Steven Hawking

stickman · 11-05-2014, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by dam1953

My point when debating my brother-in-law was that you have to remember that the Old Testament was written over 2000 year ago for a people who had absolutely no understanding of any of the sciences. A good author always keeps the "grade level" of the reader in mind. Taking this into consideration, it is really amazing how close some of the "principals" of the story of Creation come to current theories of astronomy and evolution.

Not only written 2000 years ago, but, definitely not written in English. None of us have any idea what was lost in the translation.

11-05-2014, 02:38 PM	#12
stickman 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Gonzales, LA Posts: 1,795	Re: Steven Hawking Originally Posted by dam1953 My point when debating my brother-in-law was that you have to remember that the Old Testament was written over 2000 year ago for a people who had absolutely no understanding of any of the sciences. A good author always keeps the "grade level" of the reader in mind. Taking this into consideration, it is really amazing how close some of the "principals" of the story of Creation come to current theories of astronomy and evolution. Not only written 2000 years ago, but, definitely not written in English. None of us have any idea what was lost in the translation. dam1953 likes this.