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:Yes, saving souls is the goal.  The method, used by Paul when speaking to non-Jews, i.e. those who did not already have Genesis, was to start at the beginning and tell them who God was and where they came from: God was the Creator who made man.  You don't start a story half-way through.  You start it at the beginning, explaining creation.  New Tribes Mission, for one, has had great success in teaching the Gospel starting at Genesis.  Creationists have had great success in reaching people who think that science has proven the Bible wrong, by showing that it is the atheistic origins myth (evolution, the Big Bang, etc.) that is wrong, not the Bible.

:Yes, saving souls is the goal.  The method, used by Paul when speaking to non-Jews, i.e. those who did not already have Genesis, was to start at the beginning and tell them who God was and where they came from: God was the Creator who made man.  You don't start a story half-way through.  You start it at the beginning, explaining creation.  New Tribes Mission, for one, has had great success in teaching the Gospel starting at Genesis.  Creationists have had great success in reaching people who think that science has proven the Bible wrong, by showing that it is the atheistic origins myth (evolution, the Big Bang, etc.) that is wrong, not the Bible.

:[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:58, 11 November 2007 (EST)

:[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 09:58, 11 November 2007 (EST)

Science has disproved creation in six days, but it does not disprove the concept of God.  The scientific account of creation actually supports the idea of a creator.  Rather than a universe which is static, evidence points to a creation event, the big bang, indicating a birth to the universe.

Science has supposedly disproved creation in six days, but it does not disprove the concept of God.  The scientific account of creation actually supports the idea of a creator.  Rather than a universe which is static, evidence points to a creation event, the big bang, indicating a birth to the universe.

The Genesis version of creation was written for the Hebrews.  I read the 7-day creation account simply as a way to illustrate the Sabbath rest.  I think an important distinction needs to be made with the Old Testament as it says in the New Testament it the old covenant is obsolete.  The New Testament is written for us and this should be the foundation of our belief.

The Genesis version of creation was written for the Hebrews.  I read the 7-day creation account simply as a way to illustrate the Sabbath rest.  I think an important distinction needs to be made with the Old Testament as it says in the New Testament it the old covenant is obsolete.  The New Testament is written for us and this should be the foundation of our belief.