tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295404723540437560.post8173132642418604313..comments2013-02-12T22:59:10.674-08:00Comments on Church Exodus: Genesis 1:8, 9Roy Blizzard IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17919965699362737523noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295404723540437560.post-11499266752041466322009-09-12T20:17:52.080-07:002009-09-12T20:17:52.080-07:00Natalie again has several questions below.
1)Do y...Natalie again has several questions below.<br /><br />1)Do you believe in evolution?<br />I personally believe the earth is several thousand years old, not millions<br />of years old. However, that is not what I am gathering from your blog.<br /><br />2)what is "Homer's Iliad"?<br /><br />NAG<br /><br />You first need to define what you mean by "evolution". If you mean Darwin's theory that he postulated in the 1800's, unequivocally no! It has been utterly disproven as there has never been found as sign of a transitional form of life from a lower(say a Rat)to a higher (say a monkey). In fact, all DNA work over the last 100 years has proven it to be impossible. You have 3 types of mutations, 1)a change mutation which gives changes within a species, such as a white buffalo(not an albino, but a true white one)2) a subtractive mutation such as a Mule-breeding between a horse and a donkey they are almost always sterile and lastly 3) an additive mutation which we've never seen and don't know how to get one.<br /><br />If you speak of evolution as simply "change" then yes I believe in change, as we all change on a day to day basis.<br /><br />Whether the Earth is millions of years old or just a few thousand years old really doesn't matter to me as a Biblical researcher as the Biblical text would allow for either/or. However, as soon as I say that the Earth is only this age or that age etc, then I have to be able to defend that position and I have to make sense when I do it. I can't use arguments like, "well God created the Earth with all the signs of age in it to confuse the wise". Why? Because it makes no sense when you understand God and the way He operates. If one were to believe this then God would not be Trustworthy and we know he is. So this argument falls flat on it's face. To be honest with you Nat, I have not seen any real good evidence for a young Earth. There are a lot of people who claim this or that, but the evidence they give all has holes in the "proofs" they give that are contradicted by 99% of the other "proofs" for an old Earth. However, arguing for either one is a rather pointless exercise that takes ones mind off of God and puts it in the realm of speculation either way. One must see truth and study it and come to conclusions based on a thorough study of all sides of the issues before one can say this has to be the more logical explanation.<br /><br />The Iliad is one of the oldest complete stories in ancient history. Homer-a Greek author writes about the battle of Troy in the book called the Iliad and the follow up to it was called the Odyssey the journey home of Odysseus to Greece from Troy.Roy Blizzard IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919965699362737523noreply@blogger.com