Just curious. How do you reconcile the math discrepancy in the bible as to how long mankind has been on earth? It conflicts with science and ....

the obvious. That has been the biggest seed of doubt in my walk, other than the paradox of omniscience.

SW-User

Actually, that part is quite explainable, through theory 😅
At some point, there is mention of a day for God being many years on Earth. Let's say it's 1000 years on Earth, per day in heaven. So, the beginning took like 7 days for him. So about 7000 years. Then Adam (virtually?) immortal at this point, spent quite a while in Eden. Then Eve came, and they were seemingly there for a bit. Then they were cast out. God also could have been experimenting with other versions of them, trying to work out the bugs for Adam and Eve. Hence the lesser evolved species. Then when they were cast out, they joined them all. We certainly pretty much always had highly intelligent races after a certain point.
I'm just spitballing though 🤷‍♂️

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SW-User

@puck61 I think if God is/was real, people have a very biased view of him.
Objectively, I'd say he's quite similar to a man, only far more powerful, in ways we don't even understand. Maybe extra-dimensional or something. He proves angry, vengeful, jealous, prideful etc. As a man, he would be quite hated. Having said that, if the stories are true, there's literally nothing we can do about it

puck61

@SW-User That's what I've rested on. The creation story is an allegory describing man changing from a creature of instinct not capable of sin, to a creature of complex and abstract thought and reason, thus being capable of sin. Grunting bipedal primates by the water hole mated by force and trickery and there wasn't a damn thing wrong with it., We can't do that anymore!

SW-User

@puck61 Makes sense. Hanging on to this past image really drags people down. Wanting things to be the way they were when there was less sin. We've changed though. We have to move forward. There are good lessons in there though.

Hikingguy · 56-60, M

Honestly for me, I don’t believe Adam and Eve were the first. I think they were chosen to be an example of what we are or were supposed to be. As an example If you read in Genesis, when Cain killed Able, god banished him and sent him out saying that if “anybody” (not anything) harms him, they’ll get their own punishment. So this leads me to believe there were already established societies and humans on the planet.
But........ this is just my crazy theory.

puck61

@Hikingguy I've entertained that idea since Cain went to the Land of Nod and built a city, and had many wives and children. (I wonder what happened to being a wanderer and a vagabond hated by everyone?)

Hikingguy · 56-60, M

Good to ponder and question these things. I think it helps us educate ourselves for a better understanding of what is gods will and intentions.@puck61

exexec · 61-69, C

The Bible was not intended to be a science book, and it contains an understanding of the cosmos that common people had as long as 3,000 or more years ago. For example, what if God or some other source had said to a person back then, "4.7 billion years ago...." The person would have said, "4.7 what? billion? I understand a thousand, but what's a billion.)

ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 46-50, M

@exexec even [i] today[/i] a lot don't. I once asked a woman if she believed in a young Earth or old Earth and she first waved her hand dismissively as though she was not decisive on the matter and said "all I know is God created the world many 1000s of years ago..." [i]1000s? That doesn't seem so indecisive![/i] So I said "1000s? Not billions?" She waved her hands even more dismissively and said "1000s... billions... it's all the same to me"
How more relevant do you think a billion years was to the ancients?

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

Or the fact it's not more plausible than any other faith-based explanation for reality.

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