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But you don't have to believe in the literal Christian creation story 7000 years ago. Most lines of Christian thought allowed for non-literal accounts as far ba
by russellsprouts 13y ago
But you don't have to believe in the literal Christian creation story 7000 years ago. Most lines of Christian thought allowed for non-literal accounts as far back as the first century A.D.
- mattkrea 13y agoBelieve me I'm aware of that. I always sort of felt that picking and choosing the parts of a religion in which you believe is almost worst, however.
- xherberta 13y agoThe Hebrew term "Yom" translated "day" is mentioned before the sun and moon. Also, there's an unspecified amount of time between Genesis 1:1, when "God created the heavens and the earth" and 1:2, which says "But the earth became waste and emptiness." These two clues tell me the text is not meant to offer any information about dates and times.