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This view of Genesis jumped out and struck me from several verses being posted on these threads by YEC in support of their interpretation of Genesis. I saw something different though.

Here are the verses, they were all on one thread.

Zec 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul

1Cr 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;

I found it so interesting that every verse, mentioned soul, or spirit. Then I began to wonder, just how does God define man? Is it possible, that "in His Image" is referring to an eternal spirit. This would certainly be consistent with the rest of the Bible since it's purpose is the salvation of our spirit. If that is how God defines man, then it would be possible that the bodies we inhabit took a long period of time to become as they are now, but Adam did not become a living Soul, until God created him in His Image, if His Image is an eternal spirit. Which, I'm finding a lot of support for that!

Is it possible, that "in His Image" is referring to an eternal spirit. This would certainly be consistent with the rest of the Bible since it's purpose is the salvation of our spirit. If that is how God defines man, then it would be possible that the bodies we inhabit took a long period of time to become as they are now, but Adam did not become a living Soul, until God created him in His Image, if His Image is an eternal spirit."

You know, I have had the same thought in the past. The point is that God (being who He is) had unlimited options in the matter; and it is utter conceit to discount them all (and the evidence for them) for an account written by/for men who had little knowledge of their immediate world, and no capacity for comprehension of things on a molecular/atomic level;

It is equally apparent to me that God certainly has allowed us to expand our knowledge of the universe (Isaac Newton was also a minister, if memory serves)...finding out about the formation of the earth and its history of life is a part of that process...to me, science has basically been pulling back the curtain to allow us to see a little more of the machinery of the universe and of creation itself...if you choose to believe in God, then you can think of it as God's creation, or not; but to deny mountains of scientific evidence and the great advances wrought by the same is to remain willfully ignorant...my faith is not threatened by it...