Just before the weekend a colleague asked me if I really believed that God made the Earth in 6 days when Science says that the Earth was created differently. I mumbled a bit and gave some feeble answer that I had heard someone give before,
"Well, I think the 6 days of creation maybe could mean 6 periods of time rather than our earthly days of 24 hours"
was what I said. I went home, read the parts of Genesis that talk of creation and there and then I thought it's about time I stopped watering down my faith and God's amazingness to fit in with what science and society tells me about earth and history. How could I say that a 'day' at the beginning of the Bible could mean an unspecific period of time rather than a 24 hour period and then say that later in the Bible when Jesus walked the Earth a 'day' then definitely meant 24 hours. Surely I was picking and choosing what I wanted to believe and allowing what amazingness I read in the Bible to be watered down by what Scientists say is their 'proof'. I have my proof, it's the Word of God, they have their proof - machine readings. The Bible says in Genesis after each day of creation 'Evening came and then morning.' That surely says that the days of creation were earthly days not periods of time. No longer will I water down my faith or change what I think the Bible says to fit in with what Scientists say. I have my proof, it's the Word of God.
"Well, I think the 6 days of creation maybe could mean 6 periods of time rather than our earthly days of 24 hours"
was what I said. I went home, read the parts of Genesis that talk of creation and there and then I thought it's about time I stopped watering down my faith and God's amazingness to fit in with what science and society tells me about earth and history. How could I say that a 'day' at the beginning of the Bible could mean an unspecific period of time rather than a 24 hour period and then say that later in the Bible when Jesus walked the Earth a 'day' then definitely meant 24 hours. Surely I was picking and choosing what I wanted to believe and allowing what amazingness I read in the Bible to be watered down by what Scientists say is their 'proof'. I have my proof, it's the Word of God, they have their proof - machine readings. The Bible says in Genesis after each day of creation 'Evening came and then morning.' That surely says that the days of creation were earthly days not periods of time. No longer will I water down my faith or change what I think the Bible says to fit in with what Scientists say. I have my proof, it's the Word of God.
that's awesome =) you go girl
ReplyDeleteI have so much on how we can scientifically back up what the bible says including a 6 day creation but to be honest you just go for it girl. You believe because you know its true!
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