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Originally Posted by OBW
Yes, you did. And it is possible that I misread you. But if there are those options, then why is there something to catch that Lee missed? That is what you said, not what SC said. For me it hid the possibly neutral position and colored the reading of your post as standing on the first as the only real position. And your interim response seems to dismiss or question the possibilities and return to only what is actually written-down in two or three verses.
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Ah. You misread me and it's my fault. Got it.
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Yes, Lee latched onto what was not there and built a ministry around it. He was the master of making mountains out of molehills and then making real mountains go away. It is one thing to be able to pray that the mountain in front of you is thrown into the sea. It is quite another when the mountain is the plain reading of the text of scripture that stands in the way of your ministry of smoke and mirrors.
But when it comes to the accounts in Genesis 1 – 3, it seems that straight reading of the text as simply factual recording of events is unlikely and it is more likely a metaphorical representation of a much more complicated sequence of events.
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So you accuse Lee of latching on to what's not there, then in the next paragraph, YOU latch on to what's not there.
I'm just sayin'...
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Did you ever wonder why we think that creation was "very good" yet needed to be subdued? Must not have been as perfect as we think that "very good" really meant.
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That had not occurred to me. Now it has.
Did you ever wonder that the creation was "very good" then God said "It is not good for man to be alone." What happened between "very good" and "not good"? Interesting.
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The point is not that there is a particular answer, but that there is a lot that is not told. Just a little. Is it just don't eat it, or even don't touch it? Is it forgive our debts or forgive our trespasses? (Those are not synonymous.)
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I believe there is a particular answer. It is in the clearly written word of God. Lee built a ministry on what is not told.
Nell