Even if someone who seeks the truth has no agenda, we all bare presupposition which may not influence results but definitely how we interpret those results....even devout Christians on a forum. Since we could sing songs in Sunday school, our brain has been programmed to accept that the earth and all life forms were created in six days. As well, we were programmed not to question the Bible for it is the inerrant Word of God. When debate arises, that is the foundation for all arguments. Considering any other possibility is just false. While others who are trying to piece together information like a puzzle to achieve the accurate picture, those who start from a preconceived foundation, force pieces where they don't fit, no matter how silly the image takes form.
I believe every Christian has the Holy Spirit to guide their understanding. When you go back and read the entire Bible as a sceptic you see other possibilities of interpretation. The scribes translated it properly but sometimes the alternative meanings of words can be based on false preconceptions. If I was teaching genetics to preschoolers I would use dumbed down explanations because they don’t have the elemental understanding of DNA, RNA, chromosomes or biology to fathom the concepts entirely. Much of the Bible was written for preschoolers. As knowledge increases when you go back with an open mind you can fill in the blanks. It’s like when you finish watching a mystery movie. If you watch it again, the clues all pop out and you are baffled why you didn’t pick up on them before.
I believe every Christian has the Holy Spirit to guide their understanding. When you go back and read the entire Bible as a sceptic you see other possibilities of interpretation. The scribes translated it properly but sometimes the alternative meanings of words can be based on false preconceptions. If I was teaching genetics to preschoolers I would use dumbed down explanations because they don’t have the elemental understanding of DNA, RNA, chromosomes or biology to fathom the concepts entirely. Much of the Bible was written for preschoolers. As knowledge increases when you go back with an open mind you can fill in the blanks. It’s like when you finish watching a mystery movie. If you watch it again, the clues all pop out and you are baffled why you didn’t pick up on them before.
If one can’t predict they can’t prove they know anything. On the job or off.
False science claims to possess philosophical truth and is left only with unprovable knowledge of the past and magic, all undergirded by mere assumptions.
I assert that philosophy is vanity, that no man knows the past, that magic is a lie, and that the assumptions are are not believable as true.
I assert that there is only one true history of man and cosmos, that is proven by historical eyewitness testimony, and upon the ability of God to prove his understanding by the ability to predict outcome, all found in his written word, and aimed at the salvation of mankind and the establishing of righteousness and truth.