I’ve been in some debates on this message board concerning creation vs. evolution. Some claim to be Baptists and claim to be saved.
How can one deny and call parts of Genesis a “metaphor” or refuse to believe the earth isn’t millions of years old and call themselves “Bible believing Christians?”
I don’t believe that there is any middle ground on this subject. Any thoughts?
Fundamentalist view on creation vs. evolution
Discussion in 'Creation vs. Evolution' started by john6:63, May 7, 2003.
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Baptist Believer Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Many Bible-believing Christians do not see a conflict between a very old earth and the material in Genesis. Since (as far as I know) Genesis does not provide a timeline for dating the age of the earth, the matter is up for discussion.
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Both Jesus and Paul affirmed that Adam and Eve are literal, historical people. Believing such is crucial to a correct interpretation. Of course, people can believe whatever they want. However, only one view is correct.
Not interpreting Gen. 1-11 is the product of eisegesis and not exegesis. There is no sound or solid exegesis that supports such a conclusion. A non-literal understanding of Gen. 1-11 is the product of a need to take a more broad interpretation. I am very surprised to see BB as one who waffles on this issue. :rolleyes: -
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Ed thumbs through the basics of Fundamentalism:
1. the inspiration and infallibility of Scripture
2. the diety of Christ
3. the substitutinary atonement of Christ's death
4. the literal resurrection of Christ from the dead
5. the literal return of Christ in the Second Advent
Nothing about creation vs. evolution.
John6:63: "How can one deny and call parts of Genesis
a “metaphor” or refuse to believe the earth isn’t
millions of years old and call themselves
“Bible believing Christians?”
I don’t believe that there is any middle ground on this subject."
I believe there is middle ground where a person
can believe the inspired and infallible Holy Scripture
and not deny the correct teachings of science.
God is the Master Engineer and i am but a minor
engineer (but at least i make a living thereby).
My engineering is based on science not
the Holy Scripture. I stand on the middle ground
yet am a Bible believing fundamentalist Baptist Christian.
I also note that some go far beyond the
fundamentalist Baptist Bible believing Christian
and get themselves into hot water. Trust me,
the universe is unforgiving and what you engineer
that is NOT based on good science will not work.
Interestingly enough, i don't know of a branch of
engineering that has any decisions based on
the age of the earth. My computer assisted
automated industrial process works just as good
if the earth is 12-million years old or was
created last week. So age-of-the-earth theory
is useless to me, an engineering Bible bellieving
fundamentalist Baptist Christian.
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Pastor_Bob Well-Known Member
This thread is being moved to the Creation vs Evolution Forum as it violates the Forum Guidelines.
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I’m still wondering why this tread was moved when it was clearly directed to the Fundamentalists, which may not visit this forum? :confused:
Ed
So when science tries to contradict the Bible what do you do? There are a lot of Christian Scientist out there who without a doubt separates the two. If you as a scientists believe the Word of God is verbally inspired, without error, and infallible in all its affirmations, then by default the scientists contradicting the Bible with their theories are WRONG. Agreed?
It is wrong that some preachers will say that you can doubt some portions of the Bible and still say you’re a Bible believing Christian. Soon Ed, they will start to say, “Jesus really didn’t walk on water.” Or “Jesus really didn’t feed 5,000.” Or “Jesus really wasn’t raised from the dead.” Or “Jesus really didn’t do all those miracles.”
People here may think John6:63 is “close-minded” well they would be absolutely correct. Anybody who tries to contradict the Word of God is a deceiver. And (sorry about starting a sentence with and) if someone here thinks that I may be questioning his/her faith well maybe they need to take a step back and ask themselves “do I believe the Word of God or some scientist.” You can’t believe both when on contradicts the other.
In the words of Forrest Gump. “That’s all I got to say about that.” -
An informed scientist who is also a christian can just as easily argue that the fossil record was formed by God and that in many cases, it is easier to read than the biblical record and subject to less error in interpretation. John6:63, do you agree that the fossil record is the work of God? If so, why should you ignore what it tells you? Why should you ignore what is in the earth with respect to the age of the earth. Why do you rely on one type of teaching, the bible, and ignore almost entirely and dispute what the earth is telling you?
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>>>>>>>Interestingly enough, i don't know of a branch of engineering that has any decisions based on the age of the earth. My computer assisted automated industrial process works just as good if the earth is 12-million years old or was created last week. So age-of-the-earth theory
is useless to me, an engineering Bible bellieving
fundamentalist Baptist Christian.
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There are a number of industries that depend very strongly on having accurate information about the age of the earth. Petroleum exploration is one of these. The people who spend the big bucks like to have as accurate information as possible. It seems they almost invariably favor an earth that is a few billion years old. -
Peter101
There is no doubt in my mind that God created fossils. Do I believe scientists who say that he ran a test on those fossils and determines that they were millions of years old? NO.
Why? Because the Word of God is filled with scripture that preaches about “FALSE DOCTRINE” or anything that would directly contradict the Word of God! And Edifier; there is your proof that the Bible speaks about evolution!
Those fossils aren't a million years old b/c the earth isn’t a million years old, b/c it doesn’t agree with the genealogy of Genesis!
(2Timothy3:16) “All scripture is given by inspiration of God….” Why some people can’t understand what “ALL” means is beyond me! -
I would be interested in seeing the verses in which Christ said that Gen 1 and 2 were literal.
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John6:63: "So when science tries to contradict the Bible what do you do?"
The Bible is right.
However, one is obliged to understand the
science and understand the Bible.
If one does not understand the science
or understand the Bible, one should keep
their mouth shut. Wisdom is sometimes
knowing when you don't understand.
John6:63: "I’m still wondering why this tread was moved
when it was clearly directed to the Fundamentalists,
which may not visit this forum? "
Well, it started out about creation/evolution,
so it got stuck here. I'm not a board guru, but
i've found it is not good to fuss with the
board gurus, who by definition are always right.
Anyway, try the PM function instead of crabbing
about the board gurus on the board.
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Meatros
Yes I am close-minded. -
Edifier
Again, what do you do as a “Bible believing Christian” when science discredits the Word of God?
Again there is no “however” or middle ground, when one says, “I believe the Bible.” One cannot, cannot, believe some parts of the Bible and let science convince you that other parts are inaccurate.
When I say, “I believe the Bible”, there are NO, if, ands, buts or however, behind it.
Again not all science is bad. I know two scientists who are Bible believing Christians and they have seen no evidence to suggest the Bible is in error. None. Are they wrong? No. They’re not deceived.
There are few things in life so spiritually ineffective or ridiculous as a preacher or seminary professor, who has lost faith in the authority and inspiration of the scriptures, yet continues to preach or teach about the Bible. People who refuse to accept the authority of the Word of God will never learn the truths of life and death from such unbelieving teachers. Jesus Christ Himself said in (Luke 16:31) “If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead.”
Thank God I belong to a church whose preacher preaches the Word of God as it’s meant to be preached. Thank God I have a preacher who’s not afraid to hold the Bible above his head and say that this Book is verbally inspired, without error, and infallible in all its affirmations the Word of God that was pinned by the HOLY SPRIT through different authors! AMEN Bro. Monte! -
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>>>>>>There is no doubt in my mind that God created fossils. Do I believe scientists who say that he ran a test on those fossils and determines that they were millions of years old? NO.<<<<<<<
Wouldn't it be wise to learn about those dating methods in depth before condemning them as inaccurate? Your comments about the C-14 method suggest that you know almost nothing about the methods and are therefore not qualified to judge whether they are correct or not. I hope you read my comments of yesterday about how you misunderstand the experience and knowledge required to do the C-14 analysis. -
>>>>>>>>>>>>Thank God I belong to a church whose preacher preaches the Word of God as it’s meant to be preached. Thank God I have a preacher who’s not afraid to hold the Bible above his head and say that this Book is verbally inspired, without error, and infallible in all its affirmations the Word of God that was pinned by the HOLY SPRIT through different authors! AMEN Bro. Monte!<<<<<<
That does not eliminate the stark contradiction between a literal view of Genesis and the solid findings of science. You ignore science at your peril. Imagine what you would think of christians who claimed that the earth is flat based on the bible. I think even you would not have a very good opinion of their judgment and ability. That is approximately what mainstream scientists and others think of those christians who claim that the earth is only a few thousand years old. -
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