My position is that the Genesis record and other texts which have no indication textually as being parable, metaphor or myth are meant to be certain places, people, things and events etc.
Awesome. I'm interested in seeing the four "certain places" where the pillars stand upon which the earth is set.
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For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.
It would also be interesting to see the "certain place" where the waters above the firmament are. And since "firmament" means something hard, it would be awesome to see the "certain thing" that is the firmament, which has the sun, moon, and stars in it, and which holds up the waters above.
Even if you don't buy the definition of "firmament" as "something hard," even though it's obviously true, you still have waters above the sun, moon, and stars. It'd be interesting to see how much water it would take to surround the universe!
Of course, if you don't buy the definition of firmament as something hard, you disagree with the Scriptures, which says that the sky is as hard as a hammered out metal mirror (Job 37:18).
Every creationist I know has taken the firmament and "waters above" of Genesis one and made them figurative on the basis of science. Every creationist I know has made the passage about the pillars of the earth and made that figurative--or worse, wrong--on the basis of science.
I cannot imagine why any of them can't do the same with the days and the means of creation, because it's easier to see those as figurative than the firmament, the waters above, or the pillars of the earth.
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