tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6030110973061875792.post4046085855913412303..comments2024-03-16T21:32:23.088-04:00Comments on A Sure Word: Augustine was a Young-Earth Creationist!RKBentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00566375018731000081noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6030110973061875792.post-35326467858412805142010-09-24T21:41:40.138-04:002010-09-24T21:41:40.138-04:00Genial post and this fill someone in on helped me ...Genial post and this fill someone in on helped me alot in my college assignement. Gratefulness you for your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6030110973061875792.post-47797138868359599982010-09-15T05:51:57.454-04:002010-09-15T05:51:57.454-04:00The use of Augustine (and many others) as an examp...The use of Augustine (and many others) as an example of non-literal interpretation is not exploitation on our behalf. It is a natural counter to the false claims of "conservatives" that they are staying true to tradition. The early church was divided on the issue, but did not see it as the big deal we now make of it.<br /><br />His views of creation (particularly his concept of the dormant seeds) sit well with theistic evolution. All Christians believe that there is a miraculous aspect to creation, not just YECs. YECs simply believe that the miraculous is the most obvious part. Augustine did indeed believe in a recent creation, but the motives behind his young Earth views are not the same as modern YECs. Augustine cannot be championed by YECs as the point of YEC is not primarily the young age of the Earth, but their belief that a limited literalistic interpretation of Genesis is the correct one, which the young Earth views stem from. Augustine did not hold these views. <br /><br />The quote you gave did have me reeling a bit. There are people on both sides who say things they know little about. Francis Collins even goes as far as to declare that Augustine would be a theistic evolutionist if he were around today. <br /><br />God bless!The Palaeobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287371449302573605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6030110973061875792.post-13336111895724140152010-09-14T21:04:11.502-04:002010-09-14T21:04:11.502-04:00PB,
Thanks again for visiting. I think I address...PB,<br /><br />Thanks again for visiting. I think I addressed your point in my post. Many old-earth Christians exploit Augustine's "non-literal" view of the days in Genesis to give credibility to their own "non-literal" views of Genesis. You might be a little more honest when citing Augustine (BTW, I wasn't referring to you specifically in my blog) but you can see that the quote I cited was an extremely dishonest representation of Augustine's beliefs.<br /><br />Augustine's non-literal interpretation was a minority opinion among the Church patriarchs. Even so, he believed in a miraculous, recent, super-natural creation. His understanding of Genesis is much closer to my beliefs than yours. He was a young-earth creationist.<br /><br />God bless!<br />RKBentleyRKBentleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00566375018731000081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6030110973061875792.post-63601509724462663652010-09-14T06:17:22.553-04:002010-09-14T06:17:22.553-04:00Hey again,
The point of mentioning Augustine is u...Hey again,<br /><br />The point of mentioning Augustine is usually only to show a non-literal interpretation as part of Christian tradition. The point is strengthened by the fact that he is pre-scientific. The age of the Earth is not theology, so turning to early Christians or even Scripture is foolish. The early Church Fathers were young Earth believers, but as I said in a previous blog, this was due to their reaction against prevailing contemporary views that creation was eternal. Their only way to attempt to provide a date for the beginning was to use genealogies. What other methods were available?<br /><br />People who attempt to read millions of years into Scripture are misguided, it is not there, but its absence tells us nothing about its veracity.The Palaeobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287371449302573605noreply@blogger.com