Greetings;
It is my intent to prove that not only is there no conflict between the theory of evolution and creation, but that they are in fact describing the same events and that the bible describes, in symbolism, the rise of man. First, we must use the most powerful device in unlocking the writings: Symbolism. Any person that reads 'Revelations' in the KJB can clearly see that a beast rising from the sea with multiple heads and horns is a symbol for something else, and if I stated that a woman had 'broken my heart', only a fool would look for a scar on my chest....with this in mind-
God makes the universe in 6 days....which cannot possibly be a 'human' day; the sun is not made on the first day, logically this must be one of the Lord's 'day'. Now, how long is one of His 'days'? A Billion years? Let us also turn this view upon Adam and Eve. If I say "Man and Woman", am I speaking of 1 man,1 woman? No...thus also with 'Adam and 'Eve'; They simply represent the first men and women that arose from the animal state, the symbol for this is the fruit of the tree of forbidden wisdom, (No apple,mind you), this symbolizes the fact that people became intelligent,and the problems that come after. The "Garden of Eden" was a description of the natural world we lived in before this event, free of fore-knowledge of death, and just as you and I will not return to living as animals in the woods, so too that Adam and Eve cannot return to the 'Garden'. These symbolisms have convinced me that the original writers of these books were describing, in poetic fashion, exactly what we know now to be true: man arose from a primitive state, and this intelligence causes problems because of mans moral weakness.
I am now convinced of other symbolisms in Gen. and other books:
Noah's Ark is based on true story, although there was no 'ark'.
Ezekiel's wheel is not a physical object, but a sacred secret.
Where the strange Hebrew taboo "Not to boil a kid in it's mother's milk "originated from, and what it's truth is.
Even the real reason why pigs and pork were forbidden by Hebrews and Muslims....the bible is unfolding itself to me now, and I want to have others challenge my ideas, this is the main reason I am posting on this board.
I have never read of these ideas anywhere - so feedback would be A+.
Thanks for reading.
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It is my intent to prove that not only is there no conflict between the theory of evolution and creation, but that they are in fact describing the same events and that the bible describes, in symbolism, the rise of man. First, we must use the most powerful device in unlocking the writings: Symbolism. Any person that reads 'Revelations' in the KJB can clearly see that a beast rising from the sea with multiple heads and horns is a symbol for something else, and if I stated that a woman had 'broken my heart', only a fool would look for a scar on my chest....with this in mind-
God makes the universe in 6 days....which cannot possibly be a 'human' day; the sun is not made on the first day, logically this must be one of the Lord's 'day'. Now, how long is one of His 'days'? A Billion years? Let us also turn this view upon Adam and Eve. If I say "Man and Woman", am I speaking of 1 man,1 woman? No...thus also with 'Adam and 'Eve'; They simply represent the first men and women that arose from the animal state, the symbol for this is the fruit of the tree of forbidden wisdom, (No apple,mind you), this symbolizes the fact that people became intelligent,and the problems that come after. The "Garden of Eden" was a description of the natural world we lived in before this event, free of fore-knowledge of death, and just as you and I will not return to living as animals in the woods, so too that Adam and Eve cannot return to the 'Garden'. These symbolisms have convinced me that the original writers of these books were describing, in poetic fashion, exactly what we know now to be true: man arose from a primitive state, and this intelligence causes problems because of mans moral weakness.
I am now convinced of other symbolisms in Gen. and other books:
Noah's Ark is based on true story, although there was no 'ark'.
Ezekiel's wheel is not a physical object, but a sacred secret.
Where the strange Hebrew taboo "Not to boil a kid in it's mother's milk "originated from, and what it's truth is.
Even the real reason why pigs and pork were forbidden by Hebrews and Muslims....the bible is unfolding itself to me now, and I want to have others challenge my ideas, this is the main reason I am posting on this board.
I have never read of these ideas anywhere - so feedback would be A+.
Thanks for reading.
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