Romans 3:4; "......let God be true, but every man a liar..." isnt this the code for bible worship? for all those that follow the bible teachings, those that don't accept the "days" of creation are, not reading, but interpreting scripture to fit with modern day scientific knowledge. to quote Martin Luther " The days of creation were ordinary in length. We must understand that these days were actual days ( Veros Dies), contrary to the opinion of the Holy Fathers. Whenever we observe that the opinions of the Fathers disagree with Scripture, we reverently bear with them and acknowledge them to be our elders. Nevertheless, we DO NOT, depart from the authority of scripture for their sake" - Plass, 'what Martin Luther says, a practical in-home anthlogy', 1523. Is not the bible the word of God? then how can modern creationist like - G, Archer in his "Survey of the Old Testement" 1994 p196-7 - conclude that "..the planet Earth was created several billion years ago.."
J Boice in "Genesis, An Expositional Commentary" 1982, p64 " We have shown the possibilities of God having formed the Earth and it's life in a series of creation days, representing LONG periods of time. In view of the apparent age of the Earth this is not only possible, it is probable" The 'Prince of Preachers' Charles Haddon Spurgeon stated that Christians should not " ...Take our bibles and shape and mould our beliefs according to the evershifting teachings of ....scientific men. What folly is this"1887. In other words Christians should build their faith on the bible , not on science! This lack of faith in the first book of the bible is based on natural facts, for the age of the Earth is now well known to greatly surpass the knowledge of the bible, this has led to creationists grasping at straws so as to make their philosophy fit in with fact, sadly this is not acceptable to their faith, for as Professor Marcus Dods points out;if, for example, the word "day" in these chapters does not mean a period of twenty- four hours, the interpretation of Scripture is hopeless" - Expositors Bilble, Edinburgh, 1888, p4 and cited in D kelly's ' creation and change' 1997 p112
The main focus of this question is to point out the blatent lie's of the Christian faith leaders, lies that penetrate the conscience of children, thus recruiting a new generation of follower slaves. If the book of Genesis can be manipulated to something other than its literal meaning, what else could they have done?
please move on to question 2 which looks at the interpretation of the Hebrew word "Yom" meaning "day" and look at the biblical referrences to try and understand why this one word can cause so much controversy
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