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To: Theo

As a software developer I agree that evolution is undeniable. Like software, I believe life has evolved from new version to new version with some old versions still in use. Again, like software, I don’t believe new versions of life come about by accident or random chance.

Nobody sees an updated app and thinks it happens because lightning struck some goo. Nobody who waits in line to buy a new iPhone is glad DNA from the iPhone 1 has been slowly mutating by itself to make newer and newer iPhones.

That’s how I see evolution. Not by natural selection. Not even by “theistic evolution” (a phrase used by people who believe God created natural selection billions of years ago and has been sitting back since watching His handiwork automatically spring up new species). I believe the Earth is billions of years old, that the word “day” in Genesis 1 means “era of unspecified length”, and that every now and then God interacts with His creation and creates a new species. One of those He actually breathed life into from Himself.


14 posted on 06/28/2018 7:55:48 AM PDT by Tell It Right
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To: Tell It Right


I agree. In fact, the word translated “days” In Exodus 20:11 (yom) actually is translated many different ways in the bible. In fact, here is the list of different translations in the NASV:

afternoon* (1), age (8), age* (1), all (1), always* (14), amount* (2), battle (1), birthday* (1), Chronicles* (38), completely* (1), continually* (14), course* (1), daily (22), daily the days (1), day (1115), day of the days (1), day that the period (1), day’s (6), day’s every day (1), daylight* (1), days (635), days on the day (1), days to day (1), days you shall daily (1), days ago (1), days’ (11), each (1), each day (4), entire (2), eternity (1), evening* (1), ever in your life* (1), every day (2), fate (1), first (5), forever* (11), forevermore* (1), full (5), full year (1), future* (1), holiday* (3), later* (2), length (1), life (12), life* (1), lifetime (2), lifetime* (1), live (1), long (2), long as i live (1), long* (11), midday* (1), now (5), older* (1), once (2), period (3), perpetually* (2), present (1), recently (1), reigns (1), ripe* (1), short-lived* (1), so long* (1), some time (1), survived* (2), time (45), time* (1), times* (2), today (172), today* (1), usual (1), very old* (1), when (10), when the days (1), whenever (1), while (3), whole (2), year (10), yearly (5), years (13), yesterday* (1).

http://biblehub.com/hebrew/3117.htm


20 posted on 06/28/2018 8:04:39 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: Tell It Right

As a developer myself, your statement runs the risk of saying God leaves bugs in the code :) I doubt he needs a QA team.


23 posted on 06/28/2018 8:07:16 AM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: Tell It Right

40 years in IT.

NEVER seen software that improves and develops itself to any major degree.....always takes outside force from programmer/developer for major changes......

Of course, God could write such software, and I know developers are working on it.......

But it ain’t here yet........


30 posted on 06/28/2018 9:11:48 AM PDT by Arlis
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