Questions about Creation and others

[Laces Out Dan]

What do you guys think about these statements:

God is pure love.

Adam and Eve were not two individuals, but were the first people(out of cavemen or some form of humans that had no sense of their creator, who are just like animals) who recognized God and had fellowship with him and heard his voice.

God didn't create the universe in 7 days, at least not what a day means to us.

Science and God's story about what happened in the begining are one in the same. BUT to early man, dont you think if God would have explained literally what happened, that man would have been utterly confused? Yunno, haha, being that people thought that was the earth was flat until not that long ago.

The tree in the garden was questioning God and thinking in the physical, and wanting more. Not to say anything bad against women, but i need an example: Isn't church supposed to be where we worship God? BUT a lot of the churches decorate significately and want to glorify him in the physical. Does God really care about this? No. He looks at the heart, not at what color we paint the walls.

These are my interpretations of the bible. I am not very sure, i am a man and i could be wrong. But it is the only thing that makes sense to me

[His Ambassador]

What do you guys think about these statements:

God is pure love.

Adam and Eve were not two individuals, but were the first people(out of cavemen or some form of humans that had no sense of their creator, who are just like animals) who recognized God and had fellowship with him and heard his voice.

God didn't create the universe in 7 days, at least not what a day means to us.

Science and God's story about what happened in the begining are one in the same. BUT to early man, dont you think if God would have explained literally what happened, that man would have been utterly confused? Yunno, haha, being that people thought that was the earth was flat until not that long ago.

The tree in the garden was questioning God and thinking in the physical, and wanting more. Not to say anything bad against women, but i need an example: Isn't church supposed to be where we worship God? BUT a lot of the churches decorate significately and want to glorify him in the physical. Does God really care about this? No. He looks at the heart, not at what color we paint the walls.

These are my interpretations of the bible. I am not very sure, i am a man and i could be wrong. But it is the only thing that makes sense to me

You apparently have no training in Bible interpretation. What you state is just a slightly different slant than what evolutionists have stated for decades. But since believing one way or the other about those subjects has noting to do with the real issue - what are you going to do with Jesus Christ? - but is just a smoke screen to avoid discussing the real issue you can believe that if you want. You're wrong, but you're free to believe it if you want.

What HAVE you done about the real issue? Have you repented and chosen to follow God and accepted His gift of salvation through Jesus?

[JimR-OCDS]

The story of creation in the book of Genesis, is mostly likely allegorical, not historical events in the literal sense.

Most credible Scripture Scholars interpret it this way.

Your interpretation may not be accurate, but not necessarily false either.

[Kabowd]

Until we clear up his views on creation and the fall, how can he fully understand his need for a Savior? Let's just start with the creation issue (and put the other things he brought up on the back burner for now). Laces Out Dan, can I ask you a few questions?

1. Do you believe that God is the Creator of everything? And that He created all things out of nothing?

2. Do you believe the bible is the Word of God, inspired and without errors?

3. What is your belief about the fall?

4. What have you read, or what is it that you've studied in order to arrive at the beliefs you hold?

Let's start with that first, k? By the way, welcome to worthy

[Laces Out Dan]

TY tess ive been looking for place liek this, i liek to discuss, and i hate to say that sometimes i liek to argue, and i think it expands my knowledge to discuss these things. But i cant believe everythign i read(other than bible)

Yeah i believe that god created everything. He created everythign out of nothing.

Yes the bible is without errors, but some of the thigns you have to interpret, because a lot of things are dealing with the customs at the time.

I only read the bible, and the rest comes from my own conclusions.

His Ambassador... yeah obviously i have no "training" but if i did, are you saying that no matter what i say it would be right because i have had "training"? I am not avoiding anything, if that is what you are saying. Jesus is our way to get back to God, He frees us from the curse of sin, we dont have to offer burnt sacrifices to god anymore because he was the ultimate one, without Him, the old testament is incomplete. Yeah ive been saved, ive repented A LOT. but i always seem to sin, no matter what i do i always fail. Its so hard not to. I just liek to think about different things that are hard to understand. God wants us to question Him, because that is how we grow. No not doubt god, but question everything He does, that way we can learn from him. God has always proven to me that He is real.

[nebula]

If you really want to do some reasearch on the topic, a Christian scientific organization called the American Scientific Affiliation has a whole web page dealing with this topic.

They offer different perspectives on how different Christian scientists have handled this topic:

Click here

[Laces Out Dan]

it says that the spirit of god hovered over the waters, and the earth was formless

[Laces Out Dan]

It's so hard to understand, i dont know if anyone truely knows how it happened. We can only try to comprehend. I cant even explain what i think. it just ends up like nonsense. haha.

i never read the bible all the way through, but as far as i know, i guess it never said "nothing"

but it never said what he made earth out of. the first words of the bible are "in the begining god created the heavens and the earth"

i guess that means out of nothing, like physically out of nothing. We were meant to give God pleasure, to glorify Him. Jesus is god so yeah

See what i mean by nonsense :/ i cant really make a point

[Kabowd]

it says that the spirit of god hovered over the waters, and the earth was formless

So where does it say that we were created out of nothing? The Bible says the creation came "by" and "through" Christ Jesus

[Kabowd]

Yes the bible is without errors, but some of the thigns you have to interpret, because a lot of things are dealing with the customs at the time.

What process do you use to interpret Scripture? Are you saying that certain verses were only relevent for those who were living during the time they were written?