tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201628496305035793.post5480589844684892676..comments2024-03-17T03:12:26.931-04:00Comments on Reformed Reasons: Oliphint, Howe, and Lisle: YEC Debate at SES Apologetics ConferenceEd Dingesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14007054168398086809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201628496305035793.post-29840741838005724372014-02-16T13:30:29.063-05:002014-02-16T13:30:29.063-05:00The issue comes down to a matter of hermeneutics. ...The issue comes down to a matter of hermeneutics. When we want to communication something to someone else, we do so using language they can understand. In theology we call this divine accommodation. When we read the Genesis account, there is nothing in the text to indicate that we should take the days as anything other than six literal days. Now, in Exodus we see a common reference point. Israel is commanded to do their work in six days and rest on the seventh because God's creative activity took place during six days and on the seventh, He ceased from His creative activity. Yet no one seems to recognize that this commandment loses its meaning unless we understand God to refer to six literal days. That would be my take without entering into any philosophical or scientific complexities.Ed Dingesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14007054168398086809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4201628496305035793.post-54061822136433908952014-02-16T04:18:09.351-05:002014-02-16T04:18:09.351-05:00Just a quick comment, with regards to God's da...Just a quick comment, with regards to God's days, how do we humans can make an assumption that God's days is the same as our days ? It makes more sense to argue from the principle of relativity that because indeed God does not submit to time, therefore it may be very possible that time dilation occurred, as the speed and extent of universe expansion was more significant than the speed of light.<br />Which standard for one second that we are suppose to use ? God's one second or our one second ?<br />I see no problem in saying that because God worked His creation in His 6 days, therefore we do the same in our days.<br /><br />What do you think ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com