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Timelines, Dinosaurs, and the Purpose of Creation – Ancient Cosmology Q+R

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Can You Just Do It With a Bible Dictionary?

The ancient israelite creation narrative is much more about the why, the how. The purpose of creation being told through the lens of an already established ancient cosmology. How could that ancient reason be translated or retold now with current and modern understanding of the cosmos? That's a cool question. Yes. But i think part of the thought experiment of, can you just do it with a bible dictionary, yes, ande a translation, yes,. Is to say, for a normal christian, do you have to become some sort of archaeologist or like, historian, right? It takes a lot of patient re reading and trying to be self critical that you aren't importing modern meanings

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