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Literalists vs. Contextualist
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“The bible means exactly what it says.” --William Jennings Bryan Not all literalists agree: Example: What is a day? 1. Jehovah Witnesses – a day can be interpreted as a “era” 2. Church of God – a day must mean 24 hours
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A literal biblical calendar – creation took place 6,000 years ago Literalists have a bigger problem – two stories of creation
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First, a lesson on body language!
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To understand the creation stories, one must first understand the people and their beliefs : 1.were polytheistic - worshipped the sun, moon, stars, even animals 2.creation happened by chance 3.believed the body was evil – it warred against itself 4.considered all the days of the week to be of equal importance This is the context in which the creation stories were written.
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First creation story -- Genesis 1: all – 2: 1-4 Second creation story – Genesis 2: 4 - 25
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