[quote=Daniel Ritchie;419063]In fact here is the article in question:
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Exodus 20:11
“For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day” (Exodus 20:11).
Federal Visionists love this verse because they think that God created the world in six days. This naïveté betrays the anti-intellectualism of the Federal Vision.
The Modern Reformed faith has always held that the first chapter of Genesis is poetic, and as everyone knows, poetry cannot be used to convey history. Poetry always compromises accuracy.
This becomes even more clear when we notice that the sun was not created until the fourth day, yet there were mornings and evenings for the first three days, not to mention the creation of light on the first day.
The only explanation for this chronological gaffe is that God is communicating poetically rather than historically. This violation of the law of non-contradiction leads us to the obvious conclusion that we cannot not take this account literally. Thus, the first chapter of Genesis is a poetic vision of how the world was definitely not created.
Federal Visionists wrongly accuse us of being dishonest with the text. On the contrary, our position is not only honest, but heroic. When the doctrine of the Creation ceased to commend itself to the critical faculties which God had given us, we openly rejected it. We preached against it. We took every risk.
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Are we absolutely certain that is on the level?
It's so totally over-the-top I have a hard time believing it's sincere. I mean, "our position is not only honest, but heroic"? Who says that with a straight face?
And "
the first chapter of Genesis is a poetic vision of how the world was definitely not created."
Wait a minute. It's a poetic vision intended to demonstrate how the world was definitely NOT created? As in, Genesis 1 was written for the purpose of correcting a pre-existing erroneous impression? Or did it deliberately describe one way the world could have come into being, while simultaneously - albeit implicitly - shooting it down?
What, the LORD's embarrassed at how He actually created the world? Or maybe He couldn't figure out how to describe the process so people could understand?
He, who designed and created both people
and language wasn't able to write a coherent account of His creation?
ISTM whoever wrote that is either so abysmally stupid he should have his driver's license taken away, or he's jerking our chain, and is in fact attempting to make those who are against the FV look like a bunch of dopes.
