[metmom]

If you read the Creation account literally, as many do, you have to conclude that the time between Creation and the Incarnation is about 4000 years.

No you don't.

Tell me how much time passed between verse one and verse two.

Even with a literal reading of the English, there's no way of telling without assuming.

[Heart-Rest]

Another poster said, "If you read the Creation account literally, as many do, you have to conclude that the time between Creation and the Incarnation is about 4000 years."

Then you said, "No you don't. Tell me how much time passed between verse one and verse two. Even with a literal reading of the English, there's no way of telling without assuming."

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Then you are obviously in direct, complete opposition to those other Protestants know as "Fundamentalists" (the young-Earth creationists branch) who do subscribe to that young age of the Earth.

This is another clear, blatant example of how following your own personal interpetation of scripture often leads to opposing interpretations. Those two views completely oppose and conflict with each other, and they can't both be right.

In another post (post 512) you say it makes no difference where you worship, just as long as the "local assembly" preaches the "gospel". A major problem with that is that many Protestant groups radically differ on what the gospel actually teaches.

For example, some Protestant groups teach the doctrine known as "once saved, always saved", while other Protestant groups teach that that "once saved, always saved" teaching/doctrine is completely wrong and false. Both views can't be right -- they are in direct opposition to each other, and are completely incompatible. Anyone who falsely claims that all Protestants agree on the essential teachings of the gospel would, of course, be lying. There are vast, irreconciliable differences between various Protestant denominations and groups -- that is simply the truth, whether one chooses to accept ir or not.

Also, why do you refuse to tell us the denomination of the church you attend? Are you afraid to reveal that, or embarrassed by it, or ashamed about it, or what is it that makes you continue to obstinately hide that information from us "under a bushel"?

(I'm off to do some errands right now, but I'll try to check back later for your response, if you write one.)