Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uunet!bellcore!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: allenroy@cs.pdx.edu (callen roy) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Core of the Bible (was Re: Calendar Time) Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 06:59:03 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 47 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Hi Michael: I agree the the 'core' of the Bible is the Salvation provided by Jesus--His life and death and ressurection. Further, Jesus came to save us from sin which is 'the transgression of the Law'. Regardless of wheather on considers the Law to be the ten commandments or the Pentatuch, Jesus said that the foundation of both the Law (Pentatuch) and the Prophets is Love for God and man. Love is a binary relationship that is vital for life in the universe. So, sin is a broken love relationship between God and man. In order for sin (a breaking of a relationship) to occure there must first be a love relationship. Where does the theory of Evolution indicate that genun homo acquired a love relationship with an absent god, so that a Fall could occure. Jesus believed Genesis 1 and 2 because he said, 'haven't you read that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female.'' He accepte the naration recorded by Moses as fact--including the Adam/Eve/Garden/Serpent story. And Jesus not only believed in the creation story, He was (is) the Creator. 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. . . The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us. . . the one and only 'Son'.' (John 1:1-3,14) Jesus also believed in the Flood as recorded by Moses (Matthew 25:37-39; Luke 17:26-27). The Flood blasts the foundation of the theory of Evolution-- They will say. . .Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.(Theory of Unifomatarinaism) But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and with water. By water also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.(2 Peter 3:4-6) The moderator of this BB prefers that we not get into a deep discussion of Creation vrs. Evolution, so I'll not go further into that. I close with this point, I am convinced that the Cration/Flood model is a far better interpretation of the facts of science than the theory of Evolution. The Theory of Evolution does do away with God and a loving reationship with Him. It does away with the Falling away from the loving relationship with God. By doing away with 'sin', it does away with the need for a saviour. If we don't need a saviour, then all the Gospel is trivial nonsense. And a Christian is a fool's fool. The only reason why someone would doubt the Creation, is because they doubt the Bible and the Saviour of the Bible. They belive a man's theory above Jesus' own beliefs. Evolution cuts the 'core' out of the Bible. Allen Roy God loves you. All He wants is for you to love Him back.