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I recently encountered a person, on Steve Martin’s excellent blog An Evangelical Dialog on Evolution, named Herman Cummings.  Cummings espouses his own theory of how to interpret Genesis 1 that he calls the “Observations of Moses”.  To be honest, I thought he was kidding because of his self-declaration:
If you wish to waste your time with those that are not an expert on Genesis (there’s only one), then expect to be given false information.
I wasn’t sure if he was talking about himself or not, so I googled him and found that he was referring to himself, and he is not kidding.  Here is how he introduces himself in a letter connected to a Cobb County lawsuit regarding what …

As discussed in Day 5 - Determining a Date (Part 2), God commanded the birds to fill the air a little less than 65 million years ago.  Shortly after (geologically speaking), the fossil record shows an immense explosion in the quantity and variety of birds that existed.  According the fossil record, this happened within the era in which small to large sea life evolved, but before the majority of modern land mammals evolved… conveniently in line with scripture.

I now want to look at the creation of birds a little more closely, just to make sure the scriptures really say what I think do.  Here are the key sections of …

If you haven’t noticed, I took a break from Day 5.  Between long hours, cub scouts, and family, well, something had to give, and it’s usually this blog.  (By the way, my son’s raingutter boat took 3rd place in the races for the cubs, and 3rd place for painting overall.  I am quite the proud papa right now. )

Well, in between the hecticness, I have been writing a review (not posted) of an article by Paul H. Seely on Concordism.  The article can be found here: The First Four Days of Genesis in Concordist Theory and in Biblical Context.  It caught my eye because the summary of the article singled out the first 4 days of Creation, …

 20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day. — Genesis 1:20-23
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 20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day. — Genesis 1:20-23
Day 5 was not straightforward to date.  As described …

Recently, I discussed several common scientific misunderstandings that YECs have when arguing against Evolution.  One of the misunderstandings was that many Evolutionists are so invested in Evolution that they ascribe almost a mystical cause to it all.  I suggested that Theistic Evolutionists do exactly that, but the “mystical” influence they ascribe it all to is God.  I then made the point if that YECs can believe God created the world, then why shouldn’t Theistic Evolutionists believe it?  Well, here is an article that tries to answer that question.  It is an article by Werner Gitt entitled 10 Dangers of Theistic Evolution.  Such articles are important to understand, because if a Christian reads it, they could be convinced that …

My friend Cory wrote a critique of Geocreationism over at http://josiahconcept.org/articles/founding-principles-geo/.  Usually, I like to respond to his articles on his own blog, but I believe he has brought up something that I should cover here.

Part of Cory’s review is in response to my use of Romans 11 as a model for Evolution.  Though I have not developed the theory on this blog as fully as I should, I have mentioned it:
Romans 11 illustrates Israel as an olive tree that grows as it will, while God grafts in branches that please him, and chops off branches that do not. This is how Geocreationism believes God exercised providence over evolution.  Also, 1 Chronicles 14:15-16 illustrates where an independent physical agent achieved an …

I previously discussed an example of how Young Earth Creationists often discard scientific evidence, due to their preconceived notions regarding a young earth.  However, their rejection of scientific discovery is not a rejection of the scientific method per se.  Or at least they do not mean it to be.  After all, Christians who argue theology are quite familiar with the idea of making arguments, supporting them with evidence, and revisiting their arguments when new evidence arises.  In fact, they do this all the time when it comes to eschatology (end time prophecy).  Yet, they seem to have blinders on when it comes to the scientific pursuit of understanding the earth’s past. 

I would respect a YEC Christian who argues for his views in the following manner: …

One of the main criticisms that Young Earth Creationists (YECs) lobby against Old Earth Creationists (OECs) is that scientific methods of aging ancient rocks and fossils are unreliable.  Therefore, the reasoning goes, don’t rely on it.  In fact, if you are trying to age anything you think is older than 10,000 years old, don’t even try.  After all, according to scripture, nothing was around back then.  If you try using methods that suggest ages older than 10,000 years old, your findings will be filled with contradictions and inconsistencies, so do not be surprised when you find them.  You can try reconciling them, but don’t bother.  After all, if you already know the earth is younger than 10,000 years old, then what do you gain trying explain why …

In “Biblical Difficulties for a Young Earth - Part 2: Not so easy for a child to understand“, I showed how the word Elohim communicated more than what the Children of Israel (or a child in general) would see in the scripture.  It takes the perspective of a Christian to realize that Moses was referring to the Trinity in the word Elohim.  Similarly, other aspects of Genesis 1 can only be understood when you have the correct perspective.  Once such example is Day 4 of the Creation Account.  The difference between Day 4 and Genesis 1:1 however, is that Genesis …