What is Genesis 1 about?

This means that you must apply Deuteronomy 25:13-16 to your study of creation, Matthew. I’ve gone over this already with you. Twice.

There are two things you need to understand about the Bible here. First, it has far, far, far, far more to say about the need for honesty and factual accuracy than about either the age of the earth or evolution. Second, it was written to be read in the context of the Real World, and not in some fantasy Lord of the Rings-esque alternate reality in which humans and dinosaurs fight each other in colosseums and nuclear decay rates change by a factor of a billion during times of global catastrophe. That’s why every Bible translation has maps telling you where Gilgal and Bokim were, and footnotes telling you what a bath and a hin and an ephah and a shekel and a cubit were in today’s measurements.

This being the case, any interpretation of Genesis 1, any creation model, any challenge to the scientific consensus on the age of the earth or evolution, must consist of honest reporting and honest interpretation of accurate information. Any approach to creation that does not do so is not scientific, is not Biblical, is not submitted to God’s authority, and does not accept God’s Word. Yes, Christianity is based on the Bible and cannot be independent from it, but that means first and foremost that you must tell the truth.

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