Your creation belief

[bbyrd009]

Well, you could form a creation belief,
but it might be lacking that all religions
started with essentially the same one,
sacrificial child and mother included,
and have just degraded in diff ways.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by pelathais

It's a bit more complicated than that, but yes. Generally speaking, genetic evidence as well as the fossil record points to the fact that all life on earth is related and developed from single celled organisms over billions of years.

"The first man was from the earth, a man of dust..." 1 Corinthians 15:47 (ESV)

The Dust of the Earth

[forgivenson]

Originally Posted by Sam

I believe that God is the Originator and Creator.
I think this is taught in Genesis.
I think that's all we need to know.
I don't know about the how, when, etc.

A Huge Amen to that! How could I ever claim to 'know' all God's workings and all His ways? I do 'know' a few limited things....I know He is beautiful, magnificent, and is Always bigger and greater and more spectacular than I can ever perceive.

[Scott Hutchinson]

I believe the Genesis account of creation,but I don't how long the length of the days were in Genesis. I don't feel they have to be 24 hrs. days.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

I believe the Genesis account of creation,but I don't how long the length of the days were in Genesis. I don't feel they have to be 24 hrs. days.

The Hebrew word used for "day" in the Genesis account of creation is "yom." I cannot read, write, or speak the style Hebrew which was used back then. It is my understand that the word "yom" (Strong's #3117) is found about 1480 times in the Old Testament and can be translated by about 50 different words.

In Genesis 1:5, there are two different meanings for "day." It is used for the daylight portion of a day and it is also used for the combined light and dark portions of a day.

In Genesis 2:4 the word "day" seems to refer to the whole 7 day program of creation.

In Genesis 4:3 "yom" is translated process of time

In Genesis 26:8 it uses "yom" as "a long time"

In 2 Samuel 21:1 it speaks of a famine in David's day or during his reign

2 Corinthians 6:2 speaks of an accepted time and a day of salvation. This is a quote from Isaiah 49:8 where "yom" is spoken of as a "day" of salvetion.

And, we read of the term "the day of the Lord" in the Old Testament which refers to a time of judgment or vengeance but not a literal 24 hour period.

In my opinion, the days of creation of Genesis could be periods of time in which God accomplishes certain things.

I was taught in Bible School (Apostolic Bible Institute) that the days of creation are periods of 7000 years each and that we are currently living in the sixth day because God is still at work on us bringing us into His image and likeness, and that we can't be in the seventh day yet because God has not finished His work. Bishop G.T. Haywood taught this and my pastor F.E. Curts (Dist. Supt. of Ohio District) taught this also. He had a chart on the "Days of Creation" (looked a lot like the chart in the Larkin book) and he also had a chart on the 7th day.

I personally do not believe the "Days of Creation" are 7 periods of 7000 years each. According to the teaching of those three afore-mentioned men of God, we would now be in the millennium which would have been the last 1000 years of day 6. I do, however, believe the term "day" when used in the creation plan/blueprint could be a period of unspecified length and I can also see where we may be currently living in the 6th day.

Now, I am not arguing here. I'm just giving an opinion and I believe it can fit within the Bible's record. Y'all may have opinions that may differ from mine and that's fine.

[Cindy]

My creation belief is: In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. I also believe He created Science.

[houston]

Originally Posted by Cindy

I also believe He created Science.

No you di'n't!

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by houston

No you di'n't!

Lol; hey God admits to creating evil...

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

Well, you could form a creation belief,
but it might be lacking that all religions
started with essentially the same one,
sacrificial child and mother included,
and have just degraded in diff ways.

Not "all religions"... and even then, many that do include this theme have syncretized the idea into their belief system - a system that originally lacked the "mother-child" theme. Hislop's primary theme was to anathematize the Roman Catholic Church, in particular, HIS views of what he thought the RCC was teaching. Like all of those other religions, however, the RCC's teaching are difficult to sum up in as pithy a manner as Hislop needed. ... just my take.

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by houston

No you di'n't!