The Riddle of Genesis 1
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
A constant premise of Geocreationism for me has been that Moses wrote Genesis 1 in a literal fashion, and that we should interpret it likewise. In the last six months, I modified that slightly when I learned of the scientific perspectives of mankind at the time, and had my eyes opened to Moses’ consistency with that perspective in his writing. Did that negate my premise? Not entirely. Moses still meant Genesis 1 literally. He just did not realize the actual scientific details of what he wrote. Instead, he took the truth, and described it in the clearest terms that he could… which were the scientific terms and imagery of his time. Determining what really happened from what Moses has a been like solving a riddle, but once you back out of his …