tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post2629675733405414162..comments2024-03-06T11:28:56.480-07:00Comments on Just Genesis : Literalists in Good Standing?Alice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-26661663937835606412010-02-15T21:23:08.103-08:002010-02-15T21:23:08.103-08:00Thanks much, Ms Linsley. I agree with your observa...Thanks much, Ms Linsley. I agree with your observation about stories as well.<br /><br />Many years ago I read a book by John Crossan called "The Dark Interval." It had to do with creating a theology of story. Not the easiest read, but he wrote something I'll never forget. It had to do with humans living in stories the way fish live in the sea.<br /><br />Probably one of the truest things he ever wrote!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17432720433068694304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-16675013209856815282010-02-14T18:24:49.570-08:002010-02-14T18:24:49.570-08:00Excellent comment, Rob! It is sad that people fig...Excellent comment, Rob! It is sad that people fight over how Genesis should be interpreted, especially since the book offers so much information that it fairly interprets itself.<br /><br />Educational psychologists have found that children remember stories better than facts, and this is true universally. The story’s linear action is the most fundamental pattern of mental organization. So it is not surprising that God’s love should be told in story form, beginning in Genesis 1. Sometimes we miss the full scope of the Divine Story by picking it apart.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-22523319563828522152010-02-13T21:57:39.179-08:002010-02-13T21:57:39.179-08:00As I get older, I find that certain things just ar...As I get older, I find that certain things just aren't as important as I thought they were. This is especially true of the whole Genesis, origins, science, religion, evolution, ID , young earth, old earth thing. <br /><br />I used to live for this stuff. I ate it up like candy. From Phillip E. Johnson to Gerald L. Schroeder to Stephen M. Barr. But recently it has become obvious that this obsession is not a good thing. <br /><br />When I see supposed Christians speaking poorly of each other because one group believes in a young earth or an old earth or ID, I find myself embarassed. I see this in many blog postings these days.<br /><br />Such obsession with an issue and the animosity it generates can only distract from where our real focus should be: Christ. Indeed, it only serves to divide the body and weaken it rather than strengthen it.<br /><br />To me, the most important phrases in Genesis 1 are, "In the beginning, God created..." and "So God created man in his own image..." The rest I don't worry about anymore.<br /><br />And my focus is better.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />RobRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17432720433068694304noreply@blogger.com