Thread: I Have Changed My Mind Concerning Creation
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Old 03-21-2008, 07:53 AM
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Well Dr. Spear in class tonight at RPTS finally got me to really understand the pre-suppositions that are tied to a 6/24 reading of Genesis 1 and the difficulty of the gymnastic exegesis of other positions.

I have given up the internal struggle and have submitted to a literal, 6-Day creation.
But, what of those presuppositions? Should readers of the Bible accept anything based on presuppositions? I wonder, what evidence in the Bible presents this position - if you do not mind sharing?

wondering

john
For one Scripture teaches that all Creation fell with Adam's sin correct? Well if one of the consequences of the fall is death (for animals as well as humanity) then there cannot be animal death before the fall (Gen 3:21).
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