rds will never precede reptiles, but flying
insects surely do. You can't blame Moses for that one. He used the right
word. We just didn't know how to translate it in 1611.
>The Biblical order does not match the fossil data.
As an apologetic device, if God commanded in one order and the events
transpired in another order, that would cover almost any discrepancies
you could name. My position would be that once obvious corrections are
applied, any possible discrepancies that still exist would be minor in
nature and could be explained by either Hebrew mannerisms and grammar,
scribal errors, mistakes in translation and interpretation; or by a
fossil record that is continually revised as new evidence surfaces.
If I had to retreat from that position, due to more difficulties than I
have seen raised thus far, a fall back position is the overlapping days
method, which I think fully eliminates any difficulties. God creates
heaven and earth (Gen. 1:1) which has to include the surrounding universe,
galaxy and solar system. He commissions the heavenly bodies for the
sighted creatures that appear after plant life appears. Day three, five
and six could overlap.
My opinion is that the order of events in Genesis 1 is too good to give up
on it altogether, which is how I would view your approach. It's the same
way I feel about progressive creation. If God used progressive creation,
why does it look like evolution?
I think you have pointed out flaws in geologic scholarship correctly, but
nothing that negates the entire methodology which has considerable
advantages over anything else competing in the marketplace of origins ideas.
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