Thread:SouthWriter/@comment-5018798-20130812104509/@comment-1777104-20130829024535

Thanks for responding, David. I thought I had more to say about your previous post, but I think I can safely go on to this present post.

(1) Interpretation of recorded history is easier than trying to interpret facts left only in the processes that we now see (observational science based on "laws" of science). What you describe is differences on the "why" rather than the "how" in history. This is beyond scientific method and into phylosophy. I get the idea, though. We can each look at the same facts and come to different conclusions. However, as Christians, our conclusions should be coming from essentially the same viewpoint.

(2) Believing oneself to be right is the definition of faith, for otherwise one would be schizophrenic. Contrary to what many say, faith is not separated from reality. Faith is trusting an authority to be telling the truth. And the truth is defined as that which really is, or that really was (happened) in history. Faith is "going with the evidence." In this wiki, I trust God's revelation to Moses (or his source documents going back to Adam!) as the truth. Any facts drawn from the study of God's creation ("general revelation" [Ps. 19]) are then interpreted through "special revelation" (being directly through God's chosen writers [2 Pet. 2:17-21]).

(3) When I posted my theory of the "how" God might have moved in Genesis 1, I was taken the words recorded as fact. I then took observed facts from nature and applied them into the framework, to come up with a possible "how" -- thus a possible history. That is all scientists can do when explaining origins. Like I pointed out in the article, "the deep" is used exclusively of bodies of water elsewhere in the Bible, and the "deep" is described as the "waters" in the very same verse (Gen. 1:2). It is best to assume the word "waters" (always liquid H2O elsewhere) would mean that here. That is why I defended my "water" interpretation as I did earlier.

Well, I'm going to break this up a little, making it easier to reply to. Remember, God's Word is The Truth, for we know we can trust Him.