Paula

Don,

You seem to presume that none of us YECs have ever studied OEC. Let me assure you that this is not the case. I spent years in boards just on that topic, debating every flavor of theory from pure evo to the various compromise theories. I’ve also spent years on matters of interpretation, logic, literature, and textual criticism. To say that those who disagree with you are unwilling to consider other possibilities is both unfair and untrue. Are you saying we’re not Bereans?

And I’m not saying you haven’t explained your personal conviction, but that you haven’t yet given an explanation as to how, from the text, you determine whether something is allegory, such that your method could be tested for consistency. This is indeed “your problem”, your responsibility.

You know I have a blog, and you can easily look up the category on Science to see what I have about that. Besides, we’re not here in this thread to find out why other people believe as they do, but why you do. We could sit here and line up experts till the cows come home but it still wouldn’t tell us what method YOU use to examine scripture and determine whether it’s an allegory or not. Will you read some of the massive amount of YEC literature I refer to in my blog? At this point I really don’t care; all I want to know is what interpretive method you use that can be applied to all scripture, which tells you whether something is an allegory. You, not somebody else. As for my own method, see The Fountain of Truth in my blog.

Again, I’m no newcomer to this topic of the age of the earth, nor to textual criticism. I’m only asking you to explain what it is about creation week that tells you it’s an allegory, while the account of Adam and Eve is not. Let’s just concentrate on that one point, okay?