03-27-2008, 07:44 PM
Shlama Akhi Chuck,
The day age theory was born of the theory of evolution- "cosmological evolution", which is the theory that the entire universe evolved from a "singularity"
15 billion years ago - a single infinitesmal point in which all the matter and space of the present universe inhered. From that came the stars and from the stars came the planets, including earth, the water, the plants, the animals. Even those who stop short of biological evolution and say God created living things directly pretty much as they are now, still accept cosmic evolution by default when they subcribe to the day-age theory, which comes from a Godless premise and theory, not from scripture.
As I wrote before, the scripture says earth existed on the first day whereas the stars were made and set in the heavens on the fourth day. This is flatly contradicted by all scientific theory on the origin of the universe, which asserts the stars to be about 10 billion years older than earth. "Science" also contradicts the Biblical order of the plants being created on the third day, before the sun, which was made on the fourth day (presumably billions of years after plants), which is an absurdity. Even if you shorten each day to a thousand years, you have green plants of all sorts and trees existing without the sun for centuries!
Why should believers in the word of God feel compelled to compromise with Godless theories and "oppositions of science falsely so called" ? 1 Tim 6:20
Evolutionary theory does not start with apes becoming humans. It starts with the Big Bang 15 billion years ago and covers every hypothetical event which supposedly transpired since then, making the galaxies of stars, planets, atmospheres, earth, ocean, land, first life form from chemicals, all plants from that one celled organism, all animals from that one celled organism (or from another independently evolved living organism), fish into amphibians, amphibians to reptiles, reptiles to birds and mammals, including apes, and apes into humans. Biological evolution is only the tip of the iceberg, under which tip lies 14 billion years of previous evolutionary development responsible for the universe we know of today.We cannot effectively deny the tip of the iceberg and thereby dismiss faith in evolution, when we ignore the 95% huge mass under the surface on which the visible part rests.
Most people seem to think evolution is merely the biological changing of living species.That is a delusion based on ignorance.
All evolutionary theories- biological and the underlying cosmological evolution, depend on a belief in billions of years. Many Christians seem willing to concede that foundational basis and still think they can win the intellectual and spiritual war with Satan and his army. That too is a delusion.
"If you give your enemy an inch, he will take a mile."; at least, so the saying goes. The Western church has given 14.9999996 billion miles, as it were, to the enemy, and thinks to hold on firmly to the last 0.00004% (6000 years) of time as non-evolutionary time! I wonder who will win that argument! <!-- s:dontgetit: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/dontgetit.gif" alt=":dontgetit:" title="Dont Get It" /><!-- s:dontgetit: -->
SOme say:"Ah, but it isn't important. As long as we believe in Jesus and the Gospel". But that is the point. If the Enemy can discredit the account in Genesis as unreliable or unscientific, he can do the same with the New Testament and the resurrection of The Christ, all the miracles, everything! And he already has done so for countless souls, and continues to win hearts and minds, because we have fled the battle field and surrendered the battle for minds and hearts to the skeptics and unbelievers.
Where are the footsoldiers of The Messiah in this country?
"If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Psalms 11:3
If Genesis 1 is not foundational, I don't know what is.
Dave
The day age theory was born of the theory of evolution- "cosmological evolution", which is the theory that the entire universe evolved from a "singularity"
15 billion years ago - a single infinitesmal point in which all the matter and space of the present universe inhered. From that came the stars and from the stars came the planets, including earth, the water, the plants, the animals. Even those who stop short of biological evolution and say God created living things directly pretty much as they are now, still accept cosmic evolution by default when they subcribe to the day-age theory, which comes from a Godless premise and theory, not from scripture.
As I wrote before, the scripture says earth existed on the first day whereas the stars were made and set in the heavens on the fourth day. This is flatly contradicted by all scientific theory on the origin of the universe, which asserts the stars to be about 10 billion years older than earth. "Science" also contradicts the Biblical order of the plants being created on the third day, before the sun, which was made on the fourth day (presumably billions of years after plants), which is an absurdity. Even if you shorten each day to a thousand years, you have green plants of all sorts and trees existing without the sun for centuries!
Why should believers in the word of God feel compelled to compromise with Godless theories and "oppositions of science falsely so called" ? 1 Tim 6:20
Evolutionary theory does not start with apes becoming humans. It starts with the Big Bang 15 billion years ago and covers every hypothetical event which supposedly transpired since then, making the galaxies of stars, planets, atmospheres, earth, ocean, land, first life form from chemicals, all plants from that one celled organism, all animals from that one celled organism (or from another independently evolved living organism), fish into amphibians, amphibians to reptiles, reptiles to birds and mammals, including apes, and apes into humans. Biological evolution is only the tip of the iceberg, under which tip lies 14 billion years of previous evolutionary development responsible for the universe we know of today.We cannot effectively deny the tip of the iceberg and thereby dismiss faith in evolution, when we ignore the 95% huge mass under the surface on which the visible part rests.
Most people seem to think evolution is merely the biological changing of living species.That is a delusion based on ignorance.
All evolutionary theories- biological and the underlying cosmological evolution, depend on a belief in billions of years. Many Christians seem willing to concede that foundational basis and still think they can win the intellectual and spiritual war with Satan and his army. That too is a delusion.
"If you give your enemy an inch, he will take a mile."; at least, so the saying goes. The Western church has given 14.9999996 billion miles, as it were, to the enemy, and thinks to hold on firmly to the last 0.00004% (6000 years) of time as non-evolutionary time! I wonder who will win that argument! <!-- s:dontgetit: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/dontgetit.gif" alt=":dontgetit:" title="Dont Get It" /><!-- s:dontgetit: -->
SOme say:"Ah, but it isn't important. As long as we believe in Jesus and the Gospel". But that is the point. If the Enemy can discredit the account in Genesis as unreliable or unscientific, he can do the same with the New Testament and the resurrection of The Christ, all the miracles, everything! And he already has done so for countless souls, and continues to win hearts and minds, because we have fled the battle field and surrendered the battle for minds and hearts to the skeptics and unbelievers.
Where are the footsoldiers of The Messiah in this country?
"If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?" Psalms 11:3
If Genesis 1 is not foundational, I don't know what is.
Dave