Beginning at the Beginning

I had a discussion with my friend the other day, who is very smart. The interesting thing abou this friendship is that we are both free thinkers and even though we disagree, we allow each other to think what we want.

She mentioned that others take the Bible as the LITERAL Word of God. Well, I do, too. This is why:

If we look at the Haldane experiment, we have two things wrong with it: one, we have a creator, two, we have a human creator. (Funny enough, my friend and I agree on this. This was an original idea of mine, from when I studied biology, so not to take credit away from her or to overlook my contribution, but we arrived at the same conclusion separately.) Next, Christians are talking about an omnipotent being, who can create anything, at will. So, if we take the Bible literally, that means it happened the way it is written, not in the human perspective, but that we must take God's word for it. We are able to do this because while writers of science books show a curious preoccupation with addressing religious arguments, they also deny that science is suited to answer those questions.

So, Christians, if they claim an omnipotent being who is above scientific detection (watch out for the backlash argument that all claims that come from Christianity are not within the realm of science), can say that the Bible is the literal Word of God, also infallible, although the interpretation may not necessarily be a literal (in human eyes) or a well-defined one.

This is where Christians start.

Regina G