Ron Cowie: "Theistic Evolution" (2021) - 039
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See discussion at Psalm 33:6-9.
from Ken Gilmore —
- “What the Bible clearly says”. . . Cowie confuses the principle of perspicuity with a flat literal hermeneutic. This is his fundamental error.
- A flat literal hermeneutic would have us believe God created a flat Earth covered with a solid firmament separating waters above from waters below in which are set the sun, moon and stars
- It would also result in Gen 1 contradicting Gen 2 with respect to duration and order of creation events.
- No one denies that God could have created instantaneously. The question is whether the evidence shows that he did, and an honest evaluation of the data argues firmly against a recent creation in six days.
from Bruce —
- This is not "what the Bible clearly says," but an interpretation. Note that he's repeating his misquotation of one single Bible verse to argue irrelevantly against evolution. Do you know why he can't find even one more verse in the Bible that might seem to disprove evolution? Yes, that's right: there are none.
- Misreading. See comments on Fiat Creation at Psalm 33:6-9. This notion of "instant miracles" has a comical result if applied to Psalm 68:11. For a distinction between fiat creation and instantaneous creation see at Psalm 148.
- Misreading.
- Re the claims in pink: this is a half-truth at best. Biological evolution is not taught in the Bible just as Heliocentrism and gravitational attraction are not taught in the Bible. This matter is one that should be discussed rationally; and also with awareness of Scripture: Bible readers centuries before Darwin* were not wrong to see an ever-unfolding creation in the redundant final word of the first Genesis creation record.
- * Ibn Ezra (1089-1167) and Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508)
