tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post8376605402118558732..comments2024-02-18T12:18:45.788-05:00Comments on Sun and Shield: "Day" as used in the BibleMartin LaBarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-53263175591298516792010-02-24T15:26:41.975-05:002010-02-24T15:26:41.975-05:00Thanks, superrustyfly. I hadn't really thought...Thanks, superrustyfly. I hadn't really thought of that.<br /><br />Certainly there is an order and pattern to Genesis 1. Likely that is at least part of what God wanted to get across to us in that part of the Bible.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-19088268074539903692010-02-24T08:54:20.205-05:002010-02-24T08:54:20.205-05:00One thing we can consider is that the creation sto...One thing we can consider is that the creation stories might not be primarily literal or metaphorical, but liturgical. It brings many questions, not about how the earth began, or even who was involved, but how we serve the one who began it all and live a life of worship, which would include environmental concerns, controlled consumerism (Vegans are actually closer to the creation model), making male and female egalitarian, etc. Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-38579667317882459192010-02-24T05:12:04.106-05:002010-02-24T05:12:04.106-05:00Thank you, Noah's Ark. Possibly there were som...Thank you, Noah's Ark. Possibly there were some changes in storytelling. I don't know. Another filter between what happened and what we have in the Bible is that God used human instruments to write the Bible, and they were constrained to use the language and concepts of their time. However, I believe that God is powerful enough to have gotten across what we need to know, about origins and other things, in the Bible. The main thing about Genesis 1 is that there was a Who involved in the way things began.Martin LaBarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629053725732957599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9661811.post-17365416623363449472010-02-23T18:23:43.700-05:002010-02-23T18:23:43.700-05:00This can be a stumbling block for believers and no...This can be a stumbling block for believers and non-believers. I think we will know when we get to Heaven. But we should have some basis of faith and understanding of it. Also, the whole bible was written after word of mouth passing it on to people after many years so I'm not going to doubt whether the whole book is true, I am a believer, but one has to wonder how and what is really true and what has been changed through oral storytelling. This is why we call it "an act of faith"! :)Noahs Arkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308313619538725832noreply@blogger.com