But why insist that Genesis 1 is literal if you can accept that not all Scripture can be read literally? That is just illogical.
Rchard
YECs are just one pole of multipolar inerrancy.
No, it’s rhetorical, we are a rhetorical species, we operate on logos, ethos and pathos and the monster in the latter’s deep is phobos.
You may have noticed that people tend to frequently be that way. Many other arguments that people find convincing are spectacularly inconsistent and full of logical fallacies.
Well, some people have invested a lot of time and money into propping up their literal reading and insisting it’s correct and they won’t back down now. You are right it’s not rational.
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The point of all this is that there is no point arguing science and proofs to people who just shout it down as irrelevant. We have to address their reading of scripture first. But it appears they do not want to read any other viewpoint on that either.
Richard
True. You probably need to start with their whole approach to Scripture and interpretation. Most equate their interpretation with absolute truth, so if you can get them to see it’s just one option among others that’s the first step.
It helps if they will open a dialogue. There is a distinct lack of YEC presence in this thread.
Richard
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