The Bible is telling the Creation story to bring across certain thesis of
the Faith: that,
God Created everything, and they are all good in themselves (in themselves
only);
Human nature is originally good until it is flawed by pride;
God is all powerful, and can materialize ex nihilo;
God prophecized of Mary the Mother crushing Satan through the saviour, the
Word incarnate.
The Bible is not to be taken literally. It means, the Bible says God created
the world in seven days, it doesn't mean that in 4004 BC September 1st, God
created the world (a calculation by bishop Ussher, from the Anglican
congregation). It is also nonsensical to believe that such a flood did
exist. All it is saying is that God has the power to cleanse evil, and thus
predicting the Baptism by water and the purification of the Jordan river.
Don't forget, the Bible is merely prophets writing "with the inspiration of
the divine will". The inspiration is only transposed, when they use the
limits of human comprehension and linguistics to express such divinity.
There is still a great margin of inaccuracy, and never mind the myths and
fables.
sophia
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其實, 聖經第一章, 第一節已包含了現今科學的精華
現今科學對物質的看法, 要求, 在這章節已經有哂
所以, 在這個時代好, 或在那時代也好, 也時有用的
如你想知更多, 可以看 "創造論" 的書籍
天道書樓可以買到的
You know, Catholics are not Creationists.
I for one does not believe in the literal creation out of a week.
What was there in the Bible is merely a fable, an epic telling morals and
underlining messages.
sophia
Michael> bugs, 其實, 聖經第一章, 第一節已包含了現今科學的精華
Michael> 現今科學對物質的看法, 要求, 在這章節已經有哂所以, 在這個
Michael> 時代好, 或在那時代也好, 也時有用的
這樣說,中國經典《易經》豈不是更了一不起嗎?它也包含著現代科學的精華:
「無極生太極,太極生兩儀,兩儀生四象,四象生八卦」,不是包含了大爆炸理
論、電磁埸論的精華嗎?甚至現今電腦所用的二進數的基礎,也包含在上面西句
中,更實踐在八卦及六十四卦之中。
傳聞《易經》已有五千年的歷史,你那本聖經的舊約又有多久呢?不要再做崇洋
狂吧!我國也有自己一套哲學和世界觀,不比西方的那套「落後」或差。
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> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael <pip...@ctimail.com> writes:
>
> Michael> bugs, 其實, 聖經第一章, 第一節已包含了現今科學的精華
>
> Michael> 現今科學對物質的看法, 要求, 在這章節已經有哂所以, 在這個
> Michael> 時代好, 或在那時代也好, 也時有用的
>
> 這樣說,中國經典《易經》豈不是更了一不起嗎?它也包含著現代科學的精華:
> 「無極生太極,太極生兩儀,兩儀生四象,四象生八卦」,不是包含了大爆炸理
> 論、電磁埸論的精華嗎?甚至現今電腦所用的二進數的基礎,也包含在上面西句
> 中,更實踐在八卦及六十四卦之中。
>
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16
I also believe that it is a factual account of earth and mankind's
history. I believe in a literal 7-day creation and a global flood.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1
I find it unspeakably sad that the theory of evolution has stolen our
identity from us. God spoke the rest of the universe into existence;
yet he saved His very breath for Man.
"the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living
being." Genesis 2:7
I believe that Almighty God loves each and every one of us and desires
intimate relationships with us. Our sin separates us from God, but He
provided a bridge to span that yawning chasm.
"For God so love the world that He gave His one and only Son, that
whoever believes in HIm shall not perish but have eternal life." John
3:16