Allegory/Symbolism in Genesis 1

[7djengo7]

Whatever, RD.

Have the place to yourself then, so you can claim victory.

Enjoy your chagrin.

That's all you really wanted anyway,

He just wants to be right, as do I. Because to be right is to believe the Bible Truth. And we are right since we believe the Bible Truth, whereas you're wrong because you refuse to believe the Bible Truth. Now, you ought to want to be right, also, but clearly you don't want to be right. Clearly you want rather to continue being wrong.

if you were truly interested in this conversation,

If you were truly interested in engaging any of us in conversation, you would not have been trolling us all this time instead, troll.

you wouldn't try so hard to sabotage it.

@Right Divider started this thread, not you. You imposed yourself into it solely to try so hard to sabotage it, and you have persistently refused to address anything he wrote in the OP, and you've stonewalled against every question and objection that has been subsequently put to you regarding your Bible-despising ravings in this thread.

In other words, you can't reconcile it.

In other words, you can't support your false, Bible-despising claim that, in the first place, something needs to be reconciled.

 

[annabenedetti]

I just tell the truth. That the truth is a problem for you is your own personal problem.

False accusations are all the rage these days. I'll go with the old saying, "Put up or shut up".

In other words, more false accusations.

If you could make a case, we will evaluate it... but you don't even try. You just throw out the usual fallacious statements as if, one day, they will become true.

Again, here is the bottom line:
Exod 20:8-11 (AKJV/PCE)
(20:8) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. (20:9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: (20:10) But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: (20:11) For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it

BTW, this is why the whole world works on a seven day week. There is no other explanation for the UNIVERSAL SEVEN DAY WEEK.

Come back when you want to get real and have a real discussion.

I'm willing to have the discussion, I'm not willing to put up with your vitriol.

And "the whole world" having a seven day week (in history, a week hasn't always been 7 days in every culture) is due to the influence of Abrahamic religions but doesn't prove the earth was created in seven days. Talk about a circular argument!

Now how about that fourth day creation of the sun?

 

[annabenedetti]

Exodus 20:11 and 31:17 — Often Cited by Young Earth Creationists — Do Not Necessarily Refer to Six, Consecutive 24-Hour-Days

Young Earth Creationists frequently rely on Exodus 20:11 and 31:17 to insist that God created everything in six, consecutive 24-hour-days. This post explains why the three main arguments made by Yo…

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[ok doser]

Babbling claptrap.

I think I've found my next username!

 

[Right Divider]

I'm willing to have the discussion, I'm not willing to put up with your vitriol.

There has been no "vitriol" from me. That's just another of your may false accusations.

And "the whole world" having a seven day week (in history, a week hasn't always been 7 days in every culture) is due to the influence of Abrahamic religions but doesn't prove the earth was created in seven days. Talk about a circular argument!

I never said that it proves a SIX DAY creation. You are so illogical that you think that others are too.

AGAIN, try to deal with THIS SCRIPTURE:
Exod 20:8-11 (AKJV/PCE)
(20:8) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. (20:9) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: (20:10) But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: (20:11) For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it

Now how about that fourth day creation of the sun?

What about it? It is the way that God did it. He says so in the Bible that you despise.

 

[Right Divider]

I think I've found my next username!

I get royalties!

 

[7djengo7]

a week hasn't always been 7 days in every culture

week: "a period of seven days" (OED)

[a period of seven days] hasn't always been 7 days in every culture

 

[ok doser]

I get royalties!

The Duke of Babbling Claptrap!

 

[Right Divider]

Exodus 20:11 and 31:17 — Often Cited by Young Earth Creationists — Do Not Necessarily Refer to Six, Consecutive 24-Hour-Days​

Real nice link

 

[annabenedetti]

There has no "vitriol" form me. That's just another of your may false accusations.

Oh, please. Where's that rain smiley when I need it...

I never said that it proves a SIX DAY creation. You are so illogical that you think that others are too.

You said:

"BTW, this is why the whole world works on a seven day week. There is no other explanation for the UNIVERSAL SEVEN DAY WEEK."

What about it? It is the way that God did it.

Can you explain it without using circular reasoning?

He says so in the Bible that you despise.

That's vitriol, RD.

It's also a lie. Keep it up and you can enjoy your pyrrhic victory.

Real nice link

You couldn't just say "the link doesn't work" I guess.

Exodus 20:11 and 31:17 — Often Cited by Young Earth Creationists — Do Not Necessarily Refer to Six, Consecutive 24-Hour-Days

Young Earth Creationists frequently rely on Exodus 20:11 and 31:17 to insist that God created everything in six, consecutive 24-hour-days. This post explains why the three main arguments made by Yo…

authentictheology.com

 

[Right Divider]

"BTW, this is why the whole world works on a seven day week. There is no other explanation for the UNIVERSAL SEVEN DAY WEEK."

Please give us your explanation for where the seven day week comes from. (Hint: God's Creation week and day of rest).

 

[Right Divider]

Exodus 20:11 and 31:17 — Often Cited by Young Earth Creationists — Do Not Necessarily Refer to Six, Consecutive 24-Hour-Days

Young Earth Creationists frequently rely on Exodus 20:11 and 31:17 to insist that God created everything in six, consecutive 24-hour-days. This post explains why the three main arguments made by Yo…

authentictheology.com

Foolishness per the usual anti-God, anti-Bible babblers.

 

[annabenedetti]

Please give us your explanation for where the seven day week comes from. (Hint: God's Creation week and day of rest).

The story of God's creation week and day of rest, from the Abrahamic tradition. This makes sense, but - if you look up the history of the week, you're going to find cultures who based it on the moon cycles, not the creation story. You'll also find weeks composed of more than seven days.

 

[annabenedetti]

Foolishness per the usual anti-God, anti-Bible babblers.

If you want to make an argument that they're anti-God, anti-Bible, or babblers, go for it.

 

[Clete]

No it wasn't.



And there you have it.

I didn't start the conversation the way you liked, and you've already proven my point.

Are you trying to get banned?

 

[Right Divider]

The story of God's creation week and day of rest, from the Abrahamic tradition. This makes sense, but - if you look up the history of the week, you're going to find cultures who based it on the moon cycles, not the creation story. You'll also find weeks composed of more than seven days.

The Jewish (Israelite) work week is literally six days with a one day sabbath rest. This is BECAUSE (that's what the FOR in verse 11 means) God created the heavens and the earth in six days. It's so clear that even a child can understand it, but not an unbeliever.

 

[Clete]

The story of God's creation week and day of rest, from the Abrahamic tradition. This makes sense, but - if you look up the history of the week, you're going to find cultures who based it on the moon cycles, not the creation story. You'll also find weeks composed of more than seven days.

Prediction:

This babbler won't ever give a direct answer to a direct question. He'll twist and squirm and redirect but he'll NEVER engage the subject of the thread with any substance nor answer any direct question with a clear answer.

 

[Right Divider]

If you want to make an argument that they're anti-God, anti-Bible, or babblers, go for it.

They "reason" like you; illogically and fallaciously.

 

[Clete]

The earth wasn't created in a literal six days.

Saying it doesn't make it so!

Make an argument that supports the implied claim that the Bible is either false or speaking in some kind of figurative/allegorical language or admit that you cannot.

 

[annabenedetti]

Saying it doesn't make it so!

Likewise for a literal six day creation.

Make an argument that supports the implied claim that the Bible is either false or speaking in some kind of figurative/allegorical language or admit that you cannot.

I provided a link that says it much better than I can. Feel free to read it.

As RD's reaction shows, I knew it would be a waste of my time to summarize it.