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Originally Posted by Finny61
I think it was Cheese who wanted to know how a religious person could intertwine the Bible with science. Really they can blend. Your interpretation is that the Bible is God's own words, a lot of powers that be in the church will tell you that too. For me and many friends of mine, the Bible is MAN's Interpretation of what God says or inspired word of God is another popular sentence. Many of the old testament books are treated more metaphorically then the New Testament minus Revelations which is wide open ballpark to skepticism.
For me the Genesis book is very relevant and so is our discoveries in science.
1. God created the world in days, 1 at a time. Whose to say this means an actual 24 hour day, 1 day could mean 1,000 or 100,000, or 1,000,000 million years.
2. God molded Adam in his own image, Eve was created from Adam. Why can't evolution still exist with this biblical statement? Can 'molded' not be the evolutionary chain from where we started whatever that be (a cell) to a human?
Personally I believe there is room for both and I accept the religious belief with the advances in science. They can go hand in hand even if evolution one day becomes 100% fact it doesn't change the faith aspect. Ultimately the reason why there is struggle in teaching is that it is so wide open to discussion and firm answers can't be given and that's where the disagreements are coming out.
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Again, Im not trying to change your belief or belief system, but where do you actually get the idea that the Bible is metaphoric? Whose interpretation is that?
In your first paragraph you say "
the Bible is MAN's Interpretation of what God says or inspired word of God".
Does it say anywhere within this context that you or your fellow Christians are to take the Bible metaphorically, or further where does it suggest you can "read into" the text what you see as the real meaning? IF its the inspired word of God isnt that the same thing as the word of God?
Re your first point on a day being a year or a million years...Im sorry I just dont buy that...thats taking the easy way out of a conversation...much like "hedidit" so it must be true.
I think the facts are, as science proves anything, theists must change their specific choice to fit the ideals they have laid out for themselves or be faced with ridicule. I dont think many Christians would have bought into your theories just 30 or 40 years ago. You would have been labelled a heretic a 100 years ago or so.
The facts are...science is changing the way people see belief systems. As people become more and more educated, belief in a God becomes needless.