Cheryl Schatz

Don,
I can see that you have become offended. For that I am sorry. It has not been my purpose to offend you. Please forgive me. I have not challenged other people here who are old earth as it appears to me that they are taking the days as more than 24 hours but keeping the creation acts as sequential. With you I have not been able to get a handle on what you believe is literal and sequential and what is an allegory. Everytime I asked questions I didn’t get answers that helped me to understand. I honestly don’t think that I able to get answers that would help me to understand your view so maybe it is time to drop it so that what as I say is not seen as a attack.

However there are two things that I would like answers to if you are willing to engage and to try to help me to understand if possible. I am not looking to put you down or put your view down. The key is that I want to understand. Maybe I am the one who is too dinkable because of my inability to understand.

Here goes:
1. Were animals created after Adam was created? Yes or no?
2. You said that “evening to evening” implies a 24 hour day. Can you please point me to the phrase “evening to evening” in the bible so I can see that it is this exact phrase that implies a 24 hour period? I have not been able to find this phrase so please show me what scripture you are referring to.

If you would like to engage in these two questions, then I am willing to continue. If not, let’s drop it because, honestly, I cannot understand your view at all. For someone who has been accused of being too logical, I cannot get a handle on your view of the creation account because I cannot understand it.

I would also like to make the point that I have not purposely challenged any other OEC person who appears at all consistent in the issue of sequential grammar. I believe that I have stated several times that those who do not agree with me are my brothers and sisters in Christ. If I haven’t made it clear enough, I am sorry. I am not questioning anyone’s salvation.

Don, I consider you a valuable person. I believe you are a dear brother in Christ.