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Old 03-22-2009, 08:14 PM   #11
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It seems to me that the 20th century Big Bang theory was unknown to the writers of Genesis; and therefore, it is absurd to think that the original writer meant anything but a single day's time when they said a "day."
IF this is the word of god wouldn't he know about the big bang.. he was susposed to have created it? And why wait 10 Billion years to create earth in "day 3"
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He needed time to get his shit together?
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Old 03-23-2009, 07:51 AM   #13
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So I’ll try it here.. how many hours in a day back in the time of Genesis?
A solar day had 24 hours, same as now.

The question is whether the author of Genesis intended for "day" to mean "solar day." The Christians you've been talking to are trying to say the author meant something else, and that is not an entirely unreasonable supposition.
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So can you explain the 10 Billion years between the big bang in day 1 and the earth in day 3?
That has already been done.

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There is no "time of Genesis". I suggest you stop treating these ancient stories as though they were science texts.
Why waste your time with such a pointless effort?
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Old 03-23-2009, 10:15 AM   #15
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So I’ll try it here.. how many hours in a day back in the time of Genesis?
A solar day had 24 hours, same as now.

The question is whether the author of Genesis intended for "day" to mean "solar day." The Christians you've been talking to are trying to say the author meant something else, and that is not an entirely unreasonable supposition.
If they meant something else I then have to wounder why they didn't say it??
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Peter's idea of a day: "..for a day is with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day."
Well, in that case, a day can mean sunrise to sunset which varies depending on location or a time span of 8,766, 000 hours and these hours are probably only applicable to day 5 and beyond.

From Day 0 to day 1-2-3-4 is bit more complicated. How long was the first evening before God said, "Let there be light"?

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"and the evening and the morning were the first day".

Millions of years before an ancient seeker of answers said "let there be light". ??
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So I’ll try it here.. how many hours in a day back in the time of Genesis?
There is no "time of Genesis". I suggest you stop treating these ancient stories as though they were science texts.
I know its not a science book but some claim its the word of god.. shouldn't the first story be more fact than fiction...
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There is no "time of Genesis". I suggest you stop treating these ancient stories as though they were science texts.
I know its not a science book but some claim its the word of god.. shouldn't the first story be more fact than fiction...
Who cares what "some" claim when the notion that the story describes reality is so plainly silly? Why grant it the appearance of legitimacy by treating it as a serious assertion?
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but some claim its the word of god.. shouldn't the first story be more fact than fiction...
Well, let's see . . . .
Some claim that the Bible is the word of God.

The first story in the Bible is not entirely factual.

Therefore, those people who claim that the Bible is the word of God are probably mistaken.
OK. So, what's the problem?
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but some claim its the word of god.. shouldn't the first story be more fact than fiction...
Well, let's see . . . .
Some claim that the Bible is the word of God.

The first story in the Bible is not entirely factual.

Therefore, those people who claim that the Bible is the word of God are probably mistaken.
OK. So, what's the problem?
I have no problem with your reply but its the people that claim its all true and not a word is incorrect...
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