There has been quite a disscussion on the Gap theory, on another thread.
So lets do a poll, ok?
Gap Theory - the poll
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by Salty, Oct 10, 2009.
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The Bible plainly teaches AGAINST the Gap theory
5 vote(s)15.6% -
The Bible in context would not allow for a gap theory
10 vote(s)31.3% -
The Bible does not appear to support a Gap theory
6 vote(s)18.8% -
The Bible is silent about the Gap theory
1 vote(s)3.1% -
The Bible appears to support a Gap theory
1 vote(s)3.1% -
The Bible in context allows for a gap theory
6 vote(s)18.8% -
The Bible plainly teaches there is a Gap( more than a year) between Gen 1:1 and 1:2
1 vote(s)3.1% -
Not sure
2 vote(s)6.3% -
Other answer
0 vote(s)0.0%
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Gen 1:1-2
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
I am kind of on the fence on this one. The Bible does not say how long the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. It could have been a long or short time. I just don't know. I was not there when God made the Earth. Lest anyone accuse me of not believing the Bible, I am a creationist and believe that God created everything that was made. I do not believe in evolution - evolution is nothing more than fanciful story telling and seems like a lot of wishful thinking to me. -
In order to believe the Gap theory, one must assume it from outside the text. Nothing in the text indicates such a "gap." It doesn't matter how long the Spirit of God hovered - there is no indication earth was destroyed and re-created.
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Thinkingstuff Active Member
No Gap Theory in the Bible. Good fiction though.
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I'm not up on this Gap theory. What is it exactly? If it pertains to Genesis then it will surely interest me. I've always been fascinated by Genesis.
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It's actually a misnomer, because it doesn't qualify as a theory according to the definition of what a theory is. Like Intelligent Design, it can be best described as a gap philosophy. A literal reading of Gen 1 does not suggest a gap consisting of two creations. -
How do they come up with two distinct creations?
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Thinkingstuff Active Member
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I don't think void meant nonexistent, but rather, plain, featureless, desolate, etc. There was obviously water existing, and apparently there was no separation between the heavens and earth. Like one big empty canvas I guess.
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If a gap were implied here, people before evolution came along would have discerned it in the text. -
I'm no scientist but the world ain't no billion years old. Excuse my southern.
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Now that we've opened that can of worms, it's probably best to get back to the topic of Gap Theory, rather than have this thread denegrate into another needless debate and veer it off topic. -
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Huh? Verse 5 reads "... every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground." All that says is that man was not yet around to till the earth. That verse in and of itself doesn't say what happenned and when.
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Gen 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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No fair, you didn't say what chapter :wavey:
Thinkingstuff makes a good observation: That prior to v5, according to Gap supporters, there existed an earth, but it was without form. -
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