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Debate:Is Relativity in direct conflict with the Genesis account? (view source)
Revision as of 08:25, April 20, 2007
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::::Because the Genesis creation account establishes an observer on Earth. Anyhoo, there's plenty of reasons to doubt a strict reading of Genesis, but using relativity to deny the very possibility of an historical narrative sounds like something Sokal might've contributed to Social Text.--[[User:All Fish Welcome|All Fish Welcome]] 04:07, 20 April 2007 (EDT)
::::Because the Genesis creation account establishes an observer on Earth. Anyhoo, there's plenty of reasons to doubt a strict reading of Genesis, but using relativity to deny the very possibility of an historical narrative sounds like something Sokal might've contributed to Social Text.--[[User:All Fish Welcome|All Fish Welcome]] 04:07, 20 April 2007 (EDT)
:::::The point of view of the observer is precisely the point. The Genesis account does indeed take a view from the earth, and attempts to provide a universal account true for all time. If you were at another time and another place, the chronology would be wrong. This means that IF creation & relativity are deemed compatible, you could make the following predictions: "Any evidence that there is any other point of view OTHER than that of the Earth, would render the Genesis account invalid". This means that if extraterrestrial life were ever discovered, OR we were able to travel to other stars, then Genesis would have to be rewritten OR that relativity is invalid--[[User:Felix|Felix]] 04:25, 20 April 2007 (EDT)