Post by Murph on Nov 13, 2024 7:54:21 GMT -6
A Minimal-Facts Case for Genesis
For Christians with a high view of Scripture, few debates within the Church are as contentious as how to interpret the creation accounts in Genesis.
Simply describing the major viewpoints requires a veritable lexicon of terms: young-earth creationism, day-age creationism, framework hypothesis, progressive creation, theistic evolution, intelligent design, and so on. In a society transformed by science and technology, the exact details of creation are arguably of more interest to this generation than to any of our forebears. Passions sometimes flare up, since the hermeneutics of Genesis also carry important implications for doctrines such as original sin and the inerrancy of Scripture.
Most non-Christians, however, are unaware of this vigorous back-and-forth within the Christian community regarding Genesis. Due partly to the high media profile of young-earth ministries and partly to pop-culture characterizations of Christians, nonbelievers typically think that converting to Christianity requires them to believe that...
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