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Originally Posted by Kevin M
Trying to parlay such things into a claim that there was a planetary-scale flood, that all creatures not on Noah's ark perished and that all of humanity is directly descended from him is preposterous, silly, and irresponsible.
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Sorry, Kevin that I didn't bring up this question for you earlier, but I was a little busy answering questions...I am very curious as to why taking a literal viewpoint about Genesis would be "irresponsible". Here is Webster's dictionary definition of "irresponsible"...
Main Entry: 1ir·re·spon·si·ble
Pronunciation: \ˌir-i-ˈspän(t)-sə-bəl\
Function: adjective
Date: 1648
: not responsible: as a : not answerable to higher authority <an irresponsible dictatorship> b : said or done with no sense of responsibility <irresponsible accusations> c : lacking a sense of responsibility d : unable especially mentally or financially to bear responsibility
How does my viewpoint involve any of these definitions? Is something bad going to happen to the world because I choose to believe (based on some darn good evidence) that the earth isn't old and that we didn't evolve from a rock 3.4 billion years ago? The use of the word "responsible" in any form implies that something important is hanging on my opinion about the age of the earth and of our origins...so please explain why you chose to use that word.