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Talk:Genesis 1-8 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 12:56, November 28, 2009
, 12:56, November 28, 2009→24 hours rather than days?
Is this desirable? In my opinion no, as it takes away from the beauty of the book - '24 hours' rather than 'day' seems to be more suited to a textbook, rather than a beautiful book like the Bible. I will remove it, but feel free to put it back in if you disagree. [[User:DerickC|DerickC]] 13:07, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
Is this desirable? In my opinion no, as it takes away from the beauty of the book - '24 hours' rather than 'day' seems to be more suited to a textbook, rather than a beautiful book like the Bible. I will remove it, but feel free to put it back in if you disagree. [[User:DerickC|DerickC]] 13:07, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
: As you can see, I left an explanation in the Analysis column that "day" means "solar day" and thus 24 hours.
: As you can see, I left an explanation in the Analysis column that "day" means "solar day" and thus 24 hours.
::The notion of changing to a 24 hour day would be historically and theologically inaccurate. The current usage of the terms hour, day, week, etc. are based on the commonly-accepted standard, the Gregorian Calendar. On the basis that this standard was adopted following a papal bull from Gregory XIII in 1582, clearly after Genesis was written, by a mortal being, and not by God, it is unacceptable to alter the original syntax.
::More significantly, our conception of time is dependent upon human perception. In other words, what a day is to a human (approx. 24 hrs) is not likely to be the same as what it is to God. How do we know that it didn't take six billion years to create the Heavens and the Earth, with one day of Gods work being the equivalent of six billion years within our own perception of time?
::Based on this, there should be little doubt that the language in this section of the text is stated definitively, and should not be altered. [[User:zlul355|zlul355]] 07:56, 28 Nov 2009 (EDT)
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