Oh, no one's saying Scripture is wrong. The disagreement is between those who think it is theologically correct and those who think it is scientifically and historically correct as well.
Scripture is intended to provide theological truth - truth Whose focal point is Jesus Christ. As such, Scripture is correct.
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Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by gekko, May 29, 2007.
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I can do the same thing.
I have four childern. They all have four noses, four mouths, four brains, four sets of arms, four sets of legs, four sets of eyes, four sets of sets of ears, and on and on with the comparisons. I can do the same thing you just did with Genesis one, with a comparison of my children, and then call it poetry. That is nonsense. There is no poetry there--only someone's wishful thinking that it is poetry. The first poem in the Bible has long been considered to be Lamech's poem recorded in Genesis 4:23,24. I have never heard any Bible scholar say otherwise. Wishful opinions don't count. -
So the only valid scholarship is that which agrees with your already-formed opinions. Fascinating.
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DHK I'm having trouble understanding why you are fighting so hard against Genesis 1 being poetry. It being poetry doesn't make it any less true. It's just the literary form that was used in that particular section. The literary form doesn't make something untrue.
So what if it's Hebrew poetry? What difference does it make?
No if someone says it's Hebrew poetry and therefore doctrine can not be derived from it then that is problematic, but I haven't seen that happen on this thread. -
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BTW, as far as historically correct, God was the only one there at the time and He left us a written record. It seems to me that He is the only one who could accurately tell this part of history. -
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I really don't have a problem with someone calling the "form" of the creation account poetry as long as the "content" of the poetry is accurate and correct. It just seems to me that those who say it is poetry are ready to dismiss it as that, and therefore it is not accurate or true. All of God's Word is accurate and true, or it is not accurarte or true at all.
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If it is poetry where does it start and end? Was Adam and Eve poetic or were they real people? Was the ark real, was the flood real? Was King David really a king? Did Jesus Christ really come to earth, will He really return again or is this just poetry? What is the formula for determining what is poetry and what is truth?
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Come on folks, just because it is poetry doesn't make it any less real or any less trustworthy. It's just the literary method chosen to put this information in written form. What does it matter if it is poetry or not? This shouldn't be that big a deal. -
Besides that, to just now claim that it is poetry goes against all Biblical scholarship of past history. I am willing to side with all the great scholars not only of this past century, but of all the centuries gone by, then with some novel modernistic interpretation of the 21st century. It doesn't make sense. -
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People have misused the gap between Gensis 1:1 and 1:2, but that doesn't mean it is incorrect, although that is the biggest basis for the argument against it.
Again this is making a mountain out of a molehill. I for one don't have one problem with it being poetry and it certainly doesn't change the facts that they are literal 24-hour days. -
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PO''ETRY, n. [Gr.] Metrical composition; verse; as heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry.
1. The art or practice of composing in verse. (Source: Webster's 1828) -
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OK, let me try again.
1. Is God smart enough or big enough to be scientifically and historically correct?
2. Since God was the only one there at the beginning, why isn't His record of history accurate or reliable? -
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Again it makes no difference whether it is or isn't.
And nowhere does it state that after 1:1 that it is an account of the creation of the universe. No support for that. Now this area does make a HUGE difference which way it is seen.
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