Originally posted by galveston75So it depends ~ for you personally ~ on what the meaning of the words "his days" is? Isn't that straying awfully close to the "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" kind of thing?
No it was created by God in 6 of his days. That is literal and not al allegory.
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Originally posted by FMFNo its demonstrable that a creative day is unspecified in length, after all Paul spoke of still being in 'Gods rest day', thousands of years later. Have you any reason to offer on why we should assign them any other value?
So it depends ~ for you personally ~ on what the meaning of the words "his days" is? Isn't that straying awfully close to the "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is" kind of thing?
Originally posted by robbie carrobieSo I will pose the same question to you. In your door to door 'ministry', over the last twenty years or so, have you ever suspected you might have "lost" the interest a potential sympathizer or convert to a Christian life when you started insisting that allegories in the Bible are "literally true"?
Then adiós amigos, vamos munchachos, the broad road awaits for you. Jesus, Peter and Paul all taught a literal interpretation of these alleged allegories.
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Originally posted by FMFNo not once. Not a single instance. People are either interested or not interested, this has been my experience. If people have issues then its up to them to resolve them, we have NO issues with scripture.
So I will pose the same question to you. In your door to door 'ministry', over the last twenty years or so, have you ever suspected you might have "lost" the interest a potential sympathizer or convert to a Christian life when you started insisting that allegories in the Bible are "literally true"?
Originally posted by robbie carrobieWhy use the word "day" in a book intended for and read by people for whom the word "day" has a specific meaning? Surely this reference to "days" is a simple allegory that in fact is referring to natural processes that took eons of time.
No its demonstrable that a creative day is unspecified in length, after all Paul spoke of still being in 'Gods rest day', thousands of years later. Have you any reason to offer on why we should assign them any other value?
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Originally posted by FMFwhy not, its perfectly reasonable and acceptable to describe a period of time and its meaning is not as narrow as you would like us to believe, after all we have in English the term, 'in my fathers day', referring to an unspecified epoch in time, why don't you object to that being an appropriate term? Is, 'in my fathers day', also a reference to an allegory?
Why use the word "day" in a book intended for and read by people for whom the word "day" has a specific meaning? Surely this reference to "days" is a simple allegory that in fact is referring to natural processes that took eons of time.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieBecause it's an idiom. How could such an important tenet of your faith come down to wordplay?
why not, its perfectly reasonable and acceptable to describe a period of time and its meaning is not as narrow as you would like us to believe, after all we have in English the term, 'in my fathers day, referring to an unspecified epoch in time, why don't you object to that being an appropriate term?
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThe "day" in 'in my fathers day' is an uncountable noun.
we have in English the term, 'in my fathers day', referring to an unspecified epoch in time, why don't you object to that being an appropriate term? Is, 'in my fathers day', also a reference to an allegory?