![]() ![]() It is very difficult to resist encumbering the text with our modern issues, our pressing questions, and our worldview. Materialistic presuppositions inherent in our culture. Hurdles people encounter in understanding the concept of functional origins 1. ![]() Any consideration of the material aspects of the account has to be supported by the evidence of the text. In a biblical narrative we are looking for the focus that the author intends to incorporate into the text. But we cannot afford to focus on what the text could be. Then, in the next, I will identify four reasons why the origins account of Genesis 1-2 should be considered an origins account pertaining to function and order, rather than material origins, and why it should not be considered “both/and.” As an opening caveat, it must be admitted that, hypothetically, it could be both. In this section, I am going to offer four points that address hurdles that people have encountered. Different people will have different reasons for wanting Genesis 1 to be about both material and functional origins, but it is worthwhile to identify those reasons. ![]() I can think of several possibilities, and there are probably more.ġ. We feel a need for Genesis 1 to address the making of things or the material world because this is an important doctrine for Scripture to address.Ģ. We feel a need for Genesis 1 to address the making of things because we need to counter the atheistic worldview of how the cosmos came into being.ģ. We view the world through a post–Enlightenment, western civilization lens which sees the material as most important, so we assume God would be addressing that in Genesis 1.Ĥ. We are most comfortable with traditional ways of understanding Genesis 1 as a material account.ĥ. We feel that the Bible provides not only revelation about God but revelation about our world, so we look for scientific and historical information in its pages.Ħ. We have studied the text with this question in mind and come to different conclusions.Īny or all of these are possible some could be held simultaneously, and some may be held subconsciously. Before we address this question, it would be of interest to explore what drives this question. ![]()
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