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You rely too much on what others think, rather than reading Scripture yourself.
Yes if you have proof "yom" means anything else except a day ....
The Bible already says placing two Hebrew words side by side, one in the verb one in the noun that organisms of a kind were programmed for speciation rapidly,
"evolution is a religious term"
However, the term "eugenics" to describe the modern concept of improving the quality of human beings born into the world was originally developed by Francis Galton. Galton had read his half-cousin Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, which sought to explain the development of plant and animal species, and desired to apply it to humans. Galton believed that desirable traits were hereditary based on biographical studies.[11] In 1883, one year after Darwin's death, Galton gave his research a name: eugenics.
"evolution comes from a book about favoured races of humans"
Does evolution involve belief in supernatural beings like god? No. Evolutionary theory neither encourages nor discourages it. Evolution is accepted by theists and atheists, regardless of their position on the existence of the supernatural.
This verse says man is elohiym as God is Elohiym, we can be Gods ourselves,
If Darwin meant his term "Evolution" to simply mean "speciation" he could have done so,
rthom7 said:Show me any Bible contexts where "yom" refers to a time that is not a single day.
rthom7 said:So show me just one example of "yom" where a day is not intended as the meaning.
Says the pot to the kettle.rthom7 said:You rely too much on what others think, rather than reading Scripture yourself.
I can understand why you either didn't click on the link I gave or why you haven't commented on anything found there; sometimes it's hard to admit being wrong. So here, I'll help you out, this time (all from the YLT):Free said:Barbarian has provided some information but if you would like to study it for yourself, here you go:
http://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/nas/yowm.html
I'm only citing the evidence. As I said, that isn't a blanket indictment of all creationists. I think most creationists are not eugenists or racists. But it's troubling that their leaders can be so involved in it, without anyone calling them out on it.
And God never said that blacks were genetically inferior to other races. That was Henry's own addition to the Bible.
You never read my link did you ?
The above inscription is very unique for several reasons. First, it is written in an ancient Hebrew script. Second it is located near the small town of Los Lunas in the State of New Mexico, USA. Third, the inscription is of the "Ten Commandments".
Is this inscription an original or a fake. If it is original, this proves that a Semitic people, probably Hebrews, arrived in the Americas long before Columbus or the Vikings.
The above inscription cannot be a fake for the following reasons. The actual time of discovery of the inscription is not known but was known by the locals as far back as the 1850's. At that time, the script of the text was unknown
Why else is a verb/noun (two Hebrew words) placed side by side ?
So your saying Darwin thought eugenics was evil ?
I didn't know this. How noble. He must have been a Christian then perhaps ?
When i said we i meant the Christians in this forum have you evidence of that?
i grew up in a catholic atmosphere there was overwhelming evidence of prejudice against blacks in these families
And you know better than the scholars how, exactly? There are multiple meanings per word, and the meaning in a particular instance is dependent on the context. This is indisputable. Your opinion that it is otherwise, contrary to the opinions of learned scholars, is quite concerning and really brings to an end any rational discussion.Now we know Hebrew has broad meanings, but despite this like any language each word must retain a single basic meaning regardless of its context. Scholars love to make Hebrew into a multiple meaning language and so have a field day with over a dozen meanings for some words. No wonder people get confused and angry with Scripture.
This does nothing to explain away the use of yom to mean more than one day. You asked for proof and now you are dismissing it with a non-argument.Gen 24:1 And Abraham is old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all things ;
This context says Abraham is getting old and has lived many days.... an idiom for saying lots of years....
but using the term "yom" rather than "year".
Same as above.Gen 27:41 And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning for my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'
My children has left me since our divorce so I lament all my days. What I am saying in graphic emotions is Jacob weeps for his children day after day, both day time and night time, he never stops thinking of his loss.
Same as previous. And what is very notable here is that you are now doing the very thing that you said shouldn't be done--you're using the context to come to a different meaning than what the text states.Psa 7:11 God is a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.
Ps 7:11 (YLT) God [is] a righteous judge, And He is not angry at all times.(what a strange reason to include not)
Psa 7:11 God the upright judge, foams at the mouth daily.
The context seems to suggest GOD watches over us day and night, all the time.
Same as previous.Psa 21:4 Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him--length of days, Age-during--and for ever.
This is an interesting verse
He asked living of thee,
and thou it gladly,
the length of thy days
goes on and on
(and on and on) [I note "ad" is used with "owlam" to add emphasis]
The Hebrew word "owlam" does not mean forever or eternal in the sense of time going backwards and infinity going forwards. It refers to present time going on and on, and on and on. Ongoing living.
Now if you add "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + "day" + etc = "owlam" (ongoing living)
I hope that makes sense....
Notice "yom" next to "owlam" and "ad" show us here the living is daily and goes on and on and on...
It doesn't matter what you think but what Scripture states. I have provided verses which clearly use yom to refer to periods of unspecified length, even years. Again, this was just a very small sampling of the well over 2000 times yom appears in the OT. And it is completely irrelevant that there are other Hebrew words for months or years because this is a discussion of yom and how it is used.Psa 23:6 Only--goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling is in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!
Isa 1:1 The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
That was just a quick glance at the link I provided. It is abundantly clear that yom is often rendered 'days,' plural, which is an unspecified period of time that is longer than one day and can be many years
I would agree with you that some contexts use days + days + days for some verses, how many days are implied we do not know....but the verses are not saying days = month or days = years, there are other Hebrew words for other specified period's of time
Not at all actually. You clearly asked:Hope this helps Free
Shalom
(1) Darwin's account of origin of species opposes Bible account of origin of species.
Darwin writes this his theory of origin of species should not shock the religious feelings of anyone. He states that his theory is as natural as the laws of gravity.
Darwin writes this because His theory contrasts to Genesis,
and Genesis is about God creating things before the fall with sufficient programming for change when things fell after the fall of mankind.
Darwin writes this to challenge Creationism account of six literal days, that kinds are immutable productions.
These words are attacking the Bible account of Creation.
The Bible says God created species to vary within their kinds during the days of Creation week, a short period of time.
At the present day almost all naturalists admit evolution under
some form. Mr. Mivart believes that species change through "an
internal force or tendency," about which it is not pretended that
anything is known. That species have a capacity for change will
be admitted by all evolutionists; but there is no need, as it seems
to me, to invoke any internal force beyond the tendency to
ordinary variability, which through the aid of selection, by man
has given rise to many well-adapted domestic races, and which,
through the aid of natural selection, would equally well give rise
by graduated steps to natural races or species. p233
Darwin says evolution is some internal force, which cuses species to change.
Everyone who believes in slow and gradual evolution, will of
course admit that specific changes may have been as abrupt and
as great as any single variation which we meet with under nature,
or even under domestication. p234
Darwin says evolution requires one to believe in it as a theory...
If numerous species, belonging to the same genera or families,
have really started into life at once, the fact would be fatal to the
theory of evolution through natural selection. p323
But this is how all animals were created in the six days of the Creation week of God.
In fact they were spoken into existence, and emerged from the dust of the ground as fast as the Creator spoke the word.
Here Darwin speaks of evolution as a "great principle" where new and totally different forms come via modifications, not from the old belief of in the creation of species created from the dust of the earth (by God).
Therefore "evolution" is much more than the mere change in allele populations of the genes of an organism, it also including the modifications of one organism into another of a totally different kind.
(3) Darwin's application of evolution as a religion:
Note by author: A religion is defined as rules individual people live by.
Some of these rules are based on evidence and some are based on faith. Observational science can test things in the present using various tools thus producing evidence. But observational science cannot test the past.
Such tools of observation are based on assumptions, and thus one has to believe on the results by faith.
One way to test a religion is the occurrence of the term "I believe"
or the use of the term "doctrine"
and both of these terms are used in Darwin's book.
Jeff Benner is not a scholar. He is an engineer who is "self-taught" in Hebrew. His whole reasoning for studying ancient Hebrew and what he has supposedly discovered, is quite a circular argument. I wouldn't believe a word he said. As for Dr. Schroeder, I'm not sure how he could believe such a thing when a plain reading of Genesis 1:5 alone shows two different meanings of one word.Everybody must decide this assumption for themselves, as their own salvation depends upon it. I have my scholars who agree with me Free. I suggest reading my previous posts and listen to Professor Gerald Schroeder about Creation, and the scholarship of Jeff Benner. These two do not believe Hebrew has many multiple meanings in their word's.
It seems you are reading what you want in the verse and not what it actually says. It very clearly uses yom to refer to "daylight" as well as a full day.Looking at the very first use of yom in the Bible, in Genesis 1:5, it is referring to daytime, about 12 hours, not a full day.
Ge 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were day one.
It says evening an morning become day one. Sounds like a "yom" to me with "ereb" and "boqer", as we expect within a "yom" period of time. How do you read the verse so differently ?
That makes no sense and actually works against your position. Stop reading Jeff Benner. Of course God's rest begins on the seventh day, but to say that if "evening and morning, the seventh day" were used it would mean that it would refer to the beginning of the eighth day, then that throws all the other days into question. The result of which, God's resting didn't begin at the beginning of the seventh day, like you state, but rather that it begins half way through the day. And working backwards results in day one being half of day one and the beginning of day two. We lose the first half of day one.But we can also look at day seven, in which there is no mention of "there is an evening, and there is a morning" (YLT) as there is with the previous six days. It is best understood that this is still the seventh day, that God is still resting from creation activity. That is a very long time.
Ge 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he "Shabbath" on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
The verb tense of "Shabbath" is used here rather than the noun tense. Both have similar meanings to "cease"
So why is Sabbath (verb form) used instead of the Sabbath(noun form). When Hebrew people use a verb, the action is incomplete, the noun form shows the action is complete. (Read Jeff Benner if you doubt my scholarship)
So on the beginning of the seventh day, the Ceasing begins.....And God begins to cease....How else would you summarize the end of a week of time? Except by describing the beginning of the seventh day? If you say evening and morning the seventh day, you have also established the beginning of the eight day in Hebrew counting of time.
This has nothing to do with Einstein. A plain reading of the text, which is what we are discussing, shows that the six days of creation are clearly being referred to as "the day." This has absolutely nothing to do with the relativity of time but rather attempting to make Scripture fit one's theology rather than letting Scripture inform one's theology.And, of course, we must not overlook Genesis 2:4, "Gen 2:4 These are births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens;" (YLT). So here you are arguing that yom has a "single basic meaning regardless of its context," yet we can clearly see that this verse is not referring to a 24-hour period of time.
Correct. Time is also relative according to Einstein even though a single day passes. I suggest listening to Gerald Schroeder on this one...I doubt I can explain relativity of time to you as well as Schroeder can.
I can't help but notice that you appeal to an interlinear translation rather than using the YLT, which you were so adamant that we use. Is it because the YLT also uses the article only for days six and seven? I'm not even sure what your point is here anyway, since the article is clearly shown in both verses.It should also be noted that it is significant that the first five days of creation are simply "day one," "day two," etc. But when we get to days six and seven, we see "the" being used--"the sixth day"; "the seventh day". This is fairly significant.
A good point. Show me the definite article being used in Hebrew verses.
Gen 1:31 And GodH430 sawH7200 (H853) every thingH3605 thatH834 he had made,H6213 and, behold,H2009it was veryH3966 good.H2896 And the eveningH6153 and the morningH1242 wereH1961 the sixthH8345 day.H3117
And
Gen 2:2 And on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 GodH430 endedH3615 his workH4399 whichH834 he had made;H6213 and he restedH7673 on the seventhH7637 dayH3117 from allH4480 H3605 his workH4399 whichH834 he had made.H6213
No definite article is used ???? ( I am using e Sword here)
I am saying that yom is used with at least four different meanings, one of which is an indefinite period of time or time of unknown length. That does absolutely nothing to the reading of those verses. They support what I have said.Ge 7:13 ¶ In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,
Ge 8:6 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Ge 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
Ge 27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
Ge 14:1 ¶ And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king.... 2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom,
Are you saying Free the word "yom" can mean any time I like? What does that do to reading these verses here? I just chose a few at random from Genesis.
Barbarian, your logic makes sense, so how does one scientifically test words to ascertain if "religious overtones" are present in the sentences?
You quote me the last sentence of Darwin saying He has respect for God....
how do you know this?
What test do you use for testing religion ?
Da 11:38
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
Here the Bible speaks of a brand new religion, that has no pray, or deity or idols in it, a totally different religion arising from the French revolution times....which religion is this "god of forces"?
How did Darwin see his "evolution" term defined ?
He meant all species came from 4 or 5 ancestors over some 10,000 generations of time?