Introduction
“In the beginning there was…” can lead to complete concurrence or dissension depending on what completes that statement. If the Evolutionary theory is added to complete the statement, then you will have the scientists’ concurrence and the Christians’ dissension. If Biblical creation completes that statement, then you will have the Christians’ concurrence and the scientists’ dissension. There are also various positions that find themselves in-between the two sides; some Christians believe in the Evolutionary theory, while some scientists are Christians and believe their Bible. This paper focuses on the argument between Christians who believe that the Bible is clear about creation, the scientists who believe that science paints a different picture, and the ever-increasing middle ground that sees both sides coinciding rather than contradicting the other. It also will be written under the assumption that God exists. Many Christians tend to demonize science because it seems to revoke their traditional values; however, scientists see their work as not revoking traditional values, but progressing onto better values. A good example of this in another realm would be that slavery was a traditional value and seemed to be Biblical, but it was morally wrong and we progressed onto a better set of ethics, which were better supported by the Bible than slavery was.
This is a blog for those who refuse to take what we are told about anything at face value. It is for those of you who are questioning what your friends and family believe. It is for you who are in need of encouragement. The name comes from Matthew 7:13 where he writes about the wide and straight/narrow gates/paths to eternity. I choose to look at this scripture as saying we shouldn't be too far in any direction on the spectrum, but should be somewhere in the middle ground.
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Thursday, June 5, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Genesis Chapter 1
Genesis chapter one is a very controversial chapter and is commonly targeted by atheists in an attempt to disprove the rest of the Bible. The thought process seems to be that if you can disprove that God created the world, then you can disprove that God exists entirely. The issue with this is that they have helped the Biblical creation account more than they have hurt it. I will follow with an in depth study of Genesis chapter one using the New American Standard Bible, which is agreed upon by most scholars as the most accurate word for word translation from Hebrew/Greek to English that we currently have available.
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