Hi Bex

You are correct that the biblical word has not changed over time, well not a whole lot anyway, well there was the Council of Nicaea et al where they threw out a whole lot of bits they didn’t like but that’s not really a change is it? I think you are wrong to suggest that unchangeablity is a good thing. The bible has clearly been shown to be wrong about the history of the universe, this planet, life and human history so why is it such a great thing that it has remained unchangedly wrong? Isn’t it better to recognize the errors and correct them? Yes I understand that some people don’t realize just how profoundly the bible has been shown to be wrong but that doesn’t rescue it.

There are many things that a theory of the beginning of the universe must explain, why do all of the stars we see rush away from us at a speed proportional to their distance from us? Why does the universe contained the ratios of elements that it does? And many many more. Big Bang theory explains these things and it predicted not just the existence of the cosmic background radiation years before it was observed but the details of how it would look. How does the bible explain these details? God did it is hardly a detailed, testable or useful explanation though it would be interesting if it could be shown to be true.

On the other side, if we are to take the biblical position seriously, how could a choice made by two people long long ago affect DNA replication today? How could sin affect the genetics of organisms across the entire globe unless god set the system up specifically to do so? If he did that by what mechanism did he achieve it? Is genetics today an example of god tinkering in the details all the time? Or did he, in a fit of pique, maliciously remove some repair mechanism that formerly kept our genetics on the perfect path. Can you show me a rational, testable theory from your world view, for the world we see around us today?

All the best Bex

In Reason

Russell