Simone Weil's weird take on religious belief

Simone Weil's weird take on religious belief Apr 24, 2019 21:12:09 GMT

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Post by Arlon10 on Apr 24, 2019 21:12:09 GMT

Apr 24, 2019 14:58:07 GMT rizdek said:

Apr 24, 2019 11:18:15 GMT Arlon10 said:

The most obvious and often mentioned one is creation in "six days." Elsewhere scriptures mention that a thousand years is like a day to God.

I have known of that hypothesis for a while...that the term "day" in Genesis probably didn't mean a literal 24-hr day because of some other scripture (Psalms and 2 Peter) that says a thousand years is like a day to God. But that second scripture can't be taken literally either if one is to accept the philosopher's description of God that he is timeless, so it too, seems to be a figure of speech to mean that God exists in a state where days and years we think of don't mean the same thing to him.

Is there some actual reason to associate the term day in Genesis with the term day used in the Psalm and then again in 2 Peter? This site suggests the two terms are NOT synonymous.

creation.com/2-peter-38-one-day-is-like-a-thousand-years

In any case, the meaning of ‘day’ in Genesis 1 is defined by the context there—the Hebrew word for day, yôm יום , is used with the words ‘evening’ and ‘morning’, and the days are numbered (first day, second day, etc.). Whenever yôm is used in such a context, it is always an ordinary day, never a long period of time. The meaning of the days of creation as ordinary days is also affirmed by Exodus 20:8–11, where God told the Israelites to work for six days and rest on the seventh because God had made all things in six days and rested on the seventh. For more information, see other articles in Q&A: Genesis under ‘Days of Creation’.

And, these people at creation.com are not atheists.

I could well imagine that the person/people who wrote Genesis might've meant some obscure meaning to the term "day" that meant long period of time. But, I have no reason to because I could also well believe they really did think God just created the whole world in 6 literal days. Why would they think otherwise? Why should we think they should've thought otherwise just because NOW some scientists think evidence suggests the earth and the universe as a whole is billions of years old?

Regardless...it would not change my view that I am not convinced that God exists. So in that case, I feel I haven't been reading the Bible at some elementary level and that that level of reading led to me not thinking God exists.

Do you have another example?

You say it isn't you, and maybe I believe it isn't you, but it is a lot of atheists. They can't get over the concept of the old man with long white hair and a beard who lives in the clouds. That image is not what religious people believe. That image is just an accommodation to children and retarded adults who are not capable of dealing with higher abstractions.