Quote Originally Posted by alanmolstad View Post
I once was in this huge debate on the question of how to look at Genesis in connection with evolution.

But the Young Earth Creation teacher I was in the debate with was always getting upset with me because I would never defend Evolution.
He had just tons and tons of Anti-Evolution arguments all ready to go, but I simply did not really care what things he said against evolution.

I kept going back to the Bible...I kept answering his points with Scripture.

I kept pointing out to him that I was not there to "teach" Evolution.
I kept pointing out that I had never tried to teach anyone about Evolution, rather I just kept pointing out to people that if they open their Bible they will see that there are no Anti-Evolution arguments found within the text.


Thats all Im here to do as well.

Im not here to convince you that Evolution is true.

Im not qualified to teach you or anyone else science.

But I can talk to you about what both you and I can read in our Bibles.
I can show you things that perhaps you have never noticed before.

and I can point out to you the simple fact that the story of Genesis will actually walk hand-in-hand with Evolution nicely.
I don’t understand. How are you not instructing if you can “point out”? A person doesn’t need a Doctorate to lead thought and discussion. But that too shifts attention away from my request any bible student should know.

I know after such an excursion of study which you have obviously endured, for you speak rather extensively. Then in your own words; how are we to safeguard against these two the bible warns us of? Okay, make that one question instead of the earlier two, , in your own words.

1. Shift of meanings
2. Off-limit concepts

I’m not searching for a confrontation Alan, just to understand your position.

Mike.
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