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I don't necessarily want to start a flame war, but it is inaccurate to say "God said so in that holy book." People have added up the number of years that are me

by jeffesp 17y ago

I don't necessarily want to start a flame war, but it is inaccurate to say "God said so in that holy book." People have added up the number of years that are mentioned in the Bible and claimed that the earth is only that old. A decent amount of Genesis can be looked at not as literal history, but a summary. This is done even by some very conservative scholars who believe that God is the creator and also believe that the earth really is as old as science says it is.

nebula 17y ago
but it is inaccurate to say "God said so in that holy book." I didn't claim that God said so. I just quoted the science teacher that was interviewed. Go watch the video and wonder why Governments and parents are allowing these kind of morons to teach science. Moreover my point was not about how to interpret a particular event described in a particular book; far from it. I was expressing outrage at the fact that a science teacher would believe that the Earth is just a few thousand years old, throwing all the science in the dust bin. More importantly he is teaching the same thing to children and is getting away with it. PS: through the revealed preference of coming into the defense of the book, though I didn't find faults with it, you gave out a lot about why you made the comment. But I'm going to pass over it.
- jeffesp 17y ago
  I wasn't responding to you directly. Your comment put forth the assertion that God said something. He didn't. It's not in the Bible and though some Christians claim it is true, that doesn't make it so. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that. PS: You can't claim to pass over something while talking about it in a PS.
gdee 17y ago
Yes, but that is a relatively new interpretation right? Funny how religions have a way to, at least sometimes, adapt themselves, to evolve there, sometimes, core truths, yet still claim to be based on immutable facts, long time ago revealed. From a sufficiently zoomed back time scale, they seem almost agile... like startups... As I said... funny. :)

by jeffesp 17y ago

nebula 17y ago

but it is inaccurate to say "God said so in that holy book." I didn't claim that God said so. I just quoted the science teacher that was interviewed. Go watch the video and wonder why Governments and parents are allowing these kind of morons to teach science. Moreover my point was not about how to interpret a particular event described in a particular book; far from it. I was expressing outrage at the fact that a science teacher would believe that the Earth is just a few thousand years old, throwing all the science in the dust bin. More importantly he is teaching the same thing to children and is getting away with it. PS: through the revealed preference of coming into the defense of the book, though I didn't find faults with it, you gave out a lot about why you made the comment. But I'm going to pass over it.

jeffesp 17y ago
I wasn't responding to you directly. Your comment put forth the assertion that God said something. He didn't. It's not in the Bible and though some Christians claim it is true, that doesn't make it so. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that. PS: You can't claim to pass over something while talking about it in a PS.

gdee 17y ago

Yes, but that is a relatively new interpretation right? Funny how religions have a way to, at least sometimes, adapt themselves, to evolve there, sometimes, core truths, yet still claim to be based on immutable facts, long time ago revealed. From a sufficiently zoomed back time scale, they seem almost agile... like startups... As I said... funny. :)