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Originally Posted by 2 Tim 4:2  So you have no way of knowing if Genesis 3 is accurate? How would such a position clarify mans fall and need for Christ? | Mark, how could anyone conclusively prove with science (a created thing) that the universe was spoken into being by God? How could anyone give a conclusive and exhaustive narrative of the creation event, let alone any events that followed after it? These realities exist in the past, behind the text, but they are not realities that we are meant to see. As I said before, Scripture is a sumptuous gown; we need to be enthralled with the beauty it brings, not constantly peeking underneath it.
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Paul Weinhold, Colleyville Presbyterian Church
Currently Reading: Critical Theory Since Plato, Poetry by John Donne, Solon of Athens, and Wallace Stevens
1 Corinthians 8:2-3 "If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God."
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