tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859131826857051653.post1749448388148113331..comments2013-06-02T05:45:35.957-07:00Comments on duff gordon: Do not get stuck on the 6 day Creationduff gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11326154076874371975noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859131826857051653.post-89945282882115438522013-01-29T12:52:32.047-08:002013-01-29T12:52:32.047-08:00Grey , I like your bringing up the Flood, quite &q...Grey , I like your bringing up the Flood, quite "inductive" if you get my drift-pops duff gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326154076874371975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859131826857051653.post-27798922007536323162013-01-27T11:05:46.459-08:002013-01-27T11:05:46.459-08:00I like the Gap theory, and I think it can explain ...I like the Gap theory, and I think it can explain the extreme old age of the earth. But I don't think there was a whole creation that got wiped out and started over again. The whole first chapter of Genesis is a progressive creation. So why should I think that "God creates everything perfectly" implies that there was a *complete* creation that got wiped out? The gap however is a perfect way to harmonize the Big Bang --- which is one of the most amazing concepts and totally consistent with God bringing all things forth from nothing --- with the creation.<br /><br />I think one of the coolest things is that even evolutionists, although they strive, can't point to man being more than 40,000 years old or so. And that we have a common ancestor! Seems pretty coincidental, and I am sure they will do whatever they can to try to get away from it. <br /><br />At any rate, the massive changes that the Earth would have undergone in the flood --- the disappearing of the firmament, the massive destruction of plant life, the intense pressure from all the water that could cause the shifting of tectonic plates --- would mess with both the geological record and carbon 14 dating. The main fallacy in scientific thinking is that everything in the past is the way it is now. Which is a reasonable, but I think wrong, assumption.Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190073082817963118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859131826857051653.post-87471573435975891142013-01-12T14:01:49.729-08:002013-01-12T14:01:49.729-08:00Huh, interesting. I've heard of gap theory but...Huh, interesting. I've heard of gap theory but haven't considered the idea of "starting over." I'm not sure I necessarily believe that the earth being (as opposed to becoming) formless and void means that much because why can't it be in steps? An artist can have a canvas, color the entire thing neutrally, and then begin to add details. <br /><br />But wondering about what happened during that in-between time is really thought provoking. I've also wondered a lot about what happened during the three days before Jesus was resurrected. What did he do? What did he see? So many mysteries that will one day all be revealed!<br />jojo gadgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243667654836294703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859131826857051653.post-52228468161431770682013-01-12T09:51:36.236-08:002013-01-12T09:51:36.236-08:00bible.org has this definition of the gap theory wh...bible.org has this definition of the gap theory which you allude to:..<br />The gap theory postulates that an indefinite span of time exists between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. This time span is usually considered to be quite large (millions of years) and is also reputed to encompass the so-called “geologic ages.” Proponents of the gap theory also postulate that a cataclysmic judgment was pronounced upon the earth during this period as the result of the fall of Lucifer (Satan) and that the ensuing verses of Genesis chapter 1 describe a re-creation or reforming of the earth from a chaotic state and not an initial creative effort on the part of God.duff gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326154076874371975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2859131826857051653.post-54267442428009502132013-01-12T09:49:37.566-08:002013-01-12T09:49:37.566-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.duff gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11326154076874371975noreply@blogger.com