Adam naming all the living creatures
Adam naming all the living creatures
Simply put, I'm a christian, but if there are over a million different species then wouldn't Adam naming ALL of the species of different Animals takes well over a million years. After all in order to just Count to 1 million with no stop it will take man 32 years.
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Re: Adam naming all the living creatures
That would be a good argument for the OEC than the YEC. Unfortunately the young earth creationist insist that God created the earth in six literal days..hetfield wrote:Simply put, I'm a christian, but if there are over a million different species then wouldn't Adam naming ALL of the species of different Animals takes well over a million years. After all in order to just Count to 1 million with no stop it will take man 32 years.
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First, Adam didn't have to count the species, second, there were a lot less species than there are today. Take all of the horses you have today -- those descended from one variation of horses.
The Bible says they were "willingly ignorant". In the Greek, this means "be dumb on purpose". (Kent Hovind)
yes but when ever god said every living thing he meant every living thing, so therefore wouldn't Adam have to list off every animal even to date? i'm not sure how many animals there were to start, inform me pleaseTurgonian wrote:First, Adam didn't have to count the species, second, there were a lot less species than there are today. Take all of the horses you have today -- those descended from one variation of horses.
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no but he left it up to adam, if were still listing the animals today then obviously Adam hasn't done his job, even thought he can't see into the future, I'd expect God to clarify that then or atleat man can clarify the versesSilvertusk wrote:The way I see it was that Adam (Man) was given the job of naming all the animals - and we have done that, and are still doing that today. God didn't say that he wanted it all done by a week on Tuesday
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Question... Did God bring ALL the animals to Adam? What is the beasts of the Field and the Fowls of the Air. Are they all the Beasts and Fowls to encompass the whole Earth or just the Beasts and Fowl of the Region in which Adam lived?hetfield wrote:no but he left it up to adam, if were still listing the animals today then obviously Adam hasn't done his job, even thought he can't see into the future, I'd expect God to clarify that then or atleat man can clarify the versesSilvertusk wrote:The way I see it was that Adam (Man) was given the job of naming all the animals - and we have done that, and are still doing that today. God didn't say that he wanted it all done by a week on Tuesday
Gen 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Gen 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.
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You guys have missed the point entirely!
Adam didn't "name" everything! That's laughable.
What is meant by that is that Adam as man, a new creation in nature, had the expanded consciousness and intellect in that he could recognize the qualities of everything and understand their fundamental being. How dry is the interpretation that he simply named everything as literal names!
Adam: Hmmm, I think I'll name this cute fella' a "turtle".
God: Eh... go with "cow" instead.
Eve: Who wants some fruit?
It means that he had the ability to contemplate on the nature of life. Only humans do this! All other animals are simply concerned with their physical survival in life and feeding their new-born and such things. They don't sit around thinking about things like we do. This is the enormous gap between us and every other species.
Adam didn't "name" everything! That's laughable.
What is meant by that is that Adam as man, a new creation in nature, had the expanded consciousness and intellect in that he could recognize the qualities of everything and understand their fundamental being. How dry is the interpretation that he simply named everything as literal names!
Adam: Hmmm, I think I'll name this cute fella' a "turtle".
God: Eh... go with "cow" instead.
Eve: Who wants some fruit?
It means that he had the ability to contemplate on the nature of life. Only humans do this! All other animals are simply concerned with their physical survival in life and feeding their new-born and such things. They don't sit around thinking about things like we do. This is the enormous gap between us and every other species.