bible where the genre is not
> easily identifiable, and we aren't completely sure how the author expects to
> be read. Genesis 1 is a passage whose interpretation is up for debate among
> Christians, even those with a "high" view of inspired Scripture. I personally
> take the view that Genesis 1 and 2 relate to each other the way Judges 4 and
> 5 and Exodus 14 and 15 do. In each couplet one chapter describes a historical
> event and the other is a song or poem about the theological meaning of the
> event. When reading Judges 4 it is obvious that it is a sober recouting of
> what happened in the battle, but when we read Judges 5, Deborah's Song about
> the battle, the language is poetic and metaphorical. ... [ellipsis mine] I
> think Genesis 1 has the earmarks of poetry and is therefore a "song" about
> the wonder and meaning of God's creation. Genesis 2 is an account of how it
> happened including Genesis 1. But it is false logic to argue that if one part
> of Scripture can't be taken literally then none of it can be. That isn't true
> of any human communication.

I haven't figured out what "Genesis 2 is an account of how it happened
including Genesis 1" means. Maybe it is the word 'including' that is
throwing me. Most of what is mentioned in Genesis 1 is not mentioned in
Genesis 2.

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

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Received on Thu Feb 21 23:12:25 2008