the earth has edges
2007-10-05 15:59:39 · 9 answers · asked by K.L. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
oh and th earth was created in 6 days?
i mean havent dinosaurs been before us?
2007-10-05 16:03:10 · update #1
No the bible does not say "edges" as we think of edges.
What verse were you told this was in?
The word for "day" is "an indeterminate time period", "a work period".
Either can be very short or very long.
Day is also called the period that has light. Think of "day" as period of time God brought things into being. Kind of making a cake. First the ingredients then combining them and the baking them. But in 6 time segments.
Look here: http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=03117
2007-10-05 20:10:37 · answer #1 · answered by troll to troll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The writers of the people use language the same way that most people do in everyday life. For example, if you check your local newspaper, it will usually have a weather forecast that includes the time of "sunrise" and "sunset". We know that the sun does not really raise or set, but rather the earth rotates. But the moment when the sun becomes visible on the horizon is still called "sunrise" because he appears that way.
When the Bible speaks of the "edge of the earth", it is simply another name for the horizon. It is the point at which the earth and the sky appear to meet and have an edge. What the Bible does NOT ever state is that people can sail off the edge. There is no story of someone getting to close to the edge and falling. There is no story of anything or anyone coming from over the edge. There is, however, a reference in one of the poems in Psalms of the horizon appearing like the edge of the earth. A lovely word picture in a poem of how the horizon looks.
2007-10-05 16:20:29 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you were to say: "In my Granfather's "day" they drove model A Fords". I would know that you were not talking about a 24 hour period, but instead you are talking about the period of time long ago when your Grandfather was young.
The Genesis account, and the language of the Bible allows for the use of the term "Day" in that very way. The term day can mean "age" or "era" or "epoch". In fact look at the context in Genesis 2:4. In that location clearly day does not mean a 24 hour period.
A very important proof of this is that the 6 creative days came to an end....but NOT the 7th "day" on which God "rested". The apostle Paul indicated in his writings that the 7th day had not ended. Clearly the 7th day is way longer than 24 hours.
The creative days spoken of in the Bible refer to the preparation of the earth for humans. We do not know how much earlier "God created the heavens and the earth" (Gen 1:1).
The fact of the matter is that each of the creative days could have lasted hundreds of thousands or even millions of years.
Now consider the physical evidence. The scientists dig down through layer upon layer only to find that the various layers MATCH the description of the epochs or days of creation found in Genesis. Life also depends on the photosynthesis of plants and the chloroplasts which result. These proccesses took lots of time to produce the benefits to man and animal life which would come later.
The fact is that if "creationists" had argued in harmony with the Bible instead of insisting that creation was only 6 literal days long only about 6,000 years ago....then perhaps the true creation account could be taught or at least stated in the public school ciriculums.
From time to time I discuss this with people who are very intelligent and reasonable about most things.....When I show them the evidence and offer scientific arguments........they always fall back on the comment:"well, I can't explain it or prove it, I can only say that I have faith that if God wants to create the earth and everything on it in 6 literal 24 hour days then he can do it!" Well, I say their faith is misdirected and I wonder what else they misunderstand about God. Perhaps more people would check out the Bible's message if they were clear on the Bible teaching of the creative eras.
The Bible is not a book of science, but it is scientific and true!
2007-10-05 16:12:33 · answer #3 · answered by fasteddie 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
God's "day" is not exactly the same as our 24 hours. There is actually a verse that says a day in God's time is 1000 years to us. And Can you tell us where it says the earth has edges so I can read the context?
2007-10-05 16:10:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I believe you got the Bible mixed up with the Pilgrims voyage. Everyone thought the world was flat and that the Pilgrims were going to sail off the edge of the earth.
2007-10-05 16:46:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The six days weren't 24 hours,more like millions of years. And yes,the Earth does have edges.
2007-10-05 16:12:25 · answer #6 · answered by Devout Catholic 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Edges? Like snowboarding at Squaw or Heavenly Valley? Yeah I can Understand Edges now.
2007-10-05 16:12:55 · answer #7 · answered by conundrum 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
KL, a day to God could be a thousand years or more. He is Infinite and therefore not bound by man's understanding of time.
2007-10-06 03:28:47 · answer #8 · answered by Semp-listic! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God should know, he/she went over the edge and hasn't been heard from since.
2007-10-05 16:10:55 · answer #9 · answered by BAL 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋