Re: [asa] the Way Science Works/

Wendee,
    Isn't there a sense in which Gen. 1:24 and 25 strongly suggests a design component? The verbs used do not imply ex nihilo creation but a process. I believe the Hebrew terms for "bring forth" and "made" indicate processes which typically have a design connotation. I wonder if the phrase "God designed the animals" might not be closer to the actual BIblical text than "God created the animals" though I would think both are correct when understood in the context. The two are not exclusive. It all depends on one's connotation of the words.

    Randy
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  From: WENDEE HOLTCAMP
  To: asa@calvin.edu
  Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 3:58 PM
  Subject: [asa] the Way Science Works/

   A 2nd grade Abeka science book begins with the text, "God designed the animals." Design is not even the Biblical word which was "God *created* the animals." This means that Christian educators have not only bypassed the scientific system, but also undermined the integrity of the actual Biblical text

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Received on Thu Jul 26 20:18:07 2007