2007-05-11 19:58:19 · 5 answers · asked by Pisces 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
why wouldnt it be historically "accurate" since it's the word of god?
2007-05-11 20:13:57 · update #1
Makes for better reading. would be boring if he just did everything in one swish. Doesn't it make you wonder what he was thinking when he created us to begin with? I think we are really just a version of Sim City. Seriously though, he had to be really bored... hmmmm, should I give these people free will or not? Yeah, why not, should make for interesting drama. Then, let's see, I'll test them all to see who his going to believe in me and I'll punish those who don't. Why? Cuz I can! Mind you I have the power to do anything I want but I'll let them be on their own with some stuff just for the fun of it. etc etc.
2007-05-11 20:07:33 · answer #1 · answered by LifeProfessor 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Dear we're no,
Your question really doesn't prove the point that you are trying to prove. God chose to create the Earth in 6 days and there is no indication in the book of Genesis that he was confined to any time table to do so. God could have as easily created everything in an instant.
When people say that God is not bound by space and time it means this. God is not bound by space- meaning he is omnipresent (he can be at all places at all times). He is not bound by time because He is eternal- He always has been and always will be. So his choosing to create the Earth in 6 days does not prove anything in regards to his infinite and omnipresent nature.
Kindly,
Nickster
2007-05-12 03:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by Nickster 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the story of Genesis, yes God created the world in 6 day and in the 7th day He rested, But you have to remember that this Genesis account of creation is not historical. It is a story, some say a myth, to depict God's power of creating the universe, for us,human beings, who are bounded by space and time, to understand, to see, and connect, in our own human context, God's love. So we say that yes, this Story of Creation is true, (by faith we believe) and yet we understand that this is not a historical fact. So therefore we cannot put our own time with the time of God. Indeed, God is timeless, God is eternal, the alpha and omega.
2007-05-12 03:08:37 · answer #3 · answered by bagi 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Basically: because he felt like it.
Now, *why* would god choose to use time to do something, when in fact he has the option of doing it instantly? I'm not sure. God isn't a very good engineer; he's extroadinarily inefficient in everything he does.
2007-05-12 03:05:38 · answer #4 · answered by extton 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Same reason he rested on the seventh day, because he found it pleasing to do so.
2007-05-12 03:06:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋