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threepennybit
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Message 209 of 297 (327745)
06-30-2006 11:16 AM


Biblical vocabulary
I would like to take the creationist vs science debate off on a slighty different tack. I hope this is the right place to do that.
The expression of truth is dependent on the available vocabulary.
By today's standards, the people who first wrote down the words of the Bible had to work with a limited set of words and concepts.
If these writers had had access to the word 'gravity' they might have avoided placing the Earth at the centre of the Solar System, whilst 'radioactivity' could have led them to a more realistic appreciation of its age. The word 'genome' in their vocabulary would have enabled them to describe more effectively the development of life on Earth.
Truth does not change. But our ability to describe it does change as, led by science, human knowledge and its vocabulary continue to increase.
Thus the Biblical description of Creation was limited by the then available vocabulary. We are not so limited, and so it is valid to describe our view of Creation using today's vocabulary. No doubt this view will change with time, as human knowledge continues to evolve.
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