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From: root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Re: what does it mean to talk to God [a brief attempt at an answer]
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Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 15:19:32 EST
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> > the story of creation in Genesis--a new interpretation is developed
> > to the extent that before the world was created, the meaning of the
> > word "day" was unclear and could constitute centuries or more.)
> 
> Some religions have had this theory ( of the days not being 24 hours
> long ) since way before Darwin came along. The traditional Jewish commentaries
> on the Bible already point out this possibility.

If "the day" refered to in the bible were longer than a day, wouldn't
the plants have died over the long night?  Wouldn't half the world have
frozen while the other half baked?  To get around this you may have to
hypothesis a day that was inconsistant in length.

Instead of hypothesising inconsistance or variable length days we
should conclude that the description of Genesis is more likely
incorrect or is EXTREMELY metaphorical.
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