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Author Topic:   Genesis: is it to be taken literally?
Soplar
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Message 293 of 301 (182386)
02-01-2005 4:35 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by jar
05-07-2004 5:45 PM


Response re My Old/Closed Thread
Hi AdminJar
I didn’t get back to you in time and you had closed the thread which precluded a direct reply. I hope this works.
Response to AdminJar
I Think that we schould close this (now OBE). I’m a bit flattered that we reached the magic 300 inputs. But the discussion seems to be a bit circular, and for me a bit frustrating. I have posed, but never received satisfactory answers to a number of questions for those who lean toward Creationism or Intelligent Design such as:
1. Creationism asserts that the world, as we see it today, was formed approximately 10,000 years ago by a supernatural Creator. If so, then either:
  1. The creator established the world and then left things to proceed on their own
    Or
  2. The Creator is still creating, since the world keeps changing — e.g., movement of continents
But then, either the Creator established a world in which bad things happen such as cancer, heart disease, etc., or the Creator is creating them at this time. No one has explained why this is happening other than We can’t know the mind of God which IMO is not an answer.
2. A similar set of arguments applies to the Intelligent Designer concept.
3. The question of why the explanation of the world in a book written over 2,000 is superior to the accumulated knowledge of some of the greatest minds who have ever lived.
It’s been interesting and educational and I will probably continue to visit some of the other topics. So could you suggest a couple now that this is closed, or I could just restart another one as I think, based upon a clearer view of the discussion, I could make a worthwhile OP, and in particular focus on some of the questions/issues I raise above. Please advise
Regards
Soplar

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